U.S. and Canada

Sara Benjamin’s story: Arrested mother speaks out on incarceration of young, Black women leaders

Baltimore --  I have been actively working with the People’s Power Assembly of Baltimore for more than six months. In…

January 19, 2015

Philadelphia protesters target police ‘summit’

Philadelphia community members protested outside of a private meeting between U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and…

January 19, 2015

LGBTQ marriage equality fight moves ahead

For almost 400 years, since the first English settlers began stealing land from the original inhabitants of North America, legal…

January 19, 2015

Reproductive justice in the age of austerity

A new report shows that the state of abortion rights in the U.S. on the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme…

January 18, 2015

Organizer arrested, Baltimore ‘Strike Against Racism’ ties up downtown

Jan. 16 -- A protest march and rally against racist police terror, called "Strike Against Racism," tied up traffic in…

January 16, 2015

Tamir Rice killing further exposed

By Martha Grevatt and Susan Schnur Cleveland Last November, the whole world watched with horror the heartbreaking video of the…

January 16, 2015

Justice for Kendrick Johnson!

The town of Valdosta, Ga., witnessed, on Jan. 10, the kind of militant protest march that characterizes the “Black Lives…

January 16, 2015

Oil prices swoon, banks fear defaults ahead

Jan. 12 — As the extent of overproduction in the oil and gas industry sinks in with the markets, oil…

January 15, 2015

Autoworkers picket Detroit auto show

For the seventh year in a row, rank-and-file United Auto Workers members and supporters picketed outside the North American International…

January 15, 2015

10 most dangerous jobs. Guess who’s not there?

Facts are very stubborn things. Very often they contradict what is considered general knowledge. Which raises the question: What is…

January 15, 2015