U.S. and Canada

Activists stop racist memorial, honor Ida B. Wells

By Savannah Webb and Joan Auf Chicago Anti-racist groups in Chicago came together April 22 to stand against the racists…

April 25, 2018

Educators battle austerity cuts in Wisconsin

As a part of the international workers’ movement against austerity, educators in Wisconsin continue to fight back against Wall Street’s…

April 25, 2018

Students rally against rape culture

New York — On a cold, rainy day here, more than 100 students, many of them women of color, walked…

April 24, 2018

Indigenous women, the land and the struggle against settler colonialism

A talk by Mahtowin, co-leader of United American Indians of New England,  at an International Working Women’s Day forum on…

April 24, 2018

Philly protests racist Starbucks

In a demonstration against white supremacy, Philadelphia protesters occupied the Starbucks at 18th and Spruce streets early on the morning…

April 21, 2018

Racist statue of Dr. James Marion Sims comes down

The controversial statue honoring Dr. J. Marion Sims, known as “the father of gynecology” for his medical advances in the…

April 21, 2018

Poor People’s Campaign: Building for action

New York — Over a hundred people showed up to discuss and work on the growing Poor People’s Campaign on…

April 21, 2018

Oklahoma and the school strike surge

By Ben C. and Sara C. The valiant fight of Oklahoma teachers and school staff for long overdue raises and…

April 19, 2018

Johns Hopkins students protest CIA recruitment

By Rhys Williams and Ben Anderson Baltimore Ten Johns Hopkins University student activists from Tzedek (a U.K.-based charity that aims…

April 19, 2018

BLM blocks streets over police killings

A bold Black Lives Matter march took Atlanta’s main downtown artery, Peachtree Street, on April 15 to demand justice for…

April 19, 2018