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Sojourner Truth Radio

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Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod is a news & public affairs program that airs Tuesday through Friday on KPFK Radio from 7 to 8 AM (PST), and nationwide on Pacifica Radio networks.

If you're in Los Angeles, or Southern CA, tune in at 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 93.7 FM North San Diego, 99.5 FM Ridgecrest-China Lake, or www.kpfk.org.

Tune in to daily Pacifica News headlines at the start of our show.

Sojourner Truth brings you news and views on local, national & international policies and stories that affect us all. We draw out how those of us most impacted -women, communities of color and other communities are responding. We also discuss the inter-relationship between art and politics.

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Sojourner Truth Radio: April 24, 2019 - Voices From Poor People's Campaign Tour in California

April 24, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is a grassroots movement uniting tens of thousands of people to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation's distorted morality. This year, from June 17-19 in Washington D.C., the Poor People's Campaign will be hosting its nationwide Moral Action Congress. At the Congress, the Poor People's Campaign Moral and Constitutional Budget will be rele...

News Headlines: April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is a grassroots movement uniting tens of thousands of people to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation's distorted morality. This year, from June 17-19 in Washington D.C., the Poor People's Campaign will be hosting its nationwide Moral Action Congress. At the Congress, the Poor People's Campaign Moral and Constitutional Budget will be rele...

News Headlines: April 23, 2019

April 23, 2019 16:47

News Headlines: April 23, 2019 by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 23, 2019 - Kevin Pina On Haiti's History & Current Events

April 23, 2019 16:40

Today on Sojourner Truth: An in-depth discussion with Haiti expert Kevin Pina, independent journalist, filmmaker and founder of the Haiti Information Project. He's also the special correspondent for Flash Points, a show on Pacifica's KPFA. We have a wide-ranging discussion about Haiti's history and current events, including why the U.S., France and Canada have made it a priority to keep the nation impoverished.

Roundtable Discussion: What Was In The Mueller Report?

April 19, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. The Mueller report has national and international implications as well as new developments in North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. On Thursday, April 18, William Barr (Trump's Attorney General) released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final 448-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. During a press conference held an hour and a half before even Congress or the public were able to see the heavily-redacted re...

News Headlines: April 19, 2019

April 19, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. The Mueller report has national and international implications as well as new developments in North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. On Thursday, April 18, William Barr (Trump's Attorney General) released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final 448-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. During a press conference held an hour and a half before even Congress or the public were able to see the heavily-redacted re...

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 19, 2019 - Roundtable Discussion On Mueller Report

April 19, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. The Mueller report has national and international implications as well as new developments in North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. On Thursday, April 18, William Barr (Trump's Attorney General) released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final 448-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. During a press conference held an hour and a half before even Congress or the public were able to see the heavily-redacted re...

Roundtable Discussion: International Implications Of Mueller Report

April 19, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. The Mueller report has national and international implications as well as new developments in North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. On Thursday, April 18, William Barr (Trump's Attorney General) released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final 448-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. During a press conference held an hour and a half before even Congress or the public were able to see the heavily-redacted re...

Roundtable Discussion: Reactions To William Barr's Summary

April 19, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. The Mueller report has national and international implications as well as new developments in North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. On Thursday, April 18, William Barr (Trump's Attorney General) released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final 448-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. During a press conference held an hour and a half before even Congress or the public were able to see the heavily-redacted re...

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 18, 2019 - Brazil's Environment, Poetry & Politics With Bill Gallegos

April 18, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: For our weekly Earth Watch, we have a conversation with Anne Petermann, the Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Anne discusses her recent trip to Brazil's Quilombos, inhabited by people of African descent. We talk about all things environmental, including the impacts of industrial forestry, timber industry and industrial tree plantations. For most of the hour, we are joined in-studio by Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano liberation and environm...

Poetry & Politics With Bill Gallegos

April 18, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: For our weekly Earth Watch, we have a conversation with Anne Petermann, the Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Anne discusses her recent trip to Brazil's Quilombos, inhabited by people of African descent. We talk about all things environmental, including the impacts of industrial forestry, timber industry and industrial tree plantations. For most of the hour, we are joined in-studio by Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano liberation and environm...

