Opening Day: ‘Change the name’ protest in Cleveland

July 31, 2020

For 28 consecutive years, the Committee of 500 Years has been protesting the use of the racist name and image…

Black library workers force director’s resignation

July 31, 2020

Marie Kelly Philadelphia The Free Library of Philadelphia is the latest city institution to succumb to the power of workers…

Billionaires push to reopen schools with no plan for safety 

July 31, 2020

Schools in the U.S. provide students with much more than an education. They provide child care, meals (for 14 million…

Solidarity, the best antitoxin

July 29, 2020

As the coronavirus spreads around the globe, the United States continues to report by far the largest number of cases…

John Lewis and the Edmund Pettus Bridge

July 29, 2020

Many readers of Workers World newspaper may have watched on July 26 as a horse-drawn caisson carried John Lewis' body…

Sixth annual Sandra Bland #Say Her Name protest in New York City

July 29, 2020

A spirited group of about 100 protesters gathered July 13 in Union Square in New York City to demand justice…

Racist guards attack Soledad prisoners

July 29, 2020

In a 3 a.m. raid July 20, approximately 200 Black prisoners at California’s Soledad state prison were violently taken from…

U.S. ‘war games’ threaten COVID spread in Hawaii

July 29, 2020

Despite the ongoing global pandemic, the U.S. military has no plans to cancel RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise), the…

Who created the Saharan dust cloud?

July 29, 2020

Each year, massive dust plumes rise from the Sahara, lifted by local winds after being unmoored by desert conditions. However,…

Resistance broadens in Portland

July 28, 2020

Thousands of anti-racist, anti-fascist protesters continue to come out night after night into the streets of Portland, Ore., to protest…