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Millions of women have been standing up to fight, but now, all women are needed to engage in the movement. Organize, support women, strike, protect our freedoms, our rights, our mutual vision of health, peace, and love.

Dora Rodriguez: Migrant Survivor Commits Her Life to Aid Migrants

For International Women’s Month we honor Dora Rodriguez, migrant survivor and Director of Salvavision, an organization providing support to asylum seekers and migrants. Dora exemplifies women’s contribution to peace and a better world.

International Women’s Day Spotlight: Jennie Welles aka Red

Jennie is a fighter who has lived a hard life! She spent her whole life in broken systems meant to keep people down! She...

From the Women of Gaza to the Women of Flint

Read the letter from Gaza women to Flint women on International Women’s March 8, 2016 at the height of the Flint water crisis.

‘Drop the Assange Case Now,’ Advocates Tell Biden DOJ as Critical Hearing Begins

What may be the final hearings in Julian Assange's effort to halt his extradition to the U.S. are under way. The U.S. is engaged in criminalizing things that journalists do all the time, and this is a real threat to democracy.

Attacks on Black Americans Warn of Fascism

Every time Black Americans have advanced, there has been a democratizing effect for everyone, and every time the powerful have decided to turn back the clock on democracy, they start by attacking the rights of Blacks. We see this today.

Israel’s Assault Has Orphaned 19,000 Children in Gaza

Israeli forces have killed over 10,000 children in roughly 100 days of Israel's assault into Gaza, as Save the Children reported, or about 100 children per day.

There’s Money to Take Care of Both Residents and Immigrants

The state of Texas and the federal government squander billions militarizing the border with Mexico, when this money could be used to take care of the needs of both immigrants and U.S. residents alike.

Dora Rodriguez: Tell Migrants’ Stories to Change the Border Narrative

A Salvadorian migrant who nearly died crossing through the Arizona desert on foot speaks of the need to tell the stories of migrants to get people to recognize the needs and human rights of immigrants.

Immigrant Rights Activists Gather in Arizona as Border Battle Heats Up

Witness at the Border held a conference in January in Ajo, Arizona, to assess the situation facing migrants and refugees and to discuss what the future holds for the immigration rights movement.

From Newborns to Teens, Al Jazeera Prints Names of 4,216 Children Killed in Gaza

Al Jazeera’s update to its "Know Their Names" project identifies some of the thousands of Palestinian children killed so far in Israeli attacks on Gaza. It lists children from infants to 17-year-olds and the children are sorted by age.

Uvalde Victims’ Families Get Official Acknowledgement of Botched Shooting Response

Relatives of the 21 people killed in Uvalde, TX mass shooting demand criminal charges after federal officials say delayed police response cost lives

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‘Take Back What is Rightfully Owed!’

Home is a place where we go ….A destination. That destination does not need to be physical …. home is a space. Home is a place with family ….community support strength and the ability to feel secure in your fight where you stand.

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“We Don’t Have Anywhere Else to Go”

March 15, 2024 The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) recently began enforcing a ban on overnight parking on Bernal Heights Boulevard, endangering the...

LA is Failing its Unhoused Residents

A family remains homeless due to a paperwork issue Read the open letter they wrote to Los Angeles housing authorities.

Pressure Mounts for a Cease-Fire in Gaza

Outrage is mounting here and globally for immediate cease-fire in Gaza. A significant percentage of Democrats are voting "uncommitted,” but the Biden administration is not stopping U.S. from providing bombs that kill Palestinian children.

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WHAT LED TO THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AT THE U.S. - MEXICO BORDER?

Witness at the Border

In December, 2022 a group of people began a 2,200 mile Journey for Justice along the US-Mexico border.

Border Human Rights Videos

Exploring human rights violations along our southern border.

POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN, LANEY COLLEGE

Two Attempted Suicides in Midst of 200-People Hunger Strike at ICE Detention Center

The following is a March 11, 2024 press release from La Resistencia about the hunger strikes, attempted suicides, and death at the Northwest Detention...

Backpack With Wings: A Beautiful Story of Today

We went to the bank and had a twenty dollar bill. I had the weirdest feeling that I was being led to somebody specific....

