Social media, while effective, is also where modern-day surveillance thrives. Here, Black Lives Matter activist Arielle Newton and former Black Panther Rosemari Mealy discuss the pros and cons.

Activist Larry Fellows and former Black Panther member Sekou Odinga discuss revolution music and how deeply woven art is in the tapestry of resistance.

  Monday night Stanley Nelson’s ‘Vanguard Of The Revolution’ documentary had us glued to our TV screens. The fascinating tribute to the Black Panther Party not only chronicled the rise and fall of the group but also enlightened us all. See the best reactions to the film below: https://twitter.com/fiyawata/status/699782088556474368 https://twitter.com/KimBrownTalks/status/699777013972934661 https://twitter.com/beneviera/status/699795096288542720 https://twitter.com/ChrissyCole/status/699777899428245504 https://twitter.com/EBONYMag/status/699779359310245888 https://twitter.com/Nettaaaaaaaa/status/699815187298148352 https://twitter.com/ReignOfApril/status/699793601862230016 […]

In honor of Black History Month, watch the first installment of "Bridging The Gap," a series that honors the Black liberation movements of the past and present while building a bridge that will better help us understand how to propel what has become the largest Black liberation movement in recent years forward.

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Watch Roland Martin and Stanley Nelson discuss the upcoming documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution in the video clip above. Don't miss the premiere of the film tonight on PBS.

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While the image of the Black Panther Party often conjures one of a man in the signature beret carrying a gun, women were right there alongside the men of the party, making up an estimated 50 percent of membership.

An amended lawsuit has been filed against a Pennsylvania prison and its medical personnel for refusing Hepatitis C treatment to political prisoner and former Black…

Before nine innocent people were brutally murdered by self-proclaimed hatemonger Dylann Roof in Charleston, South Carolina, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party, Bobby Seale, and…

#BREAKING: After 4decades of #solitary confinement, tonight a judge granted #AlbertWoodfox unconditional release! pic.twitter.com/jTpr1fZi6q — AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) June 8, 2015 A federal district court on…

As the United States and Cuba ready themselves to patch their decades-long severed diplomatic relations, alleged cop killer and political prisoner Assata Shakur could be extradited back…