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The 1968 Summer Olympics were 50 years ago this week. Tommie Smith's and John Carlos' raised gloved fists were many African Americans' Summer of Love – and Pride, and Reckoning.

“For the record, I have no financial interests in Saudi Arabia,” Trump tweeted. A Fox News account proves him wrong.

Reviewer Claybourn says this new biography is likely to become the definitive one of the great 19th Century leader of the African American freedom struggle and champion of democracy.

The change in direction of Ecuador's policies under President Moreno is signaled by the return of a U.S. military presence. This is part of a larger push from Washington to reassert its historical role across Latin America and the Caribbean.

The slogan "Abolish ICE" means the removal of Attorney General Sessions, repeal of laws that criminalize migration, an end to all forms of detention, the defunding of Border Patrol, and a halt to ongoing immigration enforcement programs.

Youth for Africa, MST Leader on Brazil Elections, Prashad on China, French Communists Debate, Movements Meet in Colombia, Indonesia Cops Bust Anti-World Bank Meeting

An unsung shero of the early 20th century, Rose Schneiderman organized women to fight for laws to protect them from sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.

This time, it’s different. In Georgia the people are prepared for the tactics of voter suppression.

More than 8,000 council workers, most of whom have never been on a picket line, will take part in two-day action

While he is compared with Donald Trump, Bolsonaro goes much further, making him more analogous to a strongman such as the Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte.