Indigenous

What’s in a name?

Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Morgan, Mellon, Getty, Custer, Lee, Kennedy, Clinton, Bush, Trump, Musk, Bezos, and their ilk, past and present,…

November 30, 2022

53rd National Day of Mourning
Indigenous pride, power and protest!

What are the United States’ foundational myths? Who created them, and who do they erase and harm? For the past 52…

November 19, 2022

SCOTUS hands off Indigenous children!

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Nov. 9 on the case of Haaland v. Brackeen, which could overturn the Indian…

November 19, 2022

In memory of Moonanum James: 
‘We are not vanishing. We are not conquered’

Moonamum James, a co-leader of United American Indians of New England, died on Dec. 4, 2021 at the age of…

November 19, 2022

Cherokee Nation: Broken treaties and Indigenous sovereignty

The Cherokee Nation has renewed its long-standing demands that the U.S. Congress honor its treaty obligations by seating a nonvoting…

November 10, 2022

Leonard Peltier’s Walk to Justice — halfway to D.C.

Longtime political prisoner Leonard Peltier’s “Walk to Justice” has marched 500 miles in four weeks, as of Indigenous Peoples Day…

October 10, 2022

Indigenous leaders target cathedral for Orange Shirt Day 

By Will Hodgkinson Boston Sept. 30 — Indigenous leaders of the United American Indians of New England (UAINE), the North…

October 7, 2022

Inflation Reduction Act increases Appalachian climate crisis

Charleston, West Virginia After an Aug. 7 Senate passage, the “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA) passed the U.S. House of Representatives…

August 25, 2022

Lessons from Charlottesville: How to fight fascism

This article first appeared on workers.org on Jan. 13, 2021, in response to the Jan. 6 pro-Trump, violent takeover of…

August 17, 2022

Heat waves melt ice at both poles of Earth

This updated article first appeared on workers.org March 30, 2022.   The climate crisis is real. Millions of people throughout…

April 21, 2022