Rev Jackson was closely connected to the National Poor People’s Campaign, which Bishop William Barber II co-chairs and where he served as Jackson's friend and mentee.
Cuba is dark now. Electricity is gone, goods inaccessible. The U.S. is killing Cuba. We have no moral or lawful standing to push Cuba, or any country, to the brink. We must make sure peace and well-being on earth
Hend Salama Abo Helow describes her experience in Gaza trying to navigate safely along the "Yellow Line" while doing humanitarian work, and she notes that the true purpose of the line is to allow the Israelis to carry out a slow-moving takeover of Gaza.
Hundreds of children are currently held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight.
The depravity of the wealthy and powerful revealed by the Epstein files shows that these people have no morals and they don't care about the rest of us. We have to demand that the full truth be exposed and that there is justice for the survivors.
As we celebrate Black History Month, we are again reminded that Black history is at the heart of US history. This is because it has shaped what happens in this country in so many ways, and continues to do so. A case in point is the parallels between the pre-Civil War slave patrols of the 19th century and the ICE/Border Patrol abductions of immigrants in the US today.
Candidate for lieutenant governor says companies are flocking to Texas for cheap energy to build their Data Centers, which are gulping down water; and that family water needs should come first.
The surge of Democratic women filing to run in the 2026 primary in West Virginia is not just a political development—it is a moral signal. These women are stepping forward because the system has failed too many people for too long.
We are a Homeless Union made up of unhoused people, housing-insecure neighbors, people living in poverty, and community members all working together as one Union. Those most impacted by homelessness are leading the way.
'He was forced out into a deadly storm with nowhere to go. And as if that wasn’t enough, the city confiscated all of his belongings and dumped them. Everything he owned gone.'
The Stop the Data Center campaign is made up of community members across southeast Michiigan fighting data centers and billionaire Trump backers who seek AI profits through these projects that push living standards toward collapse.
Actor Mehcad Brooks says in a social media post that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s appearance before a congressional committee about Epstein tore the veil off American capitalism.
One detained person at ICE's infamous Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) is currently on a hunger strike to demand an immediate appointment with a dentist, release from solitary confinement, and an end to negligence inside the privately operated facility.
Good and Pretti must not have died in vain. We too must escalate, peacefully, strategically, and creatively. We must mobilize at all levels, including organized study of social and historical development. For we are not just feet and voices, but minds and spirits.
By the end of his first year in power, Hitler had around 50,000 people in roughly 70 concentration camps. In the US today, ICE has more than 70,000 people in over 225 concentration camps, and the government wants to more than double both numbers in the coming months.
A shared story of worker solidarity and courage over fear and power shows the importance of teaching the next generation that you survive by standing together
Woman with disability tells her story, warning others that if they are abused or fear abuse, that they should get help right away. The author is now enjoying her life without fear in a safe place.
Ordinary citizens who have never participated in a protest or voiced political opinions online have suddenly changed their minds. Why? They cannot idle and stand by and watch injustice.
ICE does not have general law enforcement authority over the public argues the author. They are not supposed to engage resident citizens under any circumstances. There job is not criminal policing.
LA County residents are being blindsided by proposals that may drain massive amounts of electricity and water. In Monterey Park, a single facility would use more power than the entire city.
This story was originally published by Common Dreams here.
Parents who are legally applying for US asylum were prevented from getting emergency medical care for...
An uprising broke out at an immigrant jail in southern Texas with around 1,000 immigrants— many of them children — chanting “Libertad” and “Let us go.”
Thousands of kids have been booked into ICE detention in the past year, and former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
ICE is responsible for killing Alex Pretti, a union ICU nurse, a person who cared deeply for others. Accountability is non-negotiable. We owe him the truth — and the courage to act on it.
On Jan. 20, a group of Minnesota physicians representing various hospitals and different specialties held a press conference at the state Capitol in St. Paul to denounce the presence of ICE agents in hospitals and the horrific impact the ICE raids are having on patients and healthcare workers.
A broad coalition of Minneapolis labor unions and community organizations is calling for a general strike January 23 to force federal immigration agents to leave their city.
Minneapolis is a crisis of our Constitution, federal overreach, militarized enforcement, erosion of civil liberties, democracy, morals, and of faith communities. Join the collective effort.
Renee Nicole Good — a 37-year-old mother of three, poet, writer, U.S. citizen, and volunteer legal observer — was killed by an ICE agent during a federal immigration operation in Minneapolis, January 7.
This year ICE has sent more immigrant children into the federal shelter system than in the previous four years combined. Forced family separation is a crime under international law.
Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act against Minnesota's ICE protesters. The editorial board of the Minnesota Star Tribune described the city as being “under siege” by the federal government.
People in Chicago had been pushing for months for a public hearing on whether the Chicago police have been cooperating with ICE raids in Chicago. The hearing was finally held Jan. 8.
In Tucson, Arizona, I.C.E. raided two Taco Giro restaurants which escalated into agents firing pepper spray into a crowd, including Congressmember Adelita Grijalva.
The People's Tribune joins people across the US and the world in denouncing the US attack on Venezuela. Unity, collaboration and coordinated actions, strikes and assemblies are necessary to rein in the US.
When working people unite across industries, choosing solidarity over division, the story of labor changes—not just for a contract cycle, but for the nation’s economic and political direction.
Public health has been on the skids for years, perhaps as long as humans needed help to survive. Now public health is becoming almost non-existent. The Trump administration is playing with fire!
Cities, counties, states, and our federal government seem hellbent on persecuting the most vulnerable among us, those without homes. Even kids get swept up into this needless persecution, too.
The US attacks on Venezuela are illegal and immoral, and so is all the other military, economic and political pressure that has been put on Venezuela since 1998. None of this benefits the people of Venezuela or the American people.
Nevada’s legislature failed to pass rent control. Many say the real estate lobby is to blame. New candidates promise to deliver on past year's failures.
Witness at the Border issued this statement "in the spirit of observances throughout the U.S and the world of International Human Rights Day on December 10 and International Migrants Day on December 18," and in defense "of the universal right to freedom of movement in search of a dignified life."
