U.S. and Canada

A tribute to ‘Ancestors of the Middle Passage’

Brooklyn, N.Y. -- On June 14 from noon to sunset, the 25th annual “Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle…

June 27, 2014

Letter to the Editor: Another pro-abortion-rights movie

June 20, 2014 Dear Editor, In her article “Obvious Child” about abortion and films, Sue Davis overlooked a great film…

June 27, 2014

Milwaukee activists shut down ICE

June 24, Milwaukee — Activists led by “Youth Empowered in the Struggle” shut down the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office…

June 26, 2014

‘NO’ to privatization in Philadelphia

A large crowd of Philadelphia Gas Works workers and their supporters rallied outside City Hall on June 19 to stop…

June 26, 2014

Remembering Juneteenth, police victims

A large crowd gathered June 19 on the central plaza of the downtown cathedral in San Antonio, Texas, to celebrate…

June 26, 2014

TransJustice’s points of unity

Following is edited text from Trans­Justice of the Audre Lorde Project, a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming…

June 25, 2014

No intervention in Iraq

Washington promotes deadly divisions Thirty-five years of U.S. subversion, intervention and then direct occupation of Iraq are the primary cause…

June 25, 2014

Protests demand: ‘U.S. stay out of Iraq!’

SAN FRANCISCO  Many national and local organizations, including the Answer Coalition, the Bay Area Latin American Solidarity Coalition, the International…

June 25, 2014

How Voting Rights Act was set back

At his Escambia County polling site on June 3, 93-year-old African-American Willie Mims was disenfranchised by Alabama's strict new voter…

June 24, 2014

Casey Kasem kept his feet on the ground

Entertainer and political activist Casey Kasem, 82, died on June 15 after a long illness. Kasem was “more likely to…

June 24, 2014