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Cleveland: May Day honors housing defendersCleveland: May Day honors housing defenders

Cleveland: May Day honors housing defenders

This year May Day in Cleveland focused on the struggle for housing, featuring representatives from the United Residents of Euclid…

May 1, 2023
As COVID emergency ends, workers hit with bigger student loan debtAs COVID emergency ends, workers hit with bigger student loan debt

As COVID emergency ends, workers hit with bigger student loan debt

In March 2020, the federal government froze payments on all federal student loans. In August 2022, the Biden Administration forgave…

May 1, 2023
Massachusetts health care activists demand: Restore COVID-19 protections now! Massachusetts health care activists demand: Restore COVID-19 protections now! 

Massachusetts health care activists demand: Restore COVID-19 protections now! 

Boston The Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity (Mass. CHE) held an online press conference on April 5 to demand the…

April 28, 2023
UC Townhomes residents demand ‘right to return’UC Townhomes residents demand ‘right to return’

UC Townhomes residents demand ‘right to return’

Philadelphia Leading chants of “we saved the peoples townhomes” and “housing is a human right1” activist Krystal Strong opened a…

April 28, 2023
Puerto Rican community protests the Hispanic Federation’s annual galaPuerto Rican community protests the Hispanic Federation’s annual gala

Puerto Rican community protests the Hispanic Federation’s annual gala

The following is a slightly edited version of a press release issued April 18 by The Puerto Rico Is Not…

April 24, 2023
Brazil and China agree on dollar-free tradeBrazil and China agree on dollar-free trade

Brazil and China agree on dollar-free trade

Interview by Lorena Guillén, from ABYA YALA TV, Bolivia, with Julio Gambina, president of the Foundation for Social and Political…

April 21, 2023
French SpringFrench Spring

French Spring

Ahh . . . don’t you hear loud and clear arriving on our shores carried by the winds the pounding…

April 19, 2023
End to PHE Medicaid endangers millionsEnd to PHE Medicaid endangers millions

End to PHE Medicaid endangers millions

With the Biden Administration ready to let the COVID-19 National Emergency expire on May 11, millions of people in the…

April 18, 2023
Justice for Angel Davis – no to armed evictors!Justice for Angel Davis – no to armed evictors!

Justice for Angel Davis – no to armed evictors!

Standing up to her millionaire landlord and resisting eviction almost cost Black Philadelphia resident Angel Davis her life.  Davis, 35,…

April 11, 2023
Boston Teamsters rally to prepare Aug. 1 UPS strikeBoston Teamsters rally to prepare Aug. 1 UPS strike

Boston Teamsters rally to prepare Aug. 1 UPS strike

Boston Over 1,000 delivery drivers and warehouse logistics workers at United Parcel Service (UPS), many donning T-shirts emblazoned “Ready to…

April 10, 2023