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Monthly Archives: May, 2022

Proposed Law Threatens L.A. CalTrans Tenants’ Right to Buy Their Homes

The right of Los Angeles Cal Trans Tenants’ to secure their housing and buy their homes is threatened by a New Law

‘The Walking Man:’ Beloved Homeless Man Set on Fire

Beloved homeless man in Chicago was doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire while sleeping.

Central American Refugees: Critical Reflections One Year into the Biden Administration’s ‘Do not Come’ Policy

The Zooming to the Border Coalition, which includes the People's Tribune and Tribuno del Pueblo, is sponsoring a panel discussion June 7 via Zoom on the situation facing Central American refugees.

Hate is Not a Mental Illness

Gun violence impacts us all and demands that we all play a part in ending it. Sarah Meade of Gryphon Place discusses some steps.

Buffalo: Let’s Bury White Supremacy Once and for All

The killings in Buffalo were one more in a horrifying string of mass shootings, and these murders once again make clear that Americans must unite against white supremacy.

Why Are They Making War on Women?

The assault on women’s rights is part and parcel of the wholesale assault on democracy that has been under way for years and has reached a crescendo in the last two years with the attack on the right to vote.

Water Warriors from Around the State Join Flint 8th Year Commemoration of water Crisis

Excerpts from water warriors, speaking at the Flint 8th Year Commemoration of water Crisis.

Help us or leave us alone

These two stories are by women writing about homelessness and our society, reprinted from Facebook posts with the author’s permission.

Luis J. Rodriguez Thanks Supporters of His California Gubernatorial Campaign

Luis J. Rodriguez: "We articulated the seeds of a movement for shared well-being. I don’t know what we’ll call this, but we’ll continue along these lines as we mobilize and organize for a new California. "

Starbucks Union Drive Intensifies; Company Owner Lashes Back

The stage is now set for an epic battle, with Starbucks and its anti-union law firm on one side and the Starbucks workers and their union on the other.

Melissa Lucio wins stay of execution, new hearing

Melissa Lucio, a mother accused of the murder of Mariah, her two-year-old daughter, will now have a chance for a real and honest defense.

Homeless Demand harm reduction, not incarceration!

End game – to incarcerate the unhoused who have experienced the violence of being stigmatized for mental health and substance use, both of which are results of state-inflicted violence on poor communities of color.

Puerto Ricans’ Fight for Freedom — Parts 2 and 3

This is installments two and three of a brief history of the Puerto Rican people’s fight for freedom.

Rebuild the Chicago Public Health System with the Public

Joy Bunton, a public health activist, shares her testimony from a rally held by The People’s Response Network to COVID on April 24, 2022, at a COVID vaccination in Chicago’s Little Village.

Immigrant detention

The Biden administration has unnecessarily—and often unlawfully—jailed tens of thousands of asylum-seekers, many of whom have suffered “severe” physical and psychological abuse and discrimination, according to a report published April 21.

Back on Campus: Teaching in Downtown LA.

LOS ANGELES, CA — I consider myself lucky to be able to wake up everyday, and to be responsible for this type of work. ...

W.V. Student Walkout Demands Separation of Church and School

A walk out of students at Huntington High School in West Virginia took place on February 9, 2022 after their school opened its door to a Christian revivalist minister.

The 2022 mid-term elections: Grassroots candidates step forward, speak truth to power

Important political primaries will take place in the next weeks and months. Will billionaires determine the results of the mid-term elections? Or will grassroots candidates mobilize the discontent brewing in this country?

Benton Harbor Water

It appears that the powerful and well-heeled forces of corporate America are once again targeting the Reverend Edward Pinkney, president of the grassroots Benton Harbor Community Water Council, for the “crime” of standing up for the poor, the elderly, and the children by providing people with safe drinking water.

Medicare for all

The road to reach the better world of our imagination may be long. And there are many obstacles in our way. But our north star is clear. It is time for America to guarantee comprehensive, affordable health care to all. The best way to do that is By enacting Medicare for All.

Stop the War, Put the People First

This is a turning point for humanity, for better or worse — either we stop following the lead of corporations and billionaires and put the people of the world first, or we descend into the abyss of another world war and destroy ourselves.

Memorial for Al

Al was a wonderful friend and comrade who devoted his life to the fight for a society that respects and provides for the rights and well-being of the common working-class people, here and globally.

Luis Rodriguez: Vote for A People’s Candidate for California Governor

2022 Candidate for Governor of California Luis J. Rodriguez, speaks about his program of ending poverty and imagining a new California.

Justice for Anthony Gay

Man is imprisoned for a petty larceny involving $1. His struggle inside against a racist system of incarceration lands him in solitary confinement for 22 years.