In the past year hate crimes against Asian-Americans have skyrocketed. In New York City alone, there were 28 hate crimes against Asian-Americans, compared to just three the previous year. And there have been numerous attacks against Asian-Americans caught on video in...
On February 26, we celebrate the birthday of Robert F. Williams, a pioneering fighter for Black rights who advocated armed Black self-defense against the racist violence of the Jim Crow south. Rob Williams was born in 1925 in Monroe, North Carolina. Growing up he saw...
Where does this practice come from that allows a customer to decide on the spot what a worker should be paid, and allows the employer to pay as little as $2.13 per hour? The United States is one of the only countries in the world that allows businesses to put the...
David Bell, a 39-year-old husband and father of three, died in January in the parking lot of a Missouri hospital after being refused treatment or even tests for a third time. He had complained of chest pain each time. Medical staff had diagnosed him with an inflamed...
The proclamation that “Black Lives Matter” was first raised in 2013 in protest of the violence against Black people by police and vigilantes. It has since been adopted by a broad movement against racist cop violence and for racial justice generally. That movement...
