U.S. and Canada

Disabled artists and activists fight for minimum wage equality

Brooklyn, N.Y.  — The Fair Wages Task Force began its campaign to eliminate subminimum wages for disabled workers at a…

November 5, 2018

Nov. 17 in Philly: Fight fascist violence!

A motley group of far-right organizations, including the Proud Boys, plan to rally near Independence Hall in Philadelphia on Nov.…

November 3, 2018

Veterans’ letter asks active duty soldiers to ’Refuse orders to deploy on southern border’

Following are excerpts from a letter from two military veterans appealing to the 15,000 active duty troops the president sent…

November 3, 2018

New Orleans Workers Group defends trans lives

Two hundred people marched through New Orleans’ French Quarter on Oct. 27 to defend trans people. The march was called…

November 3, 2018

Hotel workers strike in 10 cities

In eight U.S. cities and two in Canada, hotel workers are waging a militant strike against the Marriott hotel chain.…

November 1, 2018

Striking Boston hotel workers stay strong

Oct. 29 — Hundreds of striking hotel workers and thousands of supporters in Boston remain firmly united as they battle…

November 1, 2018

‘The Sentence’: An intersectional view of mass incarceration

In January, HBO purchased the rights to the independent documentary “The Sentence” following its success at the Sundance Film Festival.…

October 31, 2018

New evidence of Castille’s bias in Mumia Abu-Jamal case

As supporters demonstrated in the streets outside Philadelphia’s Criminal Justice Center on Oct. 29, inside the courthouse attorneys for political…

October 30, 2018

Get on the bus to National Day of Mourning!

The 49th National Day of Mourning will take place on Thursday, Nov. 22, the so-called “Thanksgiving” holiday, in Plymouth, Mass.…

October 27, 2018

Immigrant detention breeds resistance

Tacoma, Wash. — It was “Free Saja” Day on Oct. 21 at the Northwest Detention Center as people rallied to…

October 27, 2018