In the U.S.

While tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods grab headlines, extreme heat is the top weather-related killer, says FEMA. FEMA reports do not capture the dangers that have escalated. Already, before the summer is in full swing, killer […]

Not for slavemaster Francis Scott Key but Maryland’s Frederick Douglas or Harriet Tubman  Baltimore — Proposals for rebuilding the former Key Bridge are now in, and it is expected that a decision on who […]

How deliberate deindustrialization made U.S. cities poor  It shouldn’t surprise anybody that Donald Trump called Milwaukee “horrible.” He hates cities with large Black and Latinx communities. Trump described the Black-majority city of Baltimore — […]

Deborah Johnson of Detroit, a longtime revolutionary and community activist, died on June 8 after a protracted illness. She was 74. Debbie, or DJ, as her friends and comrades called her, is survived by her […]

 This is a presidential election year in the U.S. If the U.S. were a true democracy, voters might have a clear choice: either support President Joe Biden’s policy of financing and arming genocide in […]

 Millions of people are rejoicing because Trump was convicted and could even be sent to jail. Why shouldn’t he be locked up? The billionaire scoundrel who incites racist violence and whose actions helped kill […]

Organizers working to end police violence refuse to be intimidated by growing efforts to criminalize free speech. Since Sept. 5, 2023, 61 people in Atlanta have been charged with racketeering for protesting in connection with […]