In the U.S.

Even though Veterans Day is a federal holiday, only 19 percent of workers employed by private business get the day off. Originally called Armistice Day, it marks the end of World War I “at the 11th hour […]

Donald Trump is a fascist and must be fought by any means necessary. Trump’s brand of fascism is rooted in the Confederacy and the slave-owning system, the overturn of Reconstruction, and the terror of the […]

Oct. 31 — We and President Joe Biden had very different Tuesdays. But somehow, we crossed paths in Baltimore City, Maryland.  In the first place, Biden and these writers are very different kinds of people. […]

Part 1: Populists fought the ruling class Part 2: Populism or fascism? Part 3: The history of Black Populism Part 4: Two paths after slavery’s end Part 5: A Cuban perspective on race and revolution […]

The following are the introductory remarks by Lara Kiswani, Executive Director of AROC (Arab Resources Organizing Center), on Oct. 26, 2024,, in Oakland, California. The occasion was author Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation with Dena Takruri […]

Oct. 21 — A hundred people came to the Criminal Courts Building in lower Manhattan this morning to demand justice for Jordan Neely. The 30-year-old Black man was strangled to death by the white vigilante […]

Oct. 16 — Louisiana officials expect to put tens of millions of dollars over the next two months into expanding juvenile detention centers that house children and teenagers accused of crimes. At the beginning of the […]