U.S. and Canada

Durham, N.C.: ‘Black lives matter’

A diverse audience participated in a film screening and discussion entitled “From Ferguson to Durham: Black Lives Matter” at the…

October 2, 2014

Milwaukee community protests killer cops

Milwaukee -- A crowd of labor, community and student supporters of the Dontre Hamilton family and other victims of police…

October 2, 2014

Milwaukee community protests police brutality

Members from a broad array of labor, community and student organizations participated in a “Black and Brown Lives Matter” protest…

October 2, 2014

Ebola crisis requires global response

Sept. 29 — A special session at the 69th U.N. General Assembly discussed the spread of the Ebola virus in…

October 1, 2014

Latino/a community defends woman attacked by police

Just two months after the recent New York Police Department chokehold killing of Eric Garner in Staten Island, another video-recorded…

October 1, 2014

Ferguson: Community protests racist power structure

Eight people were arrested on Sept. 28 as protests continued in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo. People reportedly…

October 1, 2014

Hate crime reform a snake oil cure for LGBTQ oppression

Philadelphia — In the wake of the recent gay bashing in Philadelphia, let’s not be fooled into thinking that cops…

October 1, 2014

Justice for John Crawford!

There is now no justice for John Crawford III, the 22-year-old African-American youth killed on Aug. 5 in a Wal-Mart store…

October 1, 2014

‘Water is not a right,’ says Detroit bankruptcy judge

Detroit, Sept. 29 — U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Steven Rhodes ruled today to deny a moratorium on mass water shutoffs…

September 30, 2014

United Nations water rapporteurs to visit Detroit

United Nations special rapporteurs from Geneva “are coming [to Detroit] to conduct a ‘fact-finding’ mission relative to these mass water…

September 30, 2014