Mar 21, 2019 | FORusa Affiliate, FORusa Feature, FORusa Publications, Interfaith, International, Reparations
I’m Puerto Rican, but I didn’t learn much about the history of Puerto Rico or the political implications of its being a territory of the United States until I was a freshman at Brooklyn College. It was devastating but not surprising that I would learn so little about...
Mar 20, 2019 | FORusa Feature, FORusa Publications, Press Releases
Brooklyn, NY — March 20, 2019 — Nonprofit news organization Waging Nonviolence is celebrating 10 years of covering social movements this spring with the launch of a fully redesigned website, including a new community section that unites world-leading peace and...
Feb 26, 2019 | Black Lives Matter, FORusa Feature, FORusa Publications, Racial, Reparations
Recent headlines reinforce how little progress has been made in terms of economic justice for African Americans. An exhaustive report by the Center for Investigative Journalism examined current redlining practices that fuel gentrification. Combing through over 31...
Feb 24, 2019 | Black Lives Matter, Community, FORusa Feature, FORusa Publications, Racial, Reparations
“If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not progress. Progress is healing the wound, and America hasn’t even begun to pull out the knife.” –El Hajj Malik El Shabazz...
Feb 23, 2019 | FORusa Feature, FORusa Publications, Racial, Reparations, Uncategorized
It’s all about demographics. In 2015, the Census Bureau reported that 50.3% of children younger than five already belonged to “minority” populations. By 2044, the Bureau projects, the United States will be a “majority minority” nation. (Pew Research gives the...
Feb 22, 2019 | FORusa Feature, FORusa Publications, Indigenous Peoples, Racial, Reparations
There is a crisis going on at our borders. Children are separated from their families. Mothers are separated from their babies. Many Americans are beginning to take notice and cry out, but the problem is not getting resolved. Democrats are blaming Republicans who in...
