Black History, Panthers & Socialism

Shakur served over 35 years in federal prison for his role in the 1981 Brink’s robbery

Though he was eligible for release in 2016, judicial discretion and an antiquated parole system are turning Mutulu Shakur’s cancer into a death sentence.

Mutulu Shakur, who is dying of bone cancer, should have been released long ago, but the cruelties of carceral system know no bounds.

“I fought hard every day that I was incarcerated," he told NBC News.

California-based acupuncturist Dr. Tenisha Dandridge shares nearly-lost history of acupuncture among African-Americans.

“I didn’t create T.H.U.G L.I.F.E., I diagnosed it.” – Tupac Shakur      Dr. Mutulu Shakur is the most valuable acupuncturist who should be released from prison to date. …

Dr. Mutulu Shakur, New Afrikan revolutionary, acupuncturist, and political theorist, passed on July 7th, 2023. After 37 years incarcerated as a political prisoner, Dr. Shakur spent just seven months free after his compassionate release in December of 2022 before he transitioned. He would have celeb

Many are familiar with the practice of acupuncture and its utilization in addiction treatment. What you may not know is that acupuncture was introduced into

The opioid crisis is a hot topic this year, and a recent article in The Atlantic magazine mentions Dr. Mutulu Shakur as one of the figures who brought acupuncture treatment into the mainstream part…

An introduction to Dr. Mutulu Shakur and the development of an acupuncture detox unit in the South Bronx in the 1970s.

When Black and brown activists created Lincoln Detox, they also helped spread Eastern medicine.

Distinguishing Charity and Social Work from Revolutionary Strategy by Kenny Lake (December 2020) Click here for a printable PDF of this article. In the 1990s, aside from militant protests and a wil…

In his condemnation of the U.S. war on the people of Vietnam, Martin Luther King Jr.’s stance was not a pacifist one. King was not necessarily anti-war so

King, who championed economic as well as racial justice, called labor unions “the first anti-poverty program,” a Western Illinois University professor writes.

“The nobody wants to say . . . or doesn’t know to say,” said Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, an executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

A new report reveals that the Black Lives Matter Foundation isn't associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, but has received millions in donations.

Black Lives Matter is not one centralized organization, so why do people talk about it like it is?

Many see the slogan Black Lives Matter as a plea to secure the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans, especially historically wronged African Americans. They add the BLM hashtag to their social-media profiles, carry BLM signs at protests, and make financial donations.