[This article was originally published Jan. 10, 2021, and was updated Jan. 11, and Jan. 13, 2021.] By Geoff Mirelowitz, Argiris Malapanis, and Francisco Picado Jan. 13, 2021—In a culminating step to […]
Now Is the Time! Join with Impacted Families! The following is the text of the call for a national march and rally in Washington, D.C. The action will take place on Sat., […]
April 24 Actions Demand Prosecution of Guilty Cops By Argiris Malapanis and Geoff Mirelowitz April 30, 2021—The following is a partial but representative round-up of protests against police brutality and racism that […]
BREAKING NEWS April 20, 2021, 5pm EST—A Minneapolis jury just found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges—second degree murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter—in the brutal killing of George Floyd. […]
The following article was first published on April 17, 2021, by the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (MSR), the oldest Black-owned newspaper in the state of Minnesota. It is re-published here by permission. The original […]
Speech by Cuba’s Ambassador to UN The following is the speech by Ambassador Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, to the online event, “Why There Are […]
By Geoff Mirelowitz April 15, 2021—Pro-union workers suffered a setback in their effort to organize the giant Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. They lost the vote for union representation by a margin […]
By Geoff Mirelowitz April 2, 2021—The vote at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, closed March 29. The fight to establish a union there, however, is far from over. A March 31 article […]
By Geoff Mirelowitz Mar. 26, 2021— Workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are engaged in one of the most important union-organizing drives in recent years. Their goal is to win representation by the Retail, […]
By Argiris Malapanis Hundreds of people marched to a rally at Jefferson Square Park in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 13 to mark the one-year anniversary since Breonna Taylor’s death. Taylor, a 26-year-old […]
By Argiris Malapanis and Geoff Mirelowitz Mar. 23, 2021— Protests took place across the United States, leading up to the March 8 opening of the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer […]
