Dianne Mathiowetz

Thousands demand new trial for Imam Jamil Al-Amin

Imam Jamil Al-Amin, now in a U.S. prison serving 35 years to life and formerly known as H. Rap Brown,…

August 26, 2020

John Lewis and the Edmund Pettus Bridge

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

July 29, 2020

Justice for Ahmaud!

On May 16, hundreds of people from Brunswick and Glynn Counties joined a car caravan filled with community members and…

May 19, 2020

A 21st century lynching: Justice for Ahmaud Arbery!

May 11— In the early afternoon of Feb. 23, shots rang out on the tree-lined streets of Satilla Shores, a…

May 12, 2020

Mississippi prisoner deaths demand mass action

Atlanta Jan. 13 -- For more than 100 years, Parchman Prison in Sunflower County, in Mississippi’s Delta region, has been…

January 12, 2020

Activists return to Ft. Benning to Close the SOA!

On Nov. 16, 1989, six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her 16-year-old daughter were murdered by a special battalion of…

November 22, 2019

Atlantans hold back-to-back anti-racist protests

Donald Trump chose Atlanta to launch “Black Voices for Trump” on Friday, Nov. 8. That 2020 election appeal was rebuffed…

November 15, 2019

Atlanta killer cop gets 12 years in Anthony Hill case

Nov. 2 -- The family and supporters of Anthony Hill filled a DeKalb County courtroom and an overflow room to…

November 8, 2019

In trial of killer cop, Black jurors struggle for guilty verdicts

After 27 hours of deliberation over six days, the jury in the trial of Robert Olsen, a DeKalb County officer…

October 24, 2019

Atlanta Pride says ‘Free Chelsea Manning!’

For over three hours on Oct. 12, tens of thousands of Atlanta Pride marchers passed by stationary teams on both…

October 15, 2019