After spending 46 years as one of America's longest-standing fugitives, political and liberation activist Assata Shakur, born Joanne Chesimard, is dead. News broke in the early morning of Sept. 26 ...

Assata Shakur’s story will be told in a new documentary by Giselle and Stephen Bailey, with Angela Davis serving as producer. Assata Shakur’s life and legacy are being brought to the screen through a ...

Assata Shakur (born Joanne Chesimard) the political activist, revolutionary writer, Black Panther, and member of the Black Liberation Army has passed away in Havana, Cuba at the age of 78. She ...

Assata Shakur recently passed away from "health concerns and advanced age," according to a statement from Cuba's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shakur was 78. But, with Assata's name now in headlines, ...

In this original poem, author Francesca Momplaisir reflects on Assata Shakur’s journey, weaving memory, resistance, and eulogy into verse. Editor’s note: The following article and video are ...

Assata, who was 78, died in Cuba, where she received political asylum from Fidel Castro after fleeing the United States following a conviction for taking part in the 1973 murder of a New Jersey state ...

Recently on “The Joe Budden Podcast,” Dr. Marc Lamont Hill explained why many believe Assata Shakur was framed for killing a state trooper. This week on “The Joe Budden Podcast,” Dr. Marc Lamont Hill ...

Kash Patel criticized online tributes to Assata Shakur following her death in Havana last week, calling the praise an insult to law enforcement and the memory of slain New Jersey State Trooper Werner ...

Anyone who who refuses to condemn allies who celebrate a cop-killer deserves your contempt, so note the reactions after various lefties hailed the late “great” Assata Shakur, a k a Joanne Chesimard, ...

The news was originally shared on Facebook by Assata's daughter before being confirmed by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to multiple reports Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection ...