Democracy

Student Walk Out for Palestine at Wayne State University

"The kids are gonna save us all. They have so much heart and they gave me so much hope," says Detroit-based photojournalist Valerie Jean at Wayne State University's 2nd Annual Student Walkout for Palestine.

A Salute to Chicagoans Resisting ICE

The resistance to the ICE invasion is characterized by people recognizing their common humanity and coming together. What is especially heartening are the small acts by individuals giving their neighbors rides to work, groceries taking their children to school.

Chicago Mayor Signs Executive Order to Protect Constitutional Rights of Chicagoans

Chicago mayor signs order prohibiting use of city properties for ICE enforcement. The order comes after ICE violated Chicagoans’ rights, and because of the federal government threats of militarized activity.

Emmy-Winning Journalist Deported After Reporting on Anti-Trump Protest

Emmy award-winning journalist Mario Guevara was deported to El Salvador – a country he fled over 20 years ago — in retaliation for filming law enforcement activities, says the Committee to Protect Journalists.

America Cannot Afford This Dangerous Step

Americans should be chilled at government's recent designation of “Antifa” as a domestic terrorist organization (it isn't an organization). This allows for the criminalization of broad swaths of dissent, and won't stop with "Antifa."

America is Divided—But it’s the Wrong Divide

The real divide is between those who have and those who don't. We have the abundance to care for everyone and government must see to it that people's needs are met.

Homelessness and Housing

‘Just Kill Em’: Fox News Host Endorses Giving Homeless ‘Lethal Injection’

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade is facing calls to resign after suggesting that the state should execute homeless people who decline help during a live broadcast.

Homelessness Kills: Heather Lee, Rest in Power

Heather’s testimonial highlighted injustices and cruelty toward unhoused people

Pushing People into a Really Bad System Will End Really Badly

President Trump's executive order fuses drug use and homelessness, ignoring that homelessness can cause or exacerbate substance use because people use drugs to cope with pain. Forced institutional settings rather than housing will not help the ill or unhoused.

Families Zapped by Utility Bills: Is Homelessness Next?

Utility bills — shut-off notices that will, if unaddressed, lead to a loss of an address, aka homelessness. Moms have all adamantly professed that returning to homelessness is NOT AN OPTION!

San Jose CA.: Demand That the Sweep be Stopped

This family is fighting against the city towing the WRONG RV home. It ended with a trip to the ER after the father suffered a medical emergency. This is what's really happening at Columbus Park.

An Open Letter to Mayor Matt Mahan of San Jose, CA.

From the San Jose CA Frontlines: Stop the sweeps. Unhoused people want a safe place to stay. All people should be respected, shown compassion, understanding.

Health Care

Over 400 People Charged With “Pregnancy-Related Crimes” Since “Dobbs”

A new report finds that hundreds of people have been charged with so-called “pregnancy-related crimes” following the Supreme Court’s overturn of abortion protections.

How Anti-Abortion Policies Devastate Poor Women

Forcing women to carry unwanted pregnancies to term is a public health issue. Women denied abortions report worse overall health for years afterwards.

‘Respect Us a Little,’ Las Vegas Medical Workers Picket Hospital

Workers picketed outside Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas to raise awareness for their continued struggle while executives make millions.

Democratic Socialist Announces Candidacy for Nevada State Assembly

Democratic Socialist Tyler Cavey promises to fight for healthcare, education, and affordability when he announced his candidacy for Nevada's state legislature in August.

Still Healing 

After in ICU and trauma stepdown unit following life threatening accident causing broken ribs, punctured lung, pelvis fractures, fluids in lung lining, and more, patient received insurance denial for air ambulance services of $93,000, declaring it wasn’t medically necessary.

