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Baltimore’s Urban Reads Bookstore, activist owner face white supremacist attacks over prison justice work

March 30, 2025 Colby Byrd
Urban Reads Bookstore is a Black-owned shop in the heart of Baltimore. Recently, the store and its owner, Tia Hamilton, have been facing harassment and attacks by white supremacists and fascists. These attacks are due […]
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Trump’s tax breaks vs. public health: HHS layoffs could deepen opioid crisis

March 30, 2025 Gregory E. Williams
These cuts kill   On March 27, Trump’s billionaire-controlled administration announced the firing of another 10,000 full-time workers at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). That brings the total to 20,000 people forced […]
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Unity in resistance: LA activists rally for Palestine, trans rights, against ICE and fascism

March 29, 2025 Women in Struggle – SoCal
“Our Solidarity is Our Strength” was the theme of the March 16 meeting in Los Angeles, organized by Women in Struggle and the Struggle for Socialism Party. The program brought together leaders from communities besieged […]
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Melinda Butterfield links trans justice to global struggles

March 29, 2025 Struggle-La Lucha Los Angeles bureau
The Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice in Los Angeles hosted national trans activist and leader Melinda Butterfield to mark International Women’s Day. The whirlwind weekend began with the screening of “I Saw the TV […]
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What actually reduced opioid deaths? Methadone, Naloxone, and Medicaid — not militarized borders

March 26, 2025 Gregory E. Williams
Public health measures drive down opioid deaths U.S. opioid deaths are finally going down. In January, a CDC report showed an almost 24% decrease in drug overdose deaths from September 2023 to September 2024. This […]
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From Hawai’i: To the U.S., we’re a giant military station

March 24, 2025 Teuila Fuatai
Increasing militarization of the Pacific continues to cause tension inside and outside the region. In Hawai‘i, where the U.S. Navy’s Pacific fleet is stationed, Indigenous rights advocates have fought for decades against expansive military occupation […]
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Pentagon downplays Elon Musk visit for secret China war plans

March 23, 2025 Gary Wilson
In a rare public denial from the highest levels of government, the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and President Donald Trump all swiftly responded to reports that tech billionaire Elon Musk was scheduled to receive […]
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Hands off Rep. Al Green! It’s fascist Trump who’s ‘out of order’

March 14, 2025 Stephen Millies
Texas Rep. Al Green was absolutely justified for challenging Donald Trump during the wannabe dictator’s March 4 speech to a joint session of Congress. George Wallace — whose Alabama state troopers clubbed voting rights protesters […]
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Oppressed genders activists in Baltimore rally for International Working Women’s Day

March 14, 2025 Jace Carter
On Saturday, March 8, women, transgender and queer organizers in the People’s Power Assembly (PPA) and Women In Struggle/Mujeres En Lucha of Baltimore held a rally, march, and teach-in to commemorate International Working Women’s Day, […]
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The real French Connection was CIA approved

March 8, 2025 Stephen Millies
Uncle Sam is the world’s biggest drug pusher The deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his partner, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, have led to movie clips of “The French Connection” movie being shared across social […]