African Americans
Black America & 2012 election: What’s at stake? Join the conversation
Join us Tuesday, October 30 for a conversation on the issues faced by African Americans today and the 2012 election.
PODCAST: African Americans and migration in the South, an Interview with Luther Adams
Listen to Political Affairs podcasts: interview with historian Luther Adams on his new book, "Way Up North in Louisville: African American Migration in the Urban South, 1930-1970."
The struggle for African American equality in the 21st century – UPDATE
Join the Communist Party in celebration of Black History Month for a national teleconference on "The Struggle for African American Equality in the 21st Century," Feb. 23 -- NEW DATE...
Death penalty, shot through with racism, cannot be fixed
Former Justice John Paul Stevens say capital punishment is "shot through with racism, skewed toward conviction, infected with politics and tinged with hysteria." It's past time to end the practice.
WTTW Chicago remembers communist Frank Lumpkin, 93
Frank Lumpkin, steel workers, labor activist and communist passed away in Chicago March 1 at the age of 93.