U.S. and Canada

Walk-ins protest proposed education cuts

Hundreds of educators, staff, parents, students and community supporters participated in walk-ins at 17 Milwaukee public schools on June 5.…

June 11, 2015

The Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears

A grassroots campaign to remove President Andrew Jackson’s portrait from the $20 bill is receiving some attention. Why Jackson especially?…

June 10, 2015

Motor City Pride: The fight is not over

Thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, and their allies, took to the streets June 7 in the…

June 10, 2015

Oakland, Calif., police take another young Black life

Oakland, Calif., Police Department officers took yet another young Black man’s life on the morning of June 6. According to…

June 10, 2015

Baltimore people’s assembly a resounding success

Call passed for national and local actions The Baltimore People’s Power Assembly and the Greater Baltimore chapter of the Southern…

June 9, 2015

Welcome, Caitlyn Jenner

Bruce Jenner, the 1976 decathlon champion and Olympic gold medalist, came out as transgender to an international audience when a…

June 9, 2015

Festival honors Frank McQueen

A year ago on June 2, Frank McQueen was shot and killed by Chester, Pa., police. Since then, McQueen's mother,…

June 9, 2015

PRIDE weekend in Buffalo, N.Y.

On June 7, activists with the Buffalo, N.Y., branch of Workers World Party carried a banner in the Buffalo Pride…

June 8, 2015

Detroiters demand stop to mass tax foreclosures

Demonstrators gathered outside the Wayne County Treasurer’s office in the Greektown section of downtown Detroit on June 8 to protest…

June 8, 2015

Walmart workers hold hunger strike to press demands

Los Angeles, May 28 — Two dozen Walmart workers started a hunger strike for 24 hours on May 27, sleeping…

June 7, 2015