Author: Stephen Millies

The Declaration of Independence is Philadelphia’s proudest claim to fame. It was written by the Virginia slave master and future U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson, who sold his own flesh and blood — the product of […]

The New York City Council unanimously approved a resolution on June 22 calling for an end to the cruel U.S. economic blockade of Cuba. The next day a news conference was held in front of […]

Does anyone care that hate preacher Pat Robertson croaked on June 8? Those inheriting his $100 million fortune must have been waiting for the 93-year-old to die.  The loot came from Robertson’s broadcasting empire, African […]

Over a hundred people rallied on Juneteenth in Newark, New Jersey, to demand reparations. The June 19 march and rally was organized by the People’s Organization for Progress. People gathered at Market and Springfield avenues. […]

70th anniversary of their execution In his funeral eulogy for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, W.E.B. Du Bois declared, “They died because they would not lie.” The Rosenbergs were executed by the U.S. government on Juneteenth, […]

The wealthy and powerful in New York are trying to sideline a state reparations bill. To protest and stop this sabotage, a powerful news conference was held in front of the African Burial Ground in […]

The largest white supremacist event in New York City is the annual “Israel” parade. Held this year on June 4, it celebrated the 75th anniversary of the apartheid state created by expelling over 700,000 Palestinians […]