Earth Watch: Anne Petermann On Environmental Justice Issues In Brazil

April 18, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: For our weekly Earth Watch, we have a conversation with Anne Petermann, the Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Anne discusses her recent trip to Brazil's Quilombos, inhabited by people of African descent. We talk about all things environmental, including the impacts of industrial forestry, timber industry and industrial tree plantations. For most of the hour, we are joined in-studio by Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano liberation and environm...

News Headlines: April 18, 2019

April 18, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: For our weekly Earth Watch, we have a conversation with Anne Petermann, the Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Anne discusses her recent trip to Brazil's Quilombos, inhabited by people of African descent. We talk about all things environmental, including the impacts of industrial forestry, timber industry and industrial tree plantations. For most of the hour, we are joined in-studio by Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano liberation and environm...

News Headlines: April 17, 2019

April 17, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Bernie Sanders wowed the nation in a controversial Town Hall on Fox News. Along with fundraising, hes also ahead in the polls. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Democratic Party is seemingly in denial about Bernie being the frontrunner in the early race for President. The establishment is hoping for a more centrist candidate reflecting what is seen to be a rift in the Party between progressive and centrist members of Congress. Does Bernie stand a chance agains...

Earth Minute: Melican Resignation

April 17, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Bernie Sanders wowed the nation in a controversial Town Hall on Fox News. Along with fundraising, hes also ahead in the polls. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Democratic Party is seemingly in denial about Bernie being the frontrunner in the early race for President. The establishment is hoping for a more centrist candidate reflecting what is seen to be a rift in the Party between progressive and centrist members of Congress. Does Bernie stand a chance agains...

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 17, 2019 - AB 392, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, Bernie Sanders 2020

April 17, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Bernie Sanders wowed the nation in a controversial Town Hall on Fox News. Along with fundraising, hes also ahead in the polls. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Democratic Party is seemingly in denial about Bernie being the frontrunner in the early race for President. The establishment is hoping for a more centrist candidate reflecting what is seen to be a rift in the Party between progressive and centrist members of Congress. Does Bernie stand a chance agains...

Norman Solomon & Diane May On Bernie Sanders 2020 Presidential Run

April 17, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Bernie Sanders wowed the nation in a controversial Town Hall on Fox News. Along with fundraising, hes also ahead in the polls. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Democratic Party is seemingly in denial about Bernie being the frontrunner in the early race for President. The establishment is hoping for a more centrist candidate reflecting what is seen to be a rift in the Party between progressive and centrist members of Congress. Does Bernie stand a chance agains...

Dr. Melina Abdullah On AB 392

April 17, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Bernie Sanders wowed the nation in a controversial Town Hall on Fox News. Along with fundraising, hes also ahead in the polls. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Democratic Party is seemingly in denial about Bernie being the frontrunner in the early race for President. The establishment is hoping for a more centrist candidate reflecting what is seen to be a rift in the Party between progressive and centrist members of Congress. Does Bernie stand a chance agains...

Peter Schey On Dr. Mutulu Shakur & Political Prisoners

April 17, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Bernie Sanders wowed the nation in a controversial Town Hall on Fox News. Along with fundraising, hes also ahead in the polls. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Democratic Party is seemingly in denial about Bernie being the frontrunner in the early race for President. The establishment is hoping for a more centrist candidate reflecting what is seen to be a rift in the Party between progressive and centrist members of Congress. Does Bernie stand a chance agains...

News Headlines: April 16, 2019

April 16, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to what is happening to migrant asylum seekers. The latest threat to the Flores agreement and The Donald threatening to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities. Our guest is Peter Schey, Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. Also, for our Sojourner Truth Africa Watch, the 30-year leader of Sudan was deposed by the military following a general uprising in the country with protesters demanding an end to austerit...

