U.S. and Canada

Protests as killer cop goes free

Deborah Danner, a 66-year-old Black woman, was shot and killed inside her Bronx apartment on Oct. 18, 2016, by New…

February 21, 2018

Rally hits Trump’s racism

Rochester, N.Y. — Nearly 1,000 people rallied in a historic Black church here on Feb. 17 under the call for…

February 21, 2018

Fascists way outnumbered — again

Knoxville, Tenn. — More than 200 people marched in a cold rain at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus on…

February 21, 2018

Statewide education strike looms in West Virginia

Charleston, W.V. — Thousands of public, state and education employees rallied here at the state Capitol on Feb. 17  to…

February 20, 2018

Unions demand end to anti-worker system

After the shock of Trump's victory in 2017, unions have been relatively quiet  with no major protests. At the same…

February 20, 2018

Black Solidarity Week in Oakland

Oakland, Calif. — Black Solidarity Week was held here Feb. 17-24, initiated by the Community Ready Corps for Self-Determination. The…

February 20, 2018

Victory in Durham over white supremacy

UPDATE: On Feb. 20, the Durham district attorney announced that all charges have been dropped against all the Durham defendants,…

February 20, 2018

‘You can’t deport a movement!’

Within hours before a scheduled deportation on Feb. 9, immigrant rights organizer Ravi Ragbir won a temporary stay of removal…

February 18, 2018

NYPD spying on Muslims challenged

Two Muslim men have challenged the New York Police Department’s cloak of secrecy over NYPD surveillance of Muslim mosques and…

February 18, 2018

Solidarity with Muslims in Philadelphia

A social justice-focused synagogue named Kol Tzedek — a Voice for Justice — and the West Philly Coalition Against Islamophobia…

February 18, 2018