Lee Wengraf

With the country in the throes of a deep crisis, Zimbabweans are taking to the streets in protest — only to be met by harsh repression.

The U.S. and China’s new scramble for profits across Africa will only bring instability, rising exploitation and violence.

A South African socialist explains how the massive marches against changes in the country's labor laws came together.

The West's self-serving narrative about "African corruption" obscures actual causes of graft and greed that bleed Africa dry.

The arrest and assault of two respected criminal justice activists shows that New York City cops still operate with impunity.

A new book paints the true picture of Barack Obama's Africa policy: a huge increase in spending on the U.S. military presence.

The brother of Kalief Browder, who took his own life after his unjust imprisonment at Rikers Island, talks about the ordeal.

Three guards at a New York state prison were found guilty of assault in a case that reveals a widespread culture of abuse.

Pennsylvania lawmakers are trying to push through an outrageous attack on the free speech rights of prisoners and their supporters.

As the first U.S. case of Ebola is identified, the Obama administration response to the epidemic in Africa is to send U.S. troops.

A conflict between political leaders has spilled over into bloodshed, causing more suffering in the newest nation in Africa.

The Attica prison uprising broke out in an era of mass struggles for Black liberation and racial justice around the world.

A new documentary about political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal focuses on the events that helped make him a revolutionary.

A new documentary on the Central Park Jogger case shows the tough-on-crime hysteria that sent innocent teenagers to jail.

The Obama administration has extended the U.S. effort to control resources and edge out global rivals across Africa.

The number of killings and other acts of violence carried out by New York City police is growing--and so is the resistance.

A growing number of protests by prisoners and activists is bringing attention to the barbarism of solitary confinement.