Sports, Arts and Culture

Global solidarity with Writers Guild strike

The International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG), Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE) and UNI Global Union (UNI-MEI) organized global…

June 23, 2023

“No 76ers arena in Chinatown!”

Over 3,000 protesters from Chinatown and supporting communities marched through downtown Philadelphia on June 10 with a loud and clear…

June 13, 2023

Growing condemnation of Israel

There used to be a time when to publicly raise the name Palestine and the Palestinians’ right to their homeland…

June 12, 2023

Writers strike expands beyond LA, NYC

Santa Fe, New Mexico Writers Guild-West held an action in Santa Fe on May 26 that disrupted production of two…

June 2, 2023

Solidarity with writers strike growing

As the 11,500 members of the Writers Guild (WGA) begin their third week on the picket line, the strike shows…

May 19, 2023

Harry Belafonte was more than a Civil Rights activist but a genuine internationalist

The great Jamaican-identified artist, Civil Rights activist and internationalist, Harry Belafonte, died from congestive heart failure at age 96 on…

May 1, 2023

A double standard

On April 1, the Louisiana State University (LSU) Tigers women’s basketball team won its first 2023 NCAA championship, after trouncing,…

April 10, 2023

Statue honoring Harriet Tubman unveiled in Newark, New Jersey

The unveiling of a monument honoring the legacy of the great Black abolitionist, Harriet Tubman, took place in the Black-majority…

March 16, 2023

Editorial WW/MO
Otro ataque a las mujeres negras en el deporte

Si escuchas a los comentaristas deportivos que cubren el baloncesto masculino profesional y universitario, oirás a menudo palabras como “atletismo”…

March 8, 2023

Yet another attack on Black women in sports

If you listen to sportscasters covering men’s professional and college basketball, you often hear words like “athleticism” and “physicality” used…

February 27, 2023