Racism and Self-Determination

Freedom fighters converge in Mississippi

Jackson, Miss. - The Southern Human Rights Organizing Conference celebrated 20 years of convergences Dec. 9-11 in Jackson, Miss. Organized…

December 21, 2016

‘Days of Action’ all December for Standing Rock

Dec. 19 — Indigenous peoples and supporters continue their encampment in brutally cold and harsh winter conditions at Cannonball, N.D.,…

December 21, 2016

Dylann Roof and the U.S. injustice system

On Dec. 15, a federal jury convicted white supremacist Dylann Roof of the heinous massacre of nine Black parishioners of…

December 21, 2016

‘For Peltier and Standing Rock!’

Led by a colorful banner demanding freedom for imprisoned Native leader Leonard Peltier, over 500 #NoDAPL activists and Indigenous warriors…

December 18, 2016

Texas Board of Ed rejects racist textbook

Austin, Texas - After an outcry by community activists and academics, the Texas state Board of Education on Nov. 16…

December 17, 2016

Rallies demand ‘Free Mumia’

Philadelphia - Hundreds of people braved bitter cold weather to come out here for Mumia Abu-Jamal on Dec. 9, the…

December 12, 2016

Roanoke, Va., rallies for ‘Justice for Kionte Spencer’

Dozens of community members from numerous cities across Virginia joined in solidarity here on Dec. 10 for a People’s Rally…

December 12, 2016

Rockford, Illinois, organizes against racism

More than 20 people gathered Dec. 3 in a local library to continue building a progressive movement in the wake…

December 11, 2016

Racist murder of Black teen

James Means — a 15-year-old unarmed Black youth — was killed by William Ronald Pulliam, a 62-year-old white man, on…

December 8, 2016

People’s Power Assembly shows anti-Klan solidarity

Scores of activists from New York City’s People’s Power Assembly gathered in freezing weather at Columbus Circle on Dec. 3…

December 8, 2016