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Trump-Vance Racist Attacks in Ohio are ‘Blood Libel,’ Say Critics

Springfield remains at the center of a political firestorm after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, his running mate Sen. JD Vance, and other prominent Republicans spread unproven rumors and racist smears about Haitian migrants.

Michael Brown Jr.’s Father Is Still Fighting for Justice and His Son’s Legacy

Mike Brown Sr. releases butterflies after four and a half minutes of silence to honor the four and a half hours Mike Brown Jr.’s body was left on the ground after he was shot on August 9, 2014.

Outrage Grows After Police Kill Unhoused Black Man Near RNC, Firing 27 Bullets

Outrage grows in Milwaukee after police killing of Samuel Shorte, Jr., a homeless Black man with multiple sclerosis.

Milwaukee: Another Deadly Knee on a Black Man’s Neck

Black father killed outside Milwaukee's Hyatt Regency Hotel. He was held down and beaten with batons by four security personnell, saying he couldn't breathe.

Juneteenth: Historian Clint Smith on the History of Slavery Across America

interview with historian Clint Smith about the significance of Juneteenth, a federal holiday which marks the end of slavery in the U.S.

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.

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.

Protest Planned Against Racism and Bullying in Michigan Church School

A protest is planned Feb. 20 at Trinity Lutheran School in St. Joseph, Michigan, about racism and bullying at the school.

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.

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.

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.

DeSantis has ‘Blood On His Hands’ in Racist Killings says FL State Rep

A white supremacist walked into a Dollar Store in Jacksonville, FL, and killed three people. Speakers discuss the role Gov. DeSantis has played in creating the climate for such killings, and that all people must come together to stop the hate.

Oklahoma Community Protests the Election of White Nationalist

Protest in Enid, Oklahoma over electing Judd Blevins to represent them on the Enid City Commission. Blevins has been accused of being an Oklahoma organizer for a white nationalist group.

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.

Affirmative Action Ruling Hurts All of Us

Two Black women speak about the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. The women’s comments dispel some of the lies and myths about affirmative action, the affect it will have on African Americans and people of color, and the negative impact a lack of diversity will have on us all.

Mississippi Jim Crow Voting Law Remains: Supreme Court Denies Appeal

Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era voting law restrictions adopted in 1890 by white supremacists to prevent Black people convicted of certain crimes to vote will remain since the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson recounted the law's history in a dissent.

Justice for Homeless Artist Jordan Neely

Black homeless street artist Jordan Neely, 30, walking through a NYC subway car saying he was hungry and thirsty, was held in a choke hold until his death. Widespread protests finally resulted in manslaughter charges being brought against his perpetrator.

What Happens In Mississippi Never Stops In Mississippi

Mississippi’s history and current events are instructive—and even predictive—for the rest of the country, especially in relationship to how racism and conservatism ultimately deprives everyone.

White Deputies ‘Tortured’ Handcuffed Black Men, Shot One, Lawyers Allege

Mississippi deputies “tortured” two Black men, using water-boarding techniques, before shooting one in the mouth while in handcuffs, attorneys say.

Atlanta Forest Defender Shot and Killed By Police

Forest defenders refuse to let this murder of one of their own stop them from protesting building of largest militarized police training center for urban warfare in the country.

Aviva and the Virgin Mary

It must have been about 1988 when our young blond daughter Aviva had been chosen for the role of the Virgin Mary in the holiday pageant of San Jose, her day care school.

A Reflection Against Racial and Intersectional Oppression in America

This statement from the Center on Race, Immigration, and Social Justice at Sacramento State deals with the implications of the racist remarks made in private by three Los Angeles City Council members.

Akron Community Demands Justice for Jayland Walker

Outrage is growing in Akron, Ohio, after police officers killed Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, on June 27 after what was supposed to be a stop for traffic and equipment violations. Walker suffered more than 60 gunshot wounds.

Occupy the PGA in Benton Harbor, MI!

On May 28, Reverend Edward Pinkney and the Benton Harbor Community Water Council hosted "Occupy the PGA," protesting the corporate takeover of the predominantly...

Juneteenth 2022: Until Black Americans Are Free, None of Us Are Free

As we celebrate Juneteenth 2022, it’s important to reflect on the connection between the struggle of Black Americans to secure their rights and freedom, and the struggle to protect and expand democracy in America today. The two go hand in hand.

Watch June 18 Moral March On Washington & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly

We assemble and march on June 18, 2022 because any nation that ignores nearly half of its citizens is in a moral, economic and political crisis.

Bitter Recall of San Francisco’s D.A.: An attack on reform

Billionaires and corporate interests, bankroll recall of San Francisco’s District Attorney Chesa Boudin who prosecuted criminal acts such as wage theft, worked to reform the justice system and hold police accountable when they break the law.

Oakland Families Don’t Want Their Elementary School Closed. So They’ve Taken It Over

When a group of moms found out that their children’s school would be permanently closed, they made a promise to each other: They would try everything in their power to keep Parker, a 96-year-old East Oakland school, operating. 

‘We’ve Got to Take Over Georgia State Politics From the Top Of the Ticket Down’

LaTosha Brown and US Rep. Nikema Williams address voter suppression in Georgia and the urgency of using our vote to get the power to insure our communities are taken care of.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The First Rainbow Coalition

Filmmaker Ray Santisteban’s new documentary, the First Rainbow Coalition, tackles the question of what it takes to build trust and solidarity between oppressed groups in a country.

Baltimore: Police violence increases as jobs decrease

Last spring Freddie Gray died in Baltimore Police custody. Freddie Gray came from a part of Baltimore called Sandtown. Here one-third of the housing units ...

African American History Month, 2016

African American History Month 2016 finds society becoming more polarized around wealth and poverty as the economy continues to replace workers with automated production ...

Help get the People’s Tribune out to the homeless!

Help get the People’s Tribune out to homeless organizations and places where the homeless gather! Homelessness is a stark example of the degeneration of an...

From racial division to class unity

There is an old saying, “a hungry belly has no color.” This is the reality the ruling class fears. While starving the workers it no longer needs ...

Grassroots movement of homeless is forming

A statewide grass roots movement of homeless people, formerly homeless, and their supporters is forming in Florida to resist those who ...

Let us put humanity first! says formerly homeless woman

I have been homeless for the past three years, just moving out of homelessness recently. I’m here to talk to you about my personal experiences ...

Homeless in fight for their survival

In New York City they might find temporary housing—New York has beds for about 60% of its 50,000 homeless residents, lodging many in filthy ...

Help get the People’s Tribune out to the homeless!

Homelessness is a stark example of the degeneration of an economic system based on the private property of a billionaire owning class. Automation is replacing workers ...

The political significance of the Charleston killings

Across the country, churchgoers, community groups and everyday people are voicing heartfelt grief, shock and outrage over the massacre of ...

The shootings in Charleston: The American Sin

The fear of being a person of color in America was brought once again to the forefront of everyday living, exploding onto the pages of reality ...

Attack on immigration programs are an attack on all workers

The recent court decisions to halt two immigration programs are an attack on all workers. A few days before the Expanded DACA (Deferred Action for ...

Reparations: window into a new society

Chicago is known as the torture capital of the U.S. Rebuked by the United Nations Commission on Torture, the subject of a Guardian series on the ...

“Build a society where the people, not corporations, make the decisions”

The vicious, cowardly attack on democracy in Benton Harbor, Michigan, shows that the corporate power structure is determined to crush anyone ...

“We are all here together” says Benton Harbor activist

In 2012, Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams from Cleveland, Ohio, were driving in their older model car, in need of repair, when it backfired. ...

Rev. Pinkney jailed for being a spokesperson for the poor

Rev. Edward Pinkney, convicted without evidence of changing dates on petitions in a recall election of corporate-backed Mayor James Hightower, is filing a motion to be ...

Police violence aimed at poorest workers

Unable to further disregard the growing mass reaction to police violence, spreading poverty and deepening social crisis, the ruling class has taken the tactical...

The rising police state

The underpinning of the rising police state is the changing economy and the mass poverty it produces. Given American history, ...

Juneteenth 2015: From racial division to class unity

Congress abolished slavery in the U.S. territories. This historic event is celebrated as "Juneteenth." Juneteenth 2015 is a fitting moment ...

Houstonians Protest Racist Slumlord

 HOUSTON—For almost a year, Martina Grifaldo and Monica Rodriguez, President and Vice President respectively of Alianza Mexicana, an organization formed by Mexican origin residents...