U.S. and Canada

Killer cop charged in murder of Sam Dubose in Cincinnati

The terrifying video of an African-American motorist’s life being snuffed out by a white racist cop, University of Cincinnati police…

August 6, 2015

60,000 signatures demand justice for Tamir Rice

It has been eight months since the police killing of the 12-year-old Black youth, Tamir Rice, in a Cleveland park.…

August 6, 2015

War on migrants continues unabated

While the courts quibble with the Obama administration on his November executive action, hundreds of thousands of workers continue to…

August 5, 2015

Police terror rises

One year after Mike Brown’s murder A Department of Justice study completed earlier this year and released to the press…

August 4, 2015

Milwaukee: Hands off ATU Local 998

The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 998 will resume negotiations with the Milwaukee County Transit System Aug. 10 with the assistance…

August 4, 2015

Sandra Bland—#Say Her Name

Houston, Aug. 3 -- At every progressive political event in Texas since July 13, the name Sandra Bland has been…

August 3, 2015

Cleveland Black Lives Convening: ‘One of the best experiences of my life’

Imani Henry, an organizer of the People’s Power Assembly, attended the Movement for Black Lives National Convening at Cleveland State…

August 3, 2015

Venceremos Brigade: ‘From Harlem to Havana, Black Lives Matter!’

By Ellie Dorritie and Cheryl LaBash Buffalo, N.Y. Chanting this year's central demand, “Black Lives Matter!” the 46th Venceremos Brigade…

August 3, 2015

Verizon workers ready to strike

A sea of red T-shirts flooded the streets, while those wearing them roared with anger in front of Verizon’s corporate…

August 2, 2015

‘Locked up, unheard’

The New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement held a strong protest at Union Square on July 23. Led…

August 2, 2015