U.S. and Canada

Domestic violence survivor still trapped in detention

Bulletin: Yazmin Elias was released from jail on May 15. After a “successful” bail hearing at the Immigration and Customs…

May 18, 2017

Transgender community unites at Mx. Bostick’s memorial

A vigil for Mx. Bostick, a Black transgender person, was held by the LGBTQ community on May 12. It was…

May 18, 2017

The FBI is a racist sewer

Longtime FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover hated the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and wanted him dead. Hoover called…

May 18, 2017

Black graduates disrupt Betsy DeVos

Close to half of the approximately 400 African-American graduates at the historically Black Mary Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Fla.,…

May 16, 2017

Behind the firing of Comey: A struggle within the U.S. ruling class

The firing of FBI head James Comey by President Donald Trump is a struggle within the U.S. ruling class. It…

May 16, 2017

What is driving Sessions’ new ‘war on drugs’?

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on May 12 that the U.S. Department of “In-Justice” plans to overturn a 2013…

May 16, 2017

Save the People’s Church!

Brockton, Mass. - A mobilizer's meeting was held here on May 13 in to kick off the Campaign to Save…

May 16, 2017

GABRIELA New York: A decade of defending Filipino women

On April 29, 2017, 100 community members gathered to celebrate GABRIELA New York’s 10-year anniversary as a mass-based women’s organization…

May 14, 2017

State escalates persecution of #J20 protesters

On Jan. 20, District of Columbia police cracked down on protests against Donald Trump’s inauguration by mass arresting 217 people,…

May 14, 2017

Adam Jones & Boston racism at Fenway Park

By mYia X & Phebe Eckfeldt Boston In April, Major League Baseball celebrated the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking…

May 11, 2017