Racism a major factor in denying pay to student athletes

January 5, 2016

College sports are big business. In 2013, football revenues topped $3.4 billion, doubling over the last 10 years. (businessinsider.com, Dec.…

7th annual Oscar Grant vigil held

January 5, 2016

Oakland, Calif. -- The seventh annual vigil to honor the memory of Oscar Grant was held on Jan. 1 at the…

U.S. ambassador butts into Haiti election

January 5, 2016

Jan. 3 -- Thousands of Haitians protesting in the streets against the patently fraudulent presidential elections held Oct. 25 led…

Histórica victoria de sindicato de conductores de autobuses escolares de Boston

January 5, 2016

Después de más de dos años de ardua lucha, las militantes bases del Sindicato de Conductores de Autobuses Escolares de…

La lucha de las mujeres saudíes

January 5, 2016

Ningún país del mundo es más brutal y opresivo en su tratamiento de las mujeres que Arabia Saudita. El estado…

Black Lives Matter activists disrupt Philly Mummers New Year event

January 4, 2016

Calling for “no business as usual while police kill Black and Brown people daily,” the Philadelphia Coalition for R.E.A.L. (Racial,…

Tamir Rice protests denounce nonindictment of killer cops

January 4, 2016

[gallery type="rectangular" size="medium" ids="23465,23462,23463,23464,23466,23460,23461"] Protests were held around the country to demand justice for Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old Black child…

Tamir never had a chance

January 4, 2016

By Donnie M. Pastard Cleveland Tamir never had a chance. Within two seconds, two bullets were pumped into his stomach,…

Exposure of DOC’s faked evidence shakes Mumia’s Hep C hearing

January 4, 2016

Scranton, Pa. The third and final day for Mumia Abu-Jamal’s lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections ended on Dec.…

Free Oscar López Rivera, NOW!

January 4, 2016

The Dec. 31 New York Times editorial titled “Mr. Obama’s Trickle of Mercy” sharply criticized Barack Obama’s miserly use of…