Racism and Self-Determination

Syracuse, N.Y., Black Lives Matter protests police terror

Some 500 people challenged racism and police terror in Syracuse, N.Y., on July 18, in a militant, high-energy and unified…

July 22, 2016

Brooklyn, N.Y., forum fights gentrification

Gentrification and displacement are hitting neighborhoods hard, nowhere more so than Brooklyn, N.Y. Organizing against the impact of austerity programs…

July 22, 2016

Justice for Teo Valencia

Teo Valencia, a Mexican-American man, was shot in the back with an AR-15 semi-automatic assault rifle by an as yet…

July 22, 2016

DAY 15 – Is This What Democracy Looks Like?

A crowd of several hundred people moves down St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland, holding signs and chanting slogans.  They are…

July 21, 2016

Black farmers still seek justice

Black farmers in the South filed a federal class action lawsuit known as Pigford vs Glickman in 1997. Timothy Pigford…

July 21, 2016

One union: Labor against racism

Philando Castile’s “death by cop,” along with that of Alton Sterling, has sparked massive protests against racist state terror across…

July 21, 2016

Black Lives Matter marches on

July 18 — Outrage over the unchecked police killing of people of color continues throughout the U.S. Militant protests surged…

July 20, 2016

Many hundreds march in Cleveland to ‘Shut Down Trump and RNC’

Cleveland, July 18 -- In the weeks and months leading up to protests at the Republican National Convention, the state,…

July 19, 2016

The intersection between sports and fighting police violence

The ESPY Awards honor individual and team athletes in the U.S. and worldwide for outstanding achievements on a yearly basis.…

July 19, 2016

Giuliani: ‘You’re the racist!’

Rudy Giuliani’s July 18 speech to the Republican National Convention is rumored to be his audition for the post of…

July 19, 2016