Athletes speak out, take action on social issues

April 10, 2017

Social activism among amateur and professional athletes may not have begun with National Football League quarterback Colin Kaerpernick’s protest against…

Bay Area acts to halt home evictions

April 10, 2017

Over 60 community members and activists gathered March 29 in front of the former Oakland family home of 76-year-old matriarch…

Black, Brown, Indigenous girls’ lives matter

April 9, 2017

The hashtag #MissingDCGirls, out of Washington, D.C., went viral on social media the week of March 27, dramatizing the special…

Detroit protest demands release of funds

April 9, 2017

A demonstration at the Wayne County Treasurer’s office in Detroit on March 31 called for an immediate moratorium on tax…

On the picket line

April 9, 2017

By Alex Bolchi, Mattie Starrdust, and Sue Davis Tom Cat Bakery workers fight for jobs Thirty-one immigrant workers at Tom…

STOP the U.S. War on the Syrian People!

April 7, 2017

EMERGENCY ANTIWAR PROTESTS Join the immediate rejection of the Trump Administration’s war escalation and the ongoing U.S.-backed war against Syria…

Stop U.S. war against Syria!

April 6, 2017

The U.S. administration reversed its position on Syria on April 5, implying it would expand U.S. intervention. On April 6,…

DOC promises hep C drugs for Mumia Abu-Jamal

April 6, 2017

Political prisoner and revolutionary activist Mumia Abu-Jamal was notified March 31 by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections that he would…

The illusion of correctional ‘medicine’

April 6, 2017

Taken from a March 31 audio recording on prisonradio.org In the netherworld of American prisons one must jettison any medical…

A veteran activist on: ‘Labor Rights Equal Civil Rights’

April 6, 2017

“Labor Rights Equal Civil Rights” was the theme of a historic “March on Mississippi” held March 4 on the Nissan…