Crushing Wheelchairs: A New Movie about Homeless Lives

Green Diamond Projects and Poor Magazine announce the Bay Area screening of their powerful movie created by houseless and formerly houseless people, based on a play by tiny gray-garcia

Environment, Climate and Water

Slovenia’s President Tells UN: ‘We Must Stop the Genocide’

Nataša Pirc Musar, president of Slovenia, speaks about stopping the Gaza genocide, climate, respecting international law and other critical issues to the UN General Assembly. Videos of other international leaders are included.

Why Did Flash Floods in Texas Bring Such Death & Destruction?

Some lives could have been saved with better local warnings in the recent flood in TX, but federal government cuts to FEMA, National Weather Service and NOAA are leaving communities ill-prepared for disasters.

Nevada Town Halls Respond to Elected Officials’ Plans to Develop Public Lands

Local organizations gather and inform community that their federal representatives are planning to sell and develop more of Nevada’s public lands.

Is FREE Electricity in our Future?

Electricity should be a right, free to all.  Yet, for-profit energy companies set prices to maximize profits to shareholders, even when users can’t afford the prices and suffer shutoffs.

‘We Need Urgent Global Climate Action’

Eighty-nine percent of people worldwide want their governments to do more to address the global climate crisis. Conference on tipping points says situation is urgent. Meanwhile U.S. govt does more to boost fossil fuel forms of energy.

Remembrances: Meeting With Pope Francis About Detroit Water Shut-offs and Poverty

Maureen Taylor of Michigan Welfare Rights Organization reflects on her visit to the Vatican in 2016 to discuss Detroit water shut-offs and poverty, which included a special, exclusive audience with the Pope Francis and other activists.

Women

Gaza Women’s Reproductive Health Endangered

Amidst the siege imposed by Israel, an estimated 690,000 menstruating women in Gaza are prevented from getting sanitary pads. Some women and girls are taking pills to delay periods. This all is creating serious health issues in Gaza.

Woman Miscarries, Ends up in Jail For 5 Months

A Texas woman who had a miscarriage in a restaurant bathroom was jailed for five months. Her story was falsely presented to the public as an act by an uncaring woman who ‘flushed her baby down the toilet.’ The truth is a far different story.

Mother’s Day, 2025: Arise Women of This Day for Peace

Julia Ward Howe, [a 19th century abolitionist], commenting on the after effects of the Civil War was one of the first to issue a statement about what Mothers really wanted, and that was peace.

How Much Longer Must Mothers in Gaza Fear Losing Their Children?

Again and again, mothers in Gaza have been forced to gather their children’s broken bodies from beneath the rubble.

Medicaid Cuts Could Devastate Access to Reproductive Care and Contraception

Medicaid cuts would disproportionately affect women of reproductive age, threatening access to birth control, maternity care, and other health services.

Trump Administration Attacks Public Health: Freezes $35 Million in Title X Funding

Ending Title X funding in eight states is just the beginning. Gutting America’s family planning program is an attack on reproductive health care, poor people and an attempt to dismantle public health.

Migrants and Refugees

ICE Fears Put Pregnant Immigrants and Their Babies at Risk

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for the health of pregnant immigrants, and the health of their pregnancies. This story was originally reported by 19thnews.org.

ICE Zip-Ties Children During Raid on Chicago Apartments

During a military-style raid on an apartment block in Chicago Sept. 30, ICE agents used flash-bang grenades, blew apartment doors off their hinges and zip-tied children.

A Salute to Chicagoans Fighting ICE

A salute to Chicagoans fighting ICE and to the food delivery worker on a bicycle who outrode ICE agents after they tried to kidnap him on the streets of downtown Chicago.

Over 60 Lawmakers Launch Investigation Into Trump Administration’s Disappearances

Some Democrats in Congress have announced they are investigating the Trump administration’s practice of disappearing immigrants to other countries.

Chicago Resistance Speaks: ‘Until All Are Free, None Are Free’

An uprising is growing as the government tries to impose a dictatorship. Chicago resistance leaders recently offered their thoughts in public remarks made at demonstrations and press conferences.

CoreCivic Detention Center is Not Wanted in California City!

