U.S. and Canada

Berkeley, Calif., community rallies to save Post Office

Berkeley, Calif. -- At noon on Dec. 6, more than 150 people gathered on the steps of the main Berkeley…

December 21, 2014

Victory! Cuban 5 are reunited and free at last

Dec. 17 — The government of the United States has done what it repeatedly swore it would never do: It…

December 18, 2014

Growing incarceration rates for African Americans

Beyond police bullets and chokeholds Since the police killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9, and…

December 18, 2014

Meeting in Harlem says Black lives matter, from Ferguson to West Africa

Harlem, N.Y. -- An all day rainstorm could not keep people from attending a Solidarity Rally Against Ebola, Stigma and…

December 18, 2014

Court rules for Albert Woodfox, now let him go!

Forty-two years in solitary confinement is 42 years too long. Albert Woodfox should be released now from a Louisiana prison.…

December 17, 2014

No let up in fight to stop police killings in Cleveland

Since the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice on Nov. 22 by a white Cleveland police officer, the movement against racist…

December 17, 2014

Durham youth vs. cops

We live in a society where cops can kill an unarmed Black man, and the only person that gets indicted…

December 17, 2014

CUBAN 5 FREED!

Dec. 17 – The Obama administration announced today that the remaining incarcerated Cuban Five – Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero and…

December 17, 2014

Mass marches affirm that ‘Black Lives Matter’

The four-month uprising against police violence received a tremendous boost on Dec. 13 — a national day of actions called…

December 16, 2014

Rev. Pinkney jailed for fighting racist power structure

St. Joseph, Mich. -- Another racist injustice has been committed. Here on Dec. 14, Berrien County Judge Sterling Schrock sentenced…

December 16, 2014