U.S. and Canada

Oklahoma University and society racism

When a vile, racist video by members of the Oklahoma University chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity was…

March 17, 2015

Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh to appeal unjust conviction

Supporters pack court in defense of community leader Federal Judge Gershwin Drain sentenced Palestinian American activist and community leader Rasmea…

March 17, 2015

Rasmea Odeh’s International Working Women’s Day message

Excerpts from a statement issued on March 8, four days before Odeh’s conviction in Detroit.   I’m so grateful for…

March 17, 2015

Will big companies make billions off a warmer Arctic?

Anchorage, Alaska -- Summer temperatures in Alaska have increased by 5 degrees Fahrenheit in the past 30 years, while median…

March 17, 2015

Anti-eviction campaign uses web, direct action

Brooklyn, N.Y. -- Residents of the Fort Greene, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Clinton Hill neighborhoods of Brooklyn are facing a crisis of…

March 16, 2015

On the picket line

Support ‘Seating Workers United’ in Selma, Ala. During the 50th anniversary of the heroic Selma-to-Montgomery, Ala., march on March 8,…

March 16, 2015

Madison, Wis.: Mass rally at Capitol hits cop killing of Black youth

Madison, Wis. -- Protests continue here over the March 6 police killing of Tony Robinson, a 19-year-old Black man who…

March 15, 2015

Tennessee students fight low pay

The United Students Against Sweatshops 2015 conference at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville did more than talk. Hundreds of marchers…

March 15, 2015

Public hearing demanded for 2014 East Harlem explosion

One year ago on March 12, a horrendous explosion in East Harlem killed eight people and injured many more. For…

March 15, 2015

Selma workers continue struggle for rights

Selma, Ala. -- Among the many tens of thousands of people who marched in a sea of humanity across the…

March 12, 2015