As the Trump administration takes on the latest wave of left-wing violence, an obituary reminds us what happens when ...

The Black Liberation Army member, who escaped to Cuba in the 1980s, was name-checked in songs by Public Enemy and Common ...

In this original poem, author Francesca Momplaisir reflects on Assata Shakur’s journey, weaving memory, resistance, and ...

Assata Shakur, the Black Liberation Army member militant and fugitive with a $2 million FBI reward on her head, died in ...

Assata Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, was convicted of murdering a state trooper in 1973 and escaped prison in 1979.

Tupac Shakur's godmother, Assata Shakur, died at age 78 on Sept. 25. News of Assata's death was first shared by her daughter ...

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison ...

She fled to Cuba after being convicted in the killing of a police officer but she denied shooting the officer.

Assata Shakur, the Black revolutionary and freedom fighter who found political asylum in socialist Cuba, passed away on September 25. Her life and struggle continue to inspire generations of young ...

Anyone who who refuses to condemn allies who celebrate a cop-killer deserves your contempt, so note the reactions after ...

The fugitive freedom fighter allied with a government known for imprisoning dissidents, curtailing civil liberties, and ...

The Cuban government has announced that exiled activist Assata Shakur died in Havana on Thursday at 78. She was an activist ...