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Monthly Archives: October, 2024

UAW President: ‘Our Future is About the Power We Have When We Stick Together’

UAW President Shawm Fain rallies voters in support of Kamala Harris, calling her the only pro-worker candidate for president, and that she is committed to fighting Trump's NAFTA.

No, Immigration Is Not Making Housing Less Affordable

Despite politicians' claims to the contrary, immigration is not making housing unaffordable. In fact, immigration can be part of the solution.

Prop 33 for Rent Control is An Essential Step in Rebuilding California

Californians have an opportunity in Tuesday’s election to pass a ballot measure that will address the high cost of housing, which is one of the top grievances among the state’s voters. Proposition 33 will allow cities and counties to implement rent control ordinances.

The Growing Crisis: 100,000 Seniors Homeless in America

More Than 100,000 Seniors Are Unhoused on Any Given Night Thanks to Failing Safety Nets and a Lack of Housing Solutions.

Immigration: More Obstacles Than Open Paths

The author describes how her family was forced to migrate from Mexico to the U.S. after the North American Free Trade Agreement destabilized Mexico's economy.

Make Your Vote Count 

This 2024 election is gaining on us and the pressure to get to the ballot box is intense and in many states, confusing. Race-based...

Human Rights Defenders Underscore Links Between Struggles of Indigenous Peoples and Palestinians

Human rights defenders underscore links between the decolonization struggles of Native Americans and Palestinians, and call out the hypocrisy of the U.S. providing military aid for Israel as it wages a war on Gaza while touting rights for Native Americans.

If Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Fight for Each Other, We All Win 

All of us suffer when our country mistreats immigrants, migrants and refugees. Abusing immigrants and limiting their rights sets the stage for denying everyone’s rights. 

What To Do During and After the Elections

Defeat Trump and Project 2025. But this is not an endorsement of the Democratic Party. The people have been driven back by both parties, and the people will have to fight to build a real democracy, regardless. Forward Ever, Backward Never.

Michigan’s Prescient Lesson: Vote While You Still Can!!! 

Michigan's non-elected Emergency Manager dictatorship made Flint's water crisis possible. Pay attention to the danger of losing our Democratic rights as we’ve known them in this election. Vote while you still can!

Facts Show that Immigrants are Not Taking Jobs Away from U.S. Workers

Earlier this year, researchers at the Economic Policy Institute demonstrated that immigrants are not taking jobs away from U.S. workers.

Stop California’s Proposition 36

Using fear and misinformation to manipulate California voters, the Yes on 36 campaign is based on lies: claiming crime is increasing when it is down; claiming 36 will get more people into drug treatment, when it will DECREASE funding, forcing people who want treatment to prison instead; providing zero dollars for housing and millions for prisons and jails.

US Doctors Tell Biden, Harris They ‘Witnessed Crimes Beyond Comprehension’ in Gaza

US doctors who visited Gaza tell Biden, Harris they've never seen such horrific injuries, on such a massive scale, with so few resources, that our bombs are cutting down women and children, and that a ceasefire must be imposed.

“I Have Become a Social Justice Warrior”

I’m Crystal President of Sacramento Homeless Union, on the Board of the California Homeless Union Statewide Council, and an Executive Board member of the...

Facts Refute Lies About Immigrants Committing More Crimes than U.S. Workers

Despite the lurid headlines about immigrants and crime, many researchers have found there is no connection between increased immigration and crime rates.

Abortion Tragedies and a Georgia Victory

Grassroots organizations filed a lawsuit against Georgia's cruel abortion laws, and the county judge took a firm stand on the side of justice, writing in his ruling that “liberty in Georgia" includes "the power of a woman to control her own body . . . and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”

Stop Towing Our Homes!

Hundreds of people who live in their RVs and other vehicles, many of them families, reject an attempt by the. mayor of San Francisco to criminalize them and force them into homelessness.

Americans Want Arms Embargo on Israel, Says Student Leader

In this interview with the People's Tribune, Abla Abdelkader, a member of Students for Justice in Palestine in Chicago, describes the repression facing pro-Palestine students and the common interests that most Americans have in the fights for peace and social justice.

NO SERVICE HERE

by Kathy Powers April 30, 2018 NO SERVICE HERE Where will we go To get our food stamps?Where will we go?Follow the rules. Where can we go to?Where is...