U.S. and Canada

Mexico killings protested

Dozens of people picketed the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco on Oct. 8 and spoke angrily about the Sept. 26…

October 16, 2014

Philadelphia’s public education nightmare

All five unelected members of the School Reform Commission voted to cancel the School District of Philadelphia’s contract with the…

October 16, 2014

Milwaukee protesters: ‘Charge killer cop!’

Protests continue in Milwaukee to demand justice for Dontre Hamilton, a 31-year-old African-American man shot 14 times and killed by…

October 15, 2014

Solidarity caravan heads to U.S./Mexico border

Historic Riverside Church in New York City was the location for the send-off on Oct. 10 of the “National Caravan…

October 15, 2014

Nat’l convergence in St. Louis, Ferguson: People resist police terror

St. Louis, Mo. — An unprecedented weekend of mass resistance took place in St. Louis, Ferguson, Clayton and other parts…

October 14, 2014

Ebola & failure of for-profit medical care

Oct. 13 — With the death of Thomas Eric Duncan in the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas on Oct. 8,…

October 13, 2014

Ebola hits U.S. amid charges of racism

Thomas Eric Duncan died on Oct. 8 at a Dallas hospital from the Ebola virus. He had traveled to Dallas…

October 13, 2014

In ‘war on ISIS,’ the main enemy is at home

The Turkish government decided Oct. 12 to permit U.S. fighter-bombers to launch attacks on Syrian targets from Incirlik Air Force…

October 13, 2014

Ferguson & the failure of Black politics

Transcript of Sept. 29 Prison Radio broadcast. The stark and moving images arising from the violence, repression and resistance of…

October 13, 2014

Finally, a racist killer is convicted

Justice was finally served on Oct. 1 when a Florida jury convicted Michael Dunn of the first-degree murder of Jordan…

October 11, 2014