Racism and Self-Determination

Killer of Dontre Hamilton stays fired

As a result of mass people's resistance led by the Hamilton family, Christopher Manney, the cop who shot and killed…

March 30, 2015

Study exposes racism & why Black girls matter

All human life matters. But throughout U.S. history, that reality has been overshadowed by the doctrine and practice of white…

March 30, 2015

Black leader Jabari Shaw targeted

Oakland, Calif. -- A combined task force of Oakland Police Department officers, FBI and U.S. marshals on March 9 chased…

March 30, 2015

Racist double standard

For most people, it should be enough to point out that Black people are 21 times more likely to be…

March 26, 2015

Police violence against Martese Johnson sparks campus protests

Martese Johnson, a 20-year-old African American, has been added to the already too-long list of victims of brutal, racial profiling…

March 24, 2015

San Francisco protesters want justice for Alex Nieto, killed by cops

San Francisco -- Workers World received news early in the morning on March 23 that protesters seeking justice for the…

March 24, 2015

Will Milwaukee killer cop receive impunity?

March 23 — Police repression against Wisconsin’s Black communities accompanies Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-union and anti-worker “right-to-work” law, which went…

March 24, 2015

Philadelphia cops arrest Black Lives Matter activists

Philadelphia Police Chief Charles Ramsey and District Attorney Seth Williams planned to address a local Town Hall on March 19…

March 23, 2015

Dinah, Bett and Albany, N.Y., slave rebellion

On March 14, 1794, two young slave girls were hanged in Albany, N.Y. One was named Dinah, aged 14. The…

March 19, 2015

Ferguson community resists police terror

The police occupation of the Black community of Ferguson, Mo., is just as intense now as it was in the…

March 18, 2015