U.S. and Canada

Black school revives civil rights lawsuit in Pennsylvania

A broad coalition of students, alumni, faculty, staff, politicians, religious leaders and community supporters of Cheyney University gathered for a…

September 27, 2013

Rally against Milwaukee privatizing schools

Several hundred teachers, students, the Wisconsin AFL-CIO and other unions and community organizers marched Sept. 21 from the Milwaukee School…

September 27, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 18

The ‘Privatization’ of Marriage Where did the innovation of private property — a concept totally alien to foraging and hunting…

September 27, 2013

Egyptian community in Boston protests military coup

Outraged by the continuing massacres and crimes of recently extended martial law committed by the U.S.-backed Egyptian military following its…

September 27, 2013

Anatomy of two shootings in Washington, D.C., and Chicago

There were two shootings within days of one another in the United States that have been classified as mass shootings.…

September 26, 2013

Young revolutionaries: ‘FIGHT with FIST’

Two years after the mass resistance of Occupy Wall Street that awakened class consciousness for a new generation of young…

September 26, 2013

San Diego activists: ‘Free Marissa Alexander’

An hour-long rally was held in City Heights Park in San Diego on Sept. 14, in support of Marissa Alexander,…

September 26, 2013

Lessons unlearned

I watched the rhetorical run-up to war in Syria, with a sinking sense of fascination. I wondered if the nation…

September 26, 2013

Protest decries Durham, N.C., police brutality

Durham, N.C. -- On Sept. 16, the Durham community organization FADE (Fostering Alternatives to Drug Enforcement) organized a protest against…

September 26, 2013

Family demands justice in police killing of Ernest Duenez, Jr.

This reporter is interviewing a few of the many families of victims of police killings in California as they are…

September 26, 2013