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Another capitalist-made disaster: Poor and Black communities bear brunt of Louisiana’s toxic legacy

August 25, 2025 Gregory E. Williams
On Aug. 22, an ecological disaster began to unfold in my hometown in South Louisiana with the explosion of the Smitty’s Supply plant in Roseland. Two days later, the oil and chemical tanks are still […]
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The Mamdani NYC mayoral campaign, ‘Which side are you on?’

August 23, 2025 Sharon Black
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary makes the self-proclaimed democratic socialist poised to become the first Muslim person of South Asian descent to hold this position. Mamdani’s crushing defeat of […]
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Trump’s racist takeover in Washington, D.C., is just the beginning

August 17, 2025 Stephen Millies
Pentagon preparing “reaction force” to crush protests Donald Trump’s Aug. 11 news conference announcing his hijacking of Washington, D.C.’s police force was a racist tirade of lies and threats. The wannabe dictator claimed that the […]
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Same-sex marriage is absolutely on the chopping block

August 13, 2025 Imani Gandy
We’ve had a decade of marriage equality—and that may be all we’re going to get. When the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022, it didn’t just reverse Roe v. Wade and eliminate the constitutional […]
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The siege of Washington, D.C.: Trump’s police state goes live

August 10, 2025 Gary Wilson
Aug. 8 — In an escalation of his authoritarian ambitions, President Donald Trump has ordered a massive mobilization of federal police and military personnel to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C. The move marks another […]
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No more transit fare hikes in NYC!

August 6, 2025 Struggle - La Lucha
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants to raise transit fares on buses and subways to $3. That’s 60 times what it cost in 1948, when the fare was a nickel. Meanwhile, the MTA provides $2.8 […]
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Standing together against ICE and police brutality in Baltimore

August 4, 2025 Penny Pinotti
The phrase “juntos somos más fuertes,” meaning “together we are stronger,” encapsulates the message of the Peoples Power Assembly’s car caravan held on July 12.  The caravan of approximately 17 vehicles traversed Baltimore’s deeply segregated […]
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Capitalism’s vampires: How WNBA and MLB owners exploit player labor

August 1, 2025 Lev Koufax
As the summer has worn on, tensions between player unions and team ownership in the world of professional athletics have risen higher and higher – and for good reason.  Both the Women’s National Basketball Association […]
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Baltimore hospital nurses make history with first-ever strike

July 25, 2025 Struggle-La Lucha Baltimore bureau
On July 24, nurses at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital walked off the job in a powerful one-day strike organized by National Nurses United. Over 50 nurses took to the picket lines in the city’s first-ever […]
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L.A. boycott of Home Depot over ICE partnership

July 17, 2025 Adé T.W. Jackson, Esq.
“It is our Duty to fight for Freedom!!! It is our Duty to Win!!!” – Assata Shakur, Veteran of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army On July 3, a coalition of diverse […]