NRA Chief Calls Gun Control Activists Communists: A Response
“World-famous filmmaker Raoul Peck is releasing a film today in Los Angeles and New York on the life and times of Karl Marx. It’s called “The Young Karl Marx.” The film’s release comes...
San Juan Mayor Calls for End to Puerto Rico’s Colonial Status
“Five months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, swaths of the island still have no electricity, while food and water supplies have been slow to arrive. The Federal Emergency Management...
What Will It Take for Democrats to Protect DREAMers?
“Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are continuing to debate the future of DACA, the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which gives some 800,000 young undocumented immigrants...
Black Lives Matter Activist Muhiyidin d’Baha Shot Dead in New Orleans
“In New Orleans, Black Lives Matter activist and Charleston, South Carolina, community organizer Muhiyidin d’Baha died Tuesday after he was struck in the thigh by a bullet as he rode his...
From Democracy Now: Is ICE Targeting Immigration Activists?
“Ravi Ragbir, the executive director of the New Sanctuary Coalition of NYC, was detained on Thursday when he went to his check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Ravi’s...
“They Repress Us Because We’re Poor”: Immigrant Rights Activist Speaks
“As President Trump continues his crackdown on immigrant communities, a growing number of people are taking sanctuary in churches across the country to avoid deportation. A new report called...
Made in the USA: The Real History of the MS-13 Gang
“During President Trump’s first State of the Union, he called on Congress to pass an immigration overhaul and repeatedly tried to conflate immigrants, including DREAMers, with terrorists and...
Hale County, AL: On Blackness and Everyday Life in the Black Belt
“Two weeks before he was assassinated 50 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. spent the night in Hale County, Alabama, in the heart of the Black Belt of Alabama. He came to Greensboro on March 21,...