Detroit — David Garcia, executive director of Affirmations, Detroit’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community center, went on a…
When U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a Republican Senate candidate, stated that women don’t become pregnant from “legitimate rape,” he insulted…
New York — On Aug. 24, two New York police officers turned what by all accounts was a targeted killing by…
Tucson, Ariz. — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer issued Executive Order 2012-06 on Aug. 15, denying all state and local public benefits…
Baltimore — Two representatives of the Baltimore Peoples Assembly, the Rev. Cortly “CD” Witherspoon of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference…
Representatives of the Baltimore Peoples Assembly gathered for a vigil and protest in front of the boarded-up house that Rudy…
Brooklyn, N.Y. — Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. was just 13 years old when he was killed by “Robocop” Brian George…
Since the third week of August, the Chicago Teachers Union has been practicing how to conduct a strike. About a…
A rally at New York’s City Hall on Aug. 22 demanded paid sick time for workers at small businesses in…
Mineworkers and their supporters have continued to express outrage at the police killing of 34 strikers and wounding of 78…