U.S. and Canada

Former Black Panther killed in California prison

Hugo Pinell, 71, a former comrade of George L. Jackson, was killed on Aug. 12 in California State Prison-Sacramento near…

August 19, 2015

Police violence at Target store denounced

The organizations Equality for Flatbush (E4F) and the New York People’s Power Assembly held an Aug. 3 press conference and…

August 19, 2015

Free Chelsea Manning!

Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the heroic WikiLeaks whistleblower and transgender activist currently jailed in the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, is…

August 18, 2015

Detroit recovery?
Don’t believe it

A recent study of residential patterns and employment availability in the Detroit area has exposed the lie told by the…

August 18, 2015

EPA spill threatens Diné community

Corn, melons, squashes and other crops, along with sheep and cattle -- these are what the Diné (Navajo) farmers grow…

August 17, 2015

Veolia/Transdev – ‘Evil Corp’

As the Boston School Bus Drivers, Steelworkers Local 8751, move into a crucial stretch of their struggle to rehire their…

August 17, 2015

Black transwomen killed in Detroit

Aug. 16 -- The hate-fueled killing of transgender people of color is yet another crime against the oppressed that happens…

August 17, 2015

Honor Mike Brown

One year after Mike Brown’s death by police gunfire in Ferguson, Mo., over a hundred activists and community members held…

August 17, 2015

Providence, R.I., People’s Assembly proposes ‘Plan of Action’ for struggles ahead

The Rhode Island People’s Assembly -- which fights against racism, war, economic exploitation and environmental destruction -- held a summer…

August 17, 2015

Denver DA likely jailed innocent Black man for 28 years

A human tragedy was displayed in a courtroom in Denver on July 30. Two Black men sat in front of…

August 16, 2015