Africa Watch: Dr. Gerald Horne On Libya, Sudan & Algeria Protests

April 16, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to what is happening to migrant asylum seekers. The latest threat to the Flores agreement and The Donald threatening to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities. Our guest is Peter Schey, Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. Also, for our Sojourner Truth Africa Watch, the 30-year leader of Sudan was deposed by the military following a general uprising in the country with protesters demanding an end to austerit...

Peter Schey On Migrant Children & Sanctuary Cities

April 16, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to what is happening to migrant asylum seekers. The latest threat to the Flores agreement and The Donald threatening to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities. Our guest is Peter Schey, Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. Also, for our Sojourner Truth Africa Watch, the 30-year leader of Sudan was deposed by the military following a general uprising in the country with protesters demanding an end to austerit...

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 16, 2019 - Africa Watch, US & European Progressivism, Migrant Children

April 16, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to what is happening to migrant asylum seekers. The latest threat to the Flores agreement and The Donald threatening to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities. Our guest is Peter Schey, Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. Also, for our Sojourner Truth Africa Watch, the 30-year leader of Sudan was deposed by the military following a general uprising in the country with protesters demanding an end to austerit...

Alan Minsky On US & European Progressive Movements Forging Links

April 16, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to what is happening to migrant asylum seekers. The latest threat to the Flores agreement and The Donald threatening to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities. Our guest is Peter Schey, Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. Also, for our Sojourner Truth Africa Watch, the 30-year leader of Sudan was deposed by the military following a general uprising in the country with protesters demanding an end to austerit...

News Headlines: April 12, 2019

April 12, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable discussion. We discuss the implications and consequences of the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He was taken out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London by British police, where he lived for the last seven years. He is awaiting possible extradition to the United States, where he is being charged with conspiring to crack a code that would allow illegal access to a Pentagon computer. Some are expecting that more charges will be filed by t...

Roundtable Discussion: Benjamin Netanyahu & Israeli Elections

April 12, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable discussion. We discuss the implications and consequences of the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He was taken out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London by British police, where he lived for the last seven years. He is awaiting possible extradition to the United States, where he is being charged with conspiring to crack a code that would allow illegal access to a Pentagon computer. Some are expecting that more charges will be filed by t...

Roundtable Discussion: Julian Assange & Chelsea Manning

April 12, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable discussion. We discuss the implications and consequences of the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He was taken out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London by British police, where he lived for the last seven years. He is awaiting possible extradition to the United States, where he is being charged with conspiring to crack a code that would allow illegal access to a Pentagon computer. Some are expecting that more charges will be filed by t...

Roundtable Discussion: William Barr & Mueller Report

April 12, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable discussion. We discuss the implications and consequences of the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He was taken out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London by British police, where he lived for the last seven years. He is awaiting possible extradition to the United States, where he is being charged with conspiring to crack a code that would allow illegal access to a Pentagon computer. Some are expecting that more charges will be filed by t...

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 12, 2019 - Julian Assange, Benjamin Netanyahu, William Barr

April 12, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable discussion. We discuss the implications and consequences of the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He was taken out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London by British police, where he lived for the last seven years. He is awaiting possible extradition to the United States, where he is being charged with conspiring to crack a code that would allow illegal access to a Pentagon computer. Some are expecting that more charges will be filed by t...

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 11, 2019 - Venezuela, Israeli Election, Nevada Environment Issues

April 11, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Trump administration friend Benjamin Netanyahu has won re-election in Israel. There's growing concern about what that means for the Palestinian people, including the possibility of a two-state solution as a resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Our guest is Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis. On Wednesday, April 10, Mike Pence called on the United Nations to officially recognize Juan Guaido, the U.S.-backed unelected man who illegally declared himself Pres...

Phyllis Bennis On Israel's Election

April 11, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Trump administration friend Benjamin Netanyahu has won re-election in Israel. There's growing concern about what that means for the Palestinian people, including the possibility of a two-state solution as a resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Our guest is Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis. On Wednesday, April 10, Mike Pence called on the United Nations to officially recognize Juan Guaido, the U.S.-backed unelected man who illegally declared himself Pres...