‘People’s State of the Union’ Calls for Cease Fire and End to U.S. Funding of Israel’s Assault on Gaza

Hundreds of protesters block Biden's motorcade en route to his State of the Union speech to call for ceasefire and end to U.S funding for Israel's assault on Gaza.

Over 68,000 Good Reasons to Vote for Bring Chicago Home 

In 2023, 68,440 Chicagoans experienced houselessness, lived on the streets, in shelters, or doubled-up. Bring Chicago Home was born out of the growing need to address the crisis in a real and meaningful way where people get housed and stay housed

‘Fixing’ Family Homelessness

The systemic causes of family homelessness are not the families’ fault— it’s mainly a lack of affordable housing, economic problems, and our nation’s relentless punishing of families.

No on Proposition 1 Say Homeless and Health Care Advocates

Prop 1 Would gut local mental health services and further criminalize the unhoused. The following is an excerpt from a voting guide prepared by Kris Rehl, a writer and organizer with LA Street Care, and was lightly edited for length.

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Introduces Bill to Stop Politicians Profiting from War

Congresswoman Tlaib introduces bill to stop politicians from funnelling billions of American tax dollars to same defense contractors many of them are invested in and taking campaign donations from.

Talkin’ ‘bout a Revolution: Vote No on Homeless-Bashing Measures

San Francisco’s centrally located Tenderloin area is about 25 blocks flanked by Union Square and Civic Center areas. The mayor’s reelection campaign aims to please the billionaire donors by punishing the thousands of unhoused living in this area and across the city, rather than provide people with housing.

Pullman Strike Continues for One Fair Wage

From slavery, to organizing the first Black union-the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters, and to their current workforce, Blacks continue to fight for a One Fair Wage.

‘Lead or Lose’: 21 Arrested Blockading Biden Campaign HQ Over Climate, Gaza

Nearly two dozen campaigners with the Sunrise Movement were arrested after protesting at President Joe Biden's 2024 campaign headquarters, issuing warnings that crucial votes from young people will be lost unless he takes bold climate action and ends his support for Israel’s massacre in Gaza.

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Martin Luther King Day 2024: Dr. King Belongs to the People, Not the One Percent

Murdered in Memphis years ago, Dr. King’s legacy lives on today — in the efforts of all those continuing the fight he waged against systemic racism, militarism, and economic inequality.

UN Climate Summit Fails to Explicitly Call For Fossil Fuel Phaseout

The U.N. climate summit ended with nations pledging to transition away from fossil fuels, but the final text fails to explicitly call for a phaseout of fossil fuels, language sought by over 100 countries.

Resistance is Rising Everywhere

Labor actions, the struggle in the Middle East, the fight of the homeless, migrants, refugees and others, are fronts in a struggle breaking out in many forms all over the country and world.

‘Travesty for Democracy’: Court Guts Key Part of Voting Rights Act

A federal appeals court on Nov. 20 ruled that only the U.S. Department of Justice can bring lawsuits under Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a decision that—if upheld—would deprive private citizens and advocacy groups of the ability to file legal challenges to discriminatory election practices.

As Dismantling of Democracy Continues, Resistance Grows

While the media focus on Trump as posing the central threat to democracy, the drive toward a dictatorship in the country has proceeded rapidly in the last couple of years on Biden’s watch, and mostly at the state level, along with a growing resistance to it.

Journalism Under Attack: Will the First Amendment Survive?

The attack on what remains of a free press in America is escalating. Defending the First Amendment right to speak and publish is critical to defending and expanding democracy.

Supreme Court Will Examine Grants Pass Homelessness Case

The Supreme Court will decide whether it should be illegal to arrest and cite unhoused people for unauthorized lodging without offering immediate available shelter.

Invisible: Black and Homeless in San Francisco

To most people, I’m invisible. Just another nameless Black man blending into the urban background. People avoid making eye contact as they walk past me on the sidewalk.

Pastor Charged for Opening Church to Homeless in Freezing Weather

Pastor in Bryan, Ohio, pleaded not guilty to charges he broke zoning codes when he gave shelter to people who might otherwise have frozen to death.

Chicago OEMC for Climate Change Disasters Allows Residents to Freeze 

Dozens of unhoused, disoriented, disabled Chicago residents will die. Hundreds will get frostbite and/or hypothermia. The city must open warming senters 24/7.

Memorial Held for Unhoused People Who Died in Santa Cruz Streets

A memorial was held for those who died in Santa Cruz streets unhoused, the most expensive rental market in the country. Hear voices of both sadness and hope.

No More Death On Our Streets!

Homeless and supporters stand together on this winter solstice night mourning the unhoused who have died on our streets. The memorial reminds us of the cruel reality that some of us are unhoused, living outside. Their voices must be at the forefront of the fight to end homelessness.

‘Drop Charges Against Woman Who Suffered Miscarriage,’ Say Ohio Doctors

Brittany Watts, 33, was charged with a felony in Ohio after police searched her toilet after she suffered a miscarriage. Doctors are pushing the prosecutor to drop charges.

‘Healthcare in this Country is a Business,’ says Fired Kaiser Nurse

Fired nurse tells story of Kaiser's poor patient care, driven by the profit motive.

Most Texas Border Counties Lack Adequate Medical Services & Staff

Twenty nine poor Texas border counties are designated medically underserved. Residents lack access to primary care services, sites, or providers to meet their medical needs. There is an effort to change that.

More Than 18,000 Mississippi Children Kicked Off Medicaid

The pandemic paused redeterminations for Medicaid in March 2020. All states were to resume the eligibility process on April 1. Since then, the State of Mississippi dropped 18,710 children from Medicaid; more are likely to come.

900,000 Texans Have Lost Medicaid, Others Struggle for Food Benefits

Almost 900,000 Texans lost Medicaid since April and a backlog of applications may delay families’ access to SNAP food benefits.

Retired Union Leaders Defend NYC Bill to Protect Medicare

New York City municipal retirees are fighting attempts to strip them of their traditional Medicare benefits and push them into a privatized Medicare Advantage plan — a struggle that mirrors similar battles being fought by retirees in cities across the country against the privatization of traditional Medicare.

The Real Heroes in the Benton Harbor, MI Water Crisis

Thanks to the Benton Harbor Community Water Council and Rev Edward Pinkney, Benton Harbor’s water system is now providing safe water to its residents.. All the lead service lines have been replaced. But now Benton Harbor faces another drinking water crisis—the water, now safe to drink, is unaffordable.

Spectacular Miscarriage of Justice: Door Slammed Shut on Criminal Charges in Flint Water Disaster

With almost 10 years of the crisis, having dealt with death, health challenges, Legionella, children’s social emotional trauma along with learning disabilities — the failure of the judicial system for the people of Flint is unforgivable. Flint residents will not give up on being made whole.

War! Who is it Good for in the Time of Global Warming?

The number of people displaced by climate disasters, conflict, and violence continues to reach unprecedented levels. Vulnerable communities and countries under attack from wars for corporate ownership of resources are living with the worst impacts.

The ‘Open Border’ Farce

The Biden administration will break all records for paying border contractors. At the same time, the administration announced it would waive 26 laws protecting people, including the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, to put up a new section of border wall in Starr County, Texas.

Four Senior Women Arrested for Blocking Entrance to Cop City

The latest warriors to save Atlanta's Weelaunee forest and stop ‘Cop City’ are four elder women who believe people should decide the fate of the forest, not the Mayor, Atlanta City Council, or the Atlanta Police Foundation. A petition for a public vote was signed by 116,000 people.

Activists Demand Community Oversight of Jackson, Mississippi Water Repairs

Activists in Jackson, MS are citing a provision under the Safe Drinking Water Act that gives residents and community groups like them the right to intervene and partner with the government in enforcing the Act’s requirements.

‘Historic Night’ — Ohio Voters Enshrine Abortion Rights in State Constitution

By a decisive 56.6% to 43.4% margin, Ohio voters won the constitutional right to "make and carry out one's own reproductive decisions." This victory for reproductive rights was one of several won in November.

Mother Sues Alabama Jail After Being Forced to Give Birth Alone in a Shower

Alabama jailed Ashley Caswell on charges of endangering a fetus, then made her give birth without medical support.

‘We Won’t Be Bullied’ by Legislators Passing Unconstitutional Laws’

Attacks are intensifying around issues of reproduction, healthcare, maternal care, and now gender identity. Women, trans people and children’s lives are at stake. Poor women and youth are particularly hurt, but the laws potentially threaten all pregnant and gender-diverse people.

Texas: Fighting the Loss of Our Rights and the Threat of Dictatorship

Texas’ abortion laws are some of the most restrictive in the country. Now new laws criminalizing supporters of the fight for women’s rights are being passed. At the same time, people from all walks of life are joining the fight for women’s rights, and democracy itself.

Discussion Panel Tackles Issues Among Indigenous Communities at MSUM

On National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day speakers at Minnesota State University Moorhead join panel discussion to help raise awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons and violence against Native women and girls.

It’s More Dangerous than Ever to Get Pregnant in Texas

People are horrified and outraged that our rights are being stripped by dangerous new laws in Texas and other states. Medical professionals and women’s organizations are discussing law, morality and whether to treat women where it may be illegal and there’s a serious threat to life or health. This is about more than abortion rights. A broad movement for freedom and democracy is underway.

Immigrant Rights Activists to Gather in January in Arizona

From January 12-15, 2024, the Witness at the Border immigrant rights group is sponsoring a Workshop for Justice/Taller por la Justicia in Ajo, Arizona to reflect on the fight for the rights of migrants and asylum seekers and where we go from here. The registration deadline is December 15.

Appeals Court Tells Texas to Remove Rio Grande Buoy ‘Death Traps’

Despite Texas Gov. Abbott's pledge to continue the battle, opponents of 4-foot-wide orange spherical buoys—which span 1,000 feet of the Rio Grande River—celebrated the appeals court decision to remove them.

Chicago Can Be A Welcoming Sanctuary City

Some Chicagoans are angry at the migrants for, in their view, draining our resources. It is understandable why people are frustrated, however, migrants are not the austerity imposers. Profit-making corporations leave Chicagoans with food deserts, underfunded schools, shuttered mental health clinics, and over 68,000 Chicagoans without housing. There should be enough for everybody. Our elected officials do not fund enough resources for the public.

More Than Two Months at the Wall. . .

AFSC staff and partners served thousands of meals through the border wall, clothed thousands weekly, and alleviated the pain, uncertainty, and fear for many. While elected officials hesitate, the community mobilizes.

Open-Air Detention: The ‘New Normal’

The Border Patrol's San Diego sector is violating Customs and Border Protection's national standards by once again holding hundreds of asylum-seeking migrants in open-air detention areas.

Women-Led Groups in Chicago Spearhead Response to Migrant Influx

The Texas governor bused more than 13,000 migrants to Chicago. Many came without shoes. Chicago women — many who have themselves suffered displacement —are leading aid efforts and unity, with over 200 partnerships. Federal action is demanded.

Education and Real Estate: A Match Made in Heaven? Or Hell?

Education and real estate may seem like separate topics, but are instead inextricably linked for many reasons.

Texas Book Ban Sets Dangerous Precedent for Young People

Cameron Samuels (Center) started a movement against censorship in Katy,Texas and students are standing strong. They honored them for Banned Books Week as Youth Honorary Chair for distributing banned books and packing school board meetings. Young people call on the nation to not be silent and defend their rights because they feel no others will.

We Need More, Not Less, Education on Black History and Structural Racism

Pointing out that "Black history is American history," Prof. Kelly Harris gives an overview of some of the state legislation pending that would censor or prevent the teaching of Black history and discusses the importance of a comprehensive understanding of American history.

Fascists Deserve to be Laughed At!

Watch video mocking Ron DeSantis coming to our schools, claiming that in the classroom, free speech does not apply.

Intolerable Cost of Living a Central Issue, says UC Davis Striker

UC Davis PhD student and UAW union member discusses the significance of the UC student worker worker strike, the demands, particularly of the lowest paid workers the settlement process now underway.

As UC strike enters second month, grad workers risk arrest pushing for raises

Striking UC graduate student workers are willingly getting arrested in acts of civil disobedience, viewing the strategy as a way to escalate their work stoppage, now in its fifth week. A main demand is raises that reflect the cost-of-living in California, one of the most expensive states to live in.

