In the U.S.

May 7 — What we are witnessing in Louisiana right now is not just a legal dispute. It’s a coordinated attack on the fundamental right to vote, and it’s being led from the highest court […]

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a new congressional map into law on May 7 that breaks up Memphis, eliminates the state’s only majority-Black congressional district and threatens to erase Black voters’ only real voice in […]

Wall Street is still treating the oil shock from Washington’s war on Iran as temporary. Oil prices are up. Analysts are warning about inflation. Investors are betting the disruption will pass. That misses the real […]

Washington’s war on Iran is burning through more than missiles. It is draining fuel supplies, disrupting airline schedules, raising food prices, cutting jobs and state budgets. At home, the same ruling class is attacking the […]

The U.S. Supreme Court did not stop with gutting the Voting Rights Act. On May 4, it moved from ruling to enforcement. Five days after its April 29 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, the court […]

People died for the right to vote. Immediately after the U.S. Civil War there was a series of massacres of Black people, which were conducted, in part, to stop Black people from voting. For decades […]

Speech delivered at the May Day Rally at Library Mall, University of Wisconsin–Madison, May 1, 2026. Event sponsored by Voces de la Frontera and many other union, community and student organizations including the South Central […]