Remembering Nipsey Hussle

April 11, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Trump administration friend Benjamin Netanyahu has won re-election in Israel. There's growing concern about what that means for the Palestinian people, including the possibility of a two-state solution as a resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Our guest is Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis. On Wednesday, April 10, Mike Pence called on the United Nations to officially recognize Juan Guaido, the U.S.-backed unelected man who illegally declared himself Pres...

Sex Worker Testimony At Poor People's Campaign National Emergency Truth & Poverty Tour Hearing

April 11, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Trump administration friend Benjamin Netanyahu has won re-election in Israel. There's growing concern about what that means for the Palestinian people, including the possibility of a two-state solution as a resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Our guest is Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis. On Wednesday, April 10, Mike Pence called on the United Nations to officially recognize Juan Guaido, the U.S.-backed unelected man who illegally declared himself Pres...

News Headlines: April 11, 2019

April 11, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Trump administration friend Benjamin Netanyahu has won re-election in Israel. There's growing concern about what that means for the Palestinian people, including the possibility of a two-state solution as a resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Our guest is Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis. On Wednesday, April 10, Mike Pence called on the United Nations to officially recognize Juan Guaido, the U.S.-backed unelected man who illegally declared himself Pres...

Lucas Koerner On Venezuela

April 11, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Trump administration friend Benjamin Netanyahu has won re-election in Israel. There's growing concern about what that means for the Palestinian people, including the possibility of a two-state solution as a resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Our guest is Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis. On Wednesday, April 10, Mike Pence called on the United Nations to officially recognize Juan Guaido, the U.S.-backed unelected man who illegally declared himself Pres...

¡Blase Bonpane Presente!

April 10, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We are sad to announce the death of internationally-known peace activist and longtime KPFK programmer, Blase Bonpane. We dedicate today's show to Blase and will let you know when we do a memorial special on his remarkable life. Our hearts go out to his loved ones. We bring you voices from a Poor People's Campaign hearing held in the Bay Area of California on Saturday, April 6. The hearing is part of a national Poor People's Campaign Emergency Truth and Poverty tour...

Honoring Dolores Huerta Day

April 10, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We are sad to announce the death of internationally-known peace activist and longtime KPFK programmer, Blase Bonpane. We dedicate today's show to Blase and will let you know when we do a memorial special on his remarkable life. Our hearts go out to his loved ones. We bring you voices from a Poor People's Campaign hearing held in the Bay Area of California on Saturday, April 6. The hearing is part of a national Poor People's Campaign Emergency Truth and Poverty tour...

Homeboy 101 By Ron Baca

April 10, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We are sad to announce the death of internationally-known peace activist and longtime KPFK programmer, Blase Bonpane. We dedicate today's show to Blase and will let you know when we do a memorial special on his remarkable life. Our hearts go out to his loved ones. We bring you voices from a Poor People's Campaign hearing held in the Bay Area of California on Saturday, April 6. The hearing is part of a national Poor People's Campaign Emergency Truth and Poverty tour...

Poor People's Campaign Truth & Poverty Tour Hearing - Bay Area

April 10, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We are sad to announce the death of internationally-known peace activist and longtime KPFK programmer, Blase Bonpane. We dedicate today's show to Blase and will let you know when we do a memorial special on his remarkable life. Our hearts go out to his loved ones. We bring you voices from a Poor People's Campaign hearing held in the Bay Area of California on Saturday, April 6. The hearing is part of a national Poor People's Campaign Emergency Truth and Poverty tour...

News Headlines: April 10, 2019

April 10, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We are sad to announce the death of internationally-known peace activist and longtime KPFK programmer, Blase Bonpane. We dedicate today's show to Blase and will let you know when we do a memorial special on his remarkable life. Our hearts go out to his loved ones. We bring you voices from a Poor People's Campaign hearing held in the Bay Area of California on Saturday, April 6. The hearing is part of a national Poor People's Campaign Emergency Truth and Poverty tour...

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 10, 2019 - Poor People's Campaign Truth & Poverty Tour Hearing

April 10, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We are sad to announce the death of internationally-known peace activist and longtime KPFK programmer, Blase Bonpane. We dedicate today's show to Blase and will let you know when we do a memorial special on his remarkable life. Our hearts go out to his loved ones. We bring you voices from a Poor People's Campaign hearing held in the Bay Area of California on Saturday, April 6. The hearing is part of a national Poor People's Campaign Emergency Truth and Poverty tour...