MLK was a Union Man

A tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a beacon of hope, a driving force behind the civil rights movement, for racial equality, and for his contributions to the Labor Movement.

UAW International Union Joins Call For a Ceasefire

The UAW International Union has voted to join the call for a ceasefire. "The UAW International is calling for an immediate permanent ceasefire in Israel and Palestine so that we can get to the work of building a lasting peace, building social justice and building a global community of solidarity."

Strike Expands: UAW Leader says Country Can’t Continue to Leave Workers Behind

UAW President Shawn Fain addresses why the expansion of the strike and the growing support globally and nationally in two venues. Workers are fighting to get their fair share at a time when the profits of automakers are soaring. The challenge is where we're going to go as a country.

UAW President Speaks About Union’s Historic Strike Against Corporate Greed

Declaring that “it’s time to stand up for the working class,” UAW President Shawn Fain speaks about the historic “Stand Up Strike” where for the first time the UAW struck all Big Three automakers at once. Worker wages, benefits and quality of life declined for decades, while automakers’ profits have skyrocketed.

Auto Worker Calls for Unity of all Who Sell Their Labor

UAW member Sean Crawford gives a Labor Day speech at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Detroit, MI. He addresses labor history, the issues surrounding the upcoming contract and unity.

Workers Strike to Pressure Biden For Heat Protection

Given the deadly heat, workers and some officials are urging Biden to accelerate a federal OSHA standard to prevent heat-related work injuries and illnesses.

‘This Is Madness’: Supreme Court Denies Solitary Confinement Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court's three liberal justices issued a scathing dissent this week as the tribunal's right-wing supermajority rejected the appeal of an Illinois inmate with mental illness imprisoned in solitary confinement without access to fresh air for three straight years.

CARE Court in California: A Primer

CA Senate Bill 1338 created a mental health court. A court-appointed conservator would make health care decisions and control one’s medication and treatment — at an involuntary stay in a psychiatric facility. Could this be the housing promised by Governor Newsom?

Georgia Attorney General Brings RICO Indictments Against 61 Activists

This article reposted from the Atlanta Community Press Collective describes the Georgia Attorney General's attempt to stifle free speech by indicting opponents of Cop City in Atlanta.

The Rise of Private Cops: How Not to Tackle Homelessness

Like many cities with a serious housing problem, Portland is increasingly relying on private security to “clean up” the human debris of capitalism.

Six White Mississippi Police Plead Guilty to Torturing Two Black Men

In Braxton, Mississippi on January 24, 2023 six white police officers raided a home and tortured, tasered, sexually abused two Black men, shooting one in the mouth. The six police just pled guilty to torture. The two men speak about their fight for justice.

#StopCopCity: People Power Grows in Response to State Repression in Atlanta

Read an update on the growth of the movement to Stop Cop City in Atlanta in response to the State repression in Atlanta.

Michigan Group Urges Primary Protest Vote Against Biden Over Gaza

Grassroots group in Michigan calls on voters to write in "undecided" on primary ballot by Biden's name.

Pro-Israel Lobbyists Spend Millions to Unseat Congress Members Calling for Peace

U.S. Congress members who called for peace in Palestine are being targeted for defeat in 2024 by well-funded political action committees. Now the Congress members are rallying voters to their cause.

Israel Accused of War Crimes for ‘Apparently Deliberate’ Killing of Reuters Journalist

Human Rights Watch & Amnesty International call for Israel to be investigated for war crimes in targeting journalists, after a Reuters investigation conclusively found that its journalist was killed by an Israeli tank shell fired on him and others.

42 Journalists and Media Workers Killed Since October 7

Forty-two journalists and media workers have been killed since October 7th. Independent journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous, who produced the award-winning documentary 'The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh,' asks where is the global response? And where is the journalist outcry to their colleagues killed in Gaza?

Why is the U.S. Shamefully Resisting a Ceasefire in Gaza?

Biden and the congressional majority won't impose a ceasefire on Israel because Israel was created in part on behalf of American and European corporations and billionaires to further their interests in the Middle East.

Over 400 of Biden’s Own Administration Officials Demand Ceasefire in Gaza

A coalitoin of Biden-Harris Administration political appointees and civil servants call for a ceasefire in Gaza.