The point of attack against the voting rights legislation is the rights of people of color, but the object of the attack is everyone’s rights, it is democracy itself.
Residents of a tent community near the Los Angeles harbor mourn the death, and celebrate the brave life, of one of their own — one of an increasing number of lives lost to the city's streets this past year.
Voices throughout the country are sounding the alarm that democracy as we’ve known it is in grave danger. Voter suppression laws targeting African Americans and other minorities have passed in 19 states. No one is untouched if the right to vote is destroyed.
A resident-run community of small homes, with heat and light, on 'beautiful' grounds, is being planned by grassroots organizers in Oakland, CA, as a model of autonomy and stability.
Mass struggles by parents, educators, and students for safe schools took center stage in a global fight to stop the pandemic. In Chicago, schools are overcrowded, poorly ventilated, dirty; some even without soap. Students are walking out in protest around the globe.
At least 27 journalists were killed in 2021, with India and Mexico topping the list of countries with the most media worker deaths. Of the total – which rose by three since early December – 21 were singled out for murder in retaliation for their reporting.
LAPD bullets pierced the wall of a store dressing room and killed a 14-year-old girl. The family wants justice. LAPD officers shot at least 37 people in 2021, killing 17—more than either of the last two years.
The son of farmworkers dedicates his essay to the retirees who cannot stop working: “May their lives inspire the rest of us to fight for a more just and humane society.”
Imagine a New California for Shared Well-being, Then Let’s Build It! My name is Luis J. Rodriguez. I’m running for governor of California. . . I’m for a complete shift in how we imagine and implement governance in this state.
At the core of the history of Puerto Ricans is their fight for independence – personal and collective, alongside a commitment to solidarity with the just struggles of people everywhere.
Manufacturers of the most widely sought vaccines — Pfizer and Moderna — have refused to share patents and know-how. Facing a surge of the Omicron virus, the peoples of the world must escalate the fight to save lives.
Today, as powerful forces move to deprive millions of the right to vote, we should remember the bitter struggle it took to win that right. The only way to preserve the right to vote today is to return to the mass action that brought it into being.
We stopped printing temporarily because of the Pandemic and focused our effort on-line. Now some of our readers have asked us to restart a print edition to reach people at rallies and events, and we need your help!
A Sacramento resolution to suspend the towing of people's vehicle homes — unless 'alternative shelter' is offered — is seen as toothless by advocates who want the underlying causes of homelessness addressed, and by others as an excuse to demonize their houseless neighbors.
