U.S. and Canada

Brooklyn, N.Y.: Ground zero for gentrification

Brooklyn is definitely ground zero for gentrification in New York City. Specific to Brooklyn is that rents have gone up…

April 14, 2016

Flint lead poisoning is tip of the iceberg

This April 25 will mark two years since the infamous event that exposed the city of Flint to lead-contaminated water.…

April 14, 2016

Lowndes County, Ala.: Roots of revolution

Part 1: “Lowndes County: ‘The original Black Panther Party’” A revolutionary movement was born in 1966 in the tiny Alabama…

April 14, 2016

The racist criminalization of African Americans

When former President Bill Clinton spoke on April 7 in Philadelphia, protesters interrupted him, exposing Democrats’ role in the mass…

April 13, 2016

Stop auto layoffs: A job is a right!

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced April 6 it would indefinitely lay off 1,420 workers at two Detroit-area plants. The indefinite layoffs…

April 13, 2016

Verizon workers on strike

http://youtu.be/fcpnb32B4Jg Working people at Verizon are ready to strike. Hear their stories in this video.

April 13, 2016

Protesters expose Clintons’ racism

Two protesters disrupted former President Bill Clinton while he spoke at a Hillary Clinton campaign event in North Philadelphia on…

April 12, 2016

Philadelphia high school walkout demands necessities

High school students left their classrooms and marched from the Philadelphia School District offices to City Hall in a “Philly…

April 12, 2016

Milwaukee students say ‘Dump Trump’

With youth and students taking the lead, Donald Trump was confronted across Wisconsin during his campaign there. Trump and other…

April 11, 2016

Thousands sign up to shut down Trump’s NYC rally

As of April 10, thousands of people had signed up on Facebook pages that they planned to protest a $1,000-a-person…

April 11, 2016