Over 150 community members turned out recently to protest the opening of a new 2,500-bed ICE detention facility in California City, CA, operated by CoreCivic. It will be the largest ICE detention facility in California.

Education

Chicago Teachers Union Says: Trump, Stay Out of Our City

Chicago Teachers Union rejects any unlawful federal occupation of their city, while welcoming federal leadership that fully funds public education, restores SNAP, and expands Medicaid to healthcare for all.

Harvard University Stands Up to Illegal Federal Government Actions

Read letter by Harvard President Alan M. Garner, about the University's stance on the Federal government's illegal actions to force Harvard to give up the school's academic independence and academic freedom.

White School Officer Pepper-sprayed and Kneed Black Beaumont, TX Student, Complaint says. Will Feds Act?

A 6-second video, recorded by a teacher and reviewed by the Texas Observer, shows an officer grabbing a student’s hair, kneeing her in the face, and knocking the 100-pound girl on her back.

April 17 Day of Action on 150+ Campuses Targets Trump Attack on Higher Education

"Higher education is under siege. As faculty, students, and campus workers, we must have the courage to resist."

Homeless, Low-Income Families, Rely on Public Schools; And They’re Under Attack

The privatization drive means dismantling public schools. Money is shifted out of the public school system into exclusionary, discriminatory private school systems. And homeless kids and families are the first to be hit.

Education and Real Estate: A Match Made in Heaven? Or Hell?

Education and real estate may seem like separate topics, but are instead inextricably linked for many reasons.

Labor

‘One Day it’s Going to Be You,’ Union Leader Pledges Resistance

Immigrants and workers’ unions are two of the Trump administration’s primary targets, but the president of Nevada’s branch of the SEIU said her union won’t back down.

Labor Unions Join Resistance To Attacks on Immigrant Community

Local unions are taking leadership by negotiating language into their agreements prohibiting ICE from entering workplaces.

Nebraska Farmers Describe Trump’s Impact

Farmers from Neligh, Nebraska speak on Trump’s policy to round up farmworkers, the effect of the tariffs on farmers, and the resistance.

UAW President Denounces Trump Budget as ‘Betrayal’ of Working Class

UAW President says Trump budget hollows out rights and dignify of labor, shifting power further to billionaire class who get even more tax breaks.

Juneteenth and the Forgotten Diversity of Appalachia

Appalachia has always been more diverse than we realize. Labor history shows Black, white, immigrant, native-born workers finding solidarity in the mines that fought corporate control.

The Arrest of David Huerta is a Violation Of Us All

'What happened to David Huerta is not just an attack on a labor leader—it’s an attack on democracy, dignity, and decency in America.'

Police, Prisons and the Justice System

Nearly 80% of Americans Think Immigration is Good, Gallup Poll Shows

The eight-point increase in support for giving immigrants living in the U.S. illegally the chance to become U.S. citizens reflects increased support from all party groups according to Gallop poll.

Chicago is Ready: Sanctuary Cities under Attack

Congress members from Chicago visited the Broadview Holding Center to conduct oversight of victims kidnapped by ICE agents in immigration raids that have been happening in Chicago.

Teen Violently Arrested Trying to Stop Mother’s ICE ‘Kidnapping’

More than two dozen community members formed a human chain to try to stop immigration agents who take the woman and her 16 year old daughter.

‘Who Was Officer?’: Family Still Seeks Answers From Jackson Police a Year After Son’s Burial

Dexter Wade, killed by off-duty officer, was mistakenly buried by Hinds County, Mississippi in a pauper’s field. His mother seeks answers to what happened to her son.

Texas National Guard Firing Pepper Spray Projectiles at Migrants

Texas National Guard has repeatedly fired pepper spray projectiles at arriving migrants, including women and children.

‘I Am Outraged, and You Should Be Too!’

The writer is outraged at four more persons killed in a school shooting. She also explains her outrage that the 14 year old child who killed four people and wounded others will be treated as an adult in the criminal justice system.