Racism and Self-Determination

Postal union protests police killing

Portland, Ore. — Some 6,000 members of the National Association of Letter Carriers at their annual convention in Detroit during…

July 29, 2018

#NoDAPL water protector sentenced to 57 months

#NoDAPL water protector Red Fawn Fallis was sentenced July 11 to 57 months in prison by a federal judge in…

July 27, 2018

Rep. Waters, the Democrats and white supremacy

Los Angeles — At a rally here on June 24, U.S. Congressperson ­Maxine Waters came out hard against the vicious…

July 3, 2018

Star player: ‘U.S. soccer is a rich white-kid sport’

Hope Solo is a former goalkeeper for the U.S. women’s national soccer team, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a…

July 3, 2018

‘They stole us, they sold us, they owe us!’

Despite threatened thundershowers, 50 people took to the streets of Newark, N.J., on June 23 to demand reparations for Black…

June 28, 2018

Police gun down Pittsburgh youth

Pittsburgh — It was Juneteenth — June 19, 1865 — when slavery was declared abolished in Texas and the Southern…

June 25, 2018

The Movement for Black Lives calls for Black, Brown, Indigenous solidarity

The following statement was issued by The Movement for Black Lives at policy.m4bl.org. The Movement for Black Lives joins MiJente…

June 25, 2018

MOVE 9’s Debbie Africa, released after 40 years, speaks at news conference

East Lansdowne, Pa. — At a press conference in East Lansdowne, Pa., on June 19, MOVE 9 member Debbie Sims…

June 24, 2018

Chicago youth rally for missing and murdered Black women and girls

Chicago — As school let out for the summer on June 19, a small crowd gathered on King Drive on…

June 24, 2018

Cheers for ‘Abolish death penalty’

The Juneteenth Parade, an annual event in Houston, memorializes the day in 1865 when the Emancipation Proclamation was put into…

June 23, 2018