U.S. and Canada

Thousands walk out in Philadelphia: ’Save our schools!’

Philadelphia — For the third time in ten days, students walked out of classrooms here on May 17 to protest…

May 22, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage’

Part 1: Two schools of thought lock horns Supreme Court decisions are expected sometime in June on the constitutionality of…

May 22, 2013

Military sexual assault: Break the chains of command!

The struggle by women to stop being treated as men’s property and sexual objects has finally surfaced in the U.S.…

May 22, 2013

Grief and anger flow over murder of African-American transwoman in Cleveland

Despite many gains won through decades of struggle, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities are often…

May 22, 2013

Battleground North Carolina: 100+ arrests in 3 weeks resisting right-wing attacks

As this article goes to print, 57 more people were arrested during the “Moral Monday” action on May 20. More…

May 21, 2013

Thousands protest murder of NYC gay man

Thousands of people marched through New York's Greenwich Village the evening of May 20 to protest the murder of Mark…

May 21, 2013

Central Park 5, Jena 6 and the Scottsboro Brothers

The corporate-owned media reviews of the movie “The Central Park Five,” just released on DVD, focus mainly on the pathos…

May 21, 2013

Free Lynne Stewart now!

The lifesaving struggle to free Lynne Stewart, “the people’s lawyer,” continues.  Following a full-house rally on May 9 at St.…

May 20, 2013

National Network on Cuba condemns U.S. ‘terrorist’ bounty on Assata Shakur

The following statement was issued by the National Network on Cuba. On May 3, the U.S. government falsely branded Assata…

May 20, 2013

Boston Bolivarians celebrate Maduro election

On May 5, a meeting called by the Boston Bolivarians celebrated the legitimate victory of the first working-class and Chavista…

May 19, 2013