Earth Watch: Beverly Harry & Ian Bigley On Nevada Environment Issues

April 10, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Trump administration friend Benjamin Netanyahu has won re-election in Israel. There's growing concern about what that means for the Palestinian people, including the possibility of a two-state solution as a resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Our guest is Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis. On Wednesday, April 10, Mike Pence called on the United Nations to officially recognize Juan Guaido, the U.S.-backed unelected man who illegally declared himself Pres...

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 9, 2019 - Reflections On Haiti, Chicano Poetry By Ron Baca

April 09, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue coverage of our recent trip to Haiti, where the Sojourner Truth team covered the graduation of students from the University of the Aristide Foundation, known as UNIFA. Also, we visited La Saline, in Haiti's Port-au-Prince, where residents say the worst massacre since the brutal Duvalier years took place. The massacres began in November 2018 and are continuing. They are being wrongly reported by mainstream media as resulting from gang warfare and we are t...

News Headlines - April 9, 2019

April 09, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue coverage of our recent trip to Haiti, where the Sojourner Truth team covered the graduation of students from the University of the Aristide Foundation, known as UNIFA. Also, we visited La Saline, in Haiti's Port-au-Prince, where residents say the worst massacre since the brutal Duvalier years took place. The massacres began in November 2018 and are continuing. They are being wrongly reported by mainstream media as resulting from gang warfare and we are t...

Chicano Poet Ron Baca Shares His Work

April 09, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue coverage of our recent trip to Haiti, where the Sojourner Truth team covered the graduation of students from the University of the Aristide Foundation, known as UNIFA. Also, we visited La Saline, in Haiti's Port-au-Prince, where residents say the worst massacre since the brutal Duvalier years took place. The massacres began in November 2018 and are continuing. They are being wrongly reported by mainstream media as resulting from gang warfare and we are t...

Judith Mirkinson & Seth Donnelly On Humanitarian & Human Rights Crisis In Haiti

April 09, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue coverage of our recent trip to Haiti, where the Sojourner Truth team covered the graduation of students from the University of the Aristide Foundation, known as UNIFA. Also, we visited La Saline, in Haiti's Port-au-Prince, where residents say the worst massacre since the brutal Duvalier years took place. The massacres began in November 2018 and are continuing. They are being wrongly reported by mainstream media as resulting from gang warfare and we are t...

News Headlines: April 5, 2019

April 05, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Our team was on the ground in Haiti. Today, we continue our series of coverage. We will bring you the story of tortures and massacres in La Saline. A story reported to be about gang warfare. But, as you will hear in today's report, that is far from the reality of what's going on in La Saline. What we witnessed and recorded and are reporting on this exclusive today is an extreme humanitarian and human rights crisis and tragedy little known to the world. Ironically,...

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 5, 2019 - La Saline, Haiti Speaks Out Against Poverty & State Violence

April 05, 2019 00:00

Today on Sojourner Truth: Our team was on the ground in Haiti. Today, we continue our series of coverage. We will bring you the story of tortures and massacres in La Saline. A story reported to be about gang warfare. But, as you will hear in today's report, that is far from the reality of what's going on in La Saline. What we witnessed and recorded and are reporting on this exclusive today is an extreme humanitarian and human rights crisis and tragedy little known to the world. Ironically,...

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 4, 2019 - UNIFA Graduation in Haiti

April 04, 2019 04:30

Today on Sojourner Truth: We've been on the ground in Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince. Today, we bring you the first of our in-depth reports. There has been a long struggle for access to education in Haiti. Following the Haitian Revolution that defeated the French Army and established the first Black republic in the world " leading the way for the ending of slavery in the Americas " in order to trade internationally, Haiti was forced to pay reparations to France. This, for the cost of...

News Headlines: March 29, 2019

March 29, 2019 17:01

News Headlines: March 29, 2019 by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod