Martha Grevatt

No let up in fight to stop police killings in Cleveland

Since the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice on Nov. 22 by a white Cleveland police officer, the movement against racist…

December 17, 2014

Tribute to Leslie Feinberg

She brought ‘trans’ into labor’s vocabulary In 1895, the year that Frederick Engels died, a 25-year-old V.I. Lenin wrote a…

December 14, 2014

Michigan struggle demands transgender civil rights

Detroit — The victories for marriage equality represent a huge advance for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer movement in…

December 11, 2014

Justice for Tamir Rice!

Dec. 8 — With the police killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice on Nov. 22, Cleveland has become, like Ferguson and…

December 9, 2014

GM workers protest at U.S. embassy in Bogota, Colombia

For over 1,200 days, former workers of General Motors’ Colmotores plant in Bogotá, Colombia, have maintained an encampment outside the…

December 4, 2014

Phony gay rights bill throws trans community under the bus in Michigan

There is no question that the victories for marriage equality represent a huge advance for the LGBTQ movement. Two-thirds of…

December 2, 2014

Same-sex marriage fight not over

After being buoyed by a string of victories, the movement for the right to marry was set back Nov. 6…

November 13, 2014

‘Drill, baby, drill’? Not so fast!

Michigan is not exactly a state that an oil and gas industry executive would call “unwelcoming.” In fact, there is…

September 7, 2014

Marriage equality winning after decades of struggle

More than 700 people rallied in Cincinnati on Aug. 5 and 6 in support of the right of same-sex couples…

August 17, 2014

Colombian GM workers continue fight

A group of injured workers set up a tent encampment outside the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, on Aug. 1,…

August 11, 2014