U.S. and Canada

Pacific trade pact protested in 25 U.S. cities

By Dante Strobino and Martha Grevatt Worker and community organizations in more than 25 U.S. cities held a day of…

February 9, 2016

#FlintLivesMatter

More than 100 water rights activists from Flint, Mich., and Detroit made the overnight bus journey to Washington, D.C., to…

February 8, 2016

Immigrant students occupy Georgia campus buildings

Atlanta, Feb. 2 -- Undocumented students and their allies staged dramatic building occupations on three Georgia university campuses on Feb. 1…

February 8, 2016

On the picket line

Fast food workers strike in Iowa A few hours before the Jan. 28 Republican presidential primary debate in Iowa, fast…

February 8, 2016

Labor at the crossroads, part 2

Part 1: Labor at the crossroads? It was announced in 2005 at the AFL-CIO convention that a significant group of…

February 7, 2016

Michael Kennedy, 1937-2016: A warrior in the courtroom

Leftist political organizers and spokespeople of the late 1960s under attack from the authorities preferred a special attorney: one who…

February 7, 2016

Is Cam Newton too ‘Black’?

Durham, N.C. -- The glaringly racist barrage regarding the on-the-field celebrations and cultural norms of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton remind…

February 5, 2016

Black quarterback Cam Newton is changing the face of the NFL

Cam Newton is the sensational 26-year-old quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, the team representing the National Football Conference in the…

February 5, 2016

VERNON DAHMER: Unsung martyr of Civil Rights struggle

Vernon F. Dahmer Sr., a staunch NAACP activist and a close friend of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, was killed…

February 5, 2016

‘Justice for Dontay Ivy!’

Albany, N.Y. -- More than 100 protesters packed the rotunda of the City Hall in Albany, N.Y., on Jan. 25 to…

February 5, 2016