“I come from a long line of coalminers. My grandfather died of black lung. My dad died of cancer and black lung. My stepfather died of heart disease and black lung. ...
It is not a choice made, this birth. It is the direct result of the implantation of injustices, fertilized by greed and unconcern, that impregnates certain ...
In July of 2014, nine protesters were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct as they blocked Homrich trucks hired by the city from leaving their ...
“The thought of people being put out of their homes because the water has been cut off and it's been cut off illegally is very emotional to me.” — Val Washington, Flint ...
For two weeks a group of homeless have occupied City Hall in protest of the new anti-homeless laws. We protest for equal rights, equal protection, and ...
Tenants and members of the homeless community protested early in the morning outside the hearing of the California Senate Committee on Transportation and ...
Hi everyone. I'm Rick and I live in Clearwater Florida. Homelessness is not necessarily what you think or what you've been led to believe. I was your classic middle class ...
College attendees have become history’s new proletariat—their famous hammers and sickles now traded for exorbitantly priced text books and greasy spatulas. ...
“Battling Fresno’s Panhandlers” is a program that aired on a Fresno, California news station. Its mean-spirited message is: “Don’t feed the homeless. Don’t give them ...
The recent publicity around the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald by Chicago police has again focused a spotlight on the campaign of terror the police are waging ...
I am a high school student in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Even back in middle school, I have always been aware of police on my ...
Nelson touched people on so many different levels. I’ve seen him with children. I've seen him with families, not just with comrades who bring their children ...
Saturday, January 30, 2016 • 2:00 p.m. Reception • 3:00 – 5 p.m. Program; Los Angeles Trade Technical College, Aspen Hall, 2100 S. Grand Ave., L.A., CA 90015 ...
“The United States IS a nation of immigrants. The colonization of America was the result of revolutionary changes taking place in the methods of producing the necessities ...
For 22 years Baxter Jones was a certified gym teacher in the Detroit public school system. He had purchased a home in Jackson County that he had planned ...
If you are a community person, you need to be able to interpret local events as a reflection of what’s happening in the rest of the country. I distribute 50 ...
The church folk are gathering on Mondays now.
Have you seen them?
Marching through downtown,
Linking arms outside the Board of Trade to block the entrances,
Shutting down business as usual,
“I was four-years-old when my parents moved to Benton Harbor’s countryside. When we moved to the city, I saw a different side to Benton Harbor. I remember walking ...
Once the robots began replacing workers in factories and poverty began to spread, the corporations began to impose fascism to contain the workers and guarantee ...
The crisis that is flowing through the streets of Flint, MI has galvanized the soul of the country in a way that we are all encouraged yet overwhelmed by the ...
