Texas

500 legal lynchings mark ‘modern era’ of death penalty in Texas

Texas is poised to carry out its 500th execution on June 26 at 6 p.m. at the Walls Prison Unit in…

June 25, 2013

Capitalist terrorism hits Texas town

Immediately after the bombings at the Boston Marathon, before any political motivation was alleged, the word terrorism began to be…

April 23, 2013

A tale of two cities’ explosions

In one week, not one but two U.S. cities were rocked by deadly explosions. On April 15, bombs at the…

April 23, 2013

Anti-racist forces in Tennessee say no to Klan, ‘American Renaissance’

Two openly racist gatherings in Tennessee have drawn attention to the fact that racist ideology and practice are alive and…

April 11, 2013

Tar sands oil spills on Arkansas town

Residents of Mayflower, Ark., found out the hard way on March 29 that their subdivision was built atop Exxon Mobil…

April 11, 2013

Obama’s energy choice: Shill for shale gas industry

It is anticipated that President Barack Obama’s front-runner to replace Steven Chu as energy secretary will be Massachusetts Institute of…

March 1, 2013

Discurso de Mumía Abú-Jamal: Fiesta en Riverside para Ramsey Clark y el IAC

Amigos, Hermanas y Hermanos, Camaradas: Muy bueno que nos reunamos aquí hoy, cuando vientos helados azotan las paredes de la…

January 31, 2013

Billboard for Palestine

“Stop $30 billion to Israel!” Palestinians and their supporters put up a billboard with this powerful message on a busy…

January 30, 2013

Annual march protests executions in Texas

Austin, Texas — They chanted, “Executions? Shut ‘em down! Racist courts? Shut ‘em down! Lying cops? Shut ‘em down! Sleeping…

November 15, 2012

Texas governor’s 250th execution protested

With the stick swinging the piñata at full force, the grandson of Shaka Sankofa literally knocked the head off Texas…

November 15, 2012