Black History Month: ‘Stayed on freedom’

Black History Month again offers us a chance to honor the body-and-spirit-filled determination of African-American people who have struggled, built…

February 6, 2019

As the poor freeze to death: Nothing ‘natural’ about climate disasters

Feb. 4 -- Yes, it was January, and cold weather was to be expected in much of the United States.…

February 6, 2019

In Virginia and West Virginia, school workers on the move for public education

Updated Feb. 5. Following the Jan. 22 settlement between the Los Angeles school district and the United Teachers of Los…

February 5, 2019

The urgency of the ‘Great Debate’ about the European Union

Herrera, a Marxist economist, a researcher at the Centre national de la Recherche scientifique (CNRS), who works at the Centre…

February 5, 2019

EUA comanda el golpe, pero no consigue encarnarlo en Venezuela

Dos conclusiones emergen del conflicto venezolano después de casi dos semanas del autoproclamamiento de Juan Guaidó. El primero es que…

February 5, 2019

¡No a la guerra de EE.UU. contra Venezuela!

Organicemos acciones nacionales. No a la guerra de los Estados Unidos contra Venezuela, sábado el 23 de febrero

February 5, 2019

Philadelphia report: Black activists in Palestine

Philadelphia area Black activists, artists and educators recounted their experiences traveling to Palestine before a standing-room-only crowd at Uncle Bobbie’s…

February 5, 2019

Solidarity and outrage as New Yorkers demand accessible public transit

Malaysia Goodson, 22-year-old African-American mother, was carrying a stroller with her 1-year-old daughter, Rylee, down the steps of a New…

February 5, 2019

Jussie Smollett and the attack on queer people of color

Jussie Smollett, internationally known Black television star and LGBTQ+ activist, was beaten in Chicago in a horrific racist and homophobic…

February 4, 2019

Under pressure, Yale RebLaw conference rescinds keynote offer to Philly DA; instead invites political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal

The following edited press statement was released on Feb. 1. Cambridge, Mass. - Organizers of the Rebellious Lawyering (RebLaw) conference…

February 4, 2019