Black Hebrew Israelism is a theology of dispossession — it is the very real dispossession of people who were brought to this country in chains and have struggled ever since.

Far-right political parties in Europe are planning to form a new coalition to battle what they see as threats from immigration and Islam.

Last Sept. 20, the eyes of America turned to Jena, La., where more than 20,000 people had gathered to protest what they saw as racism in the disparate criminal treatment accorded black and white students at a local high school.