activism
Today in African-American history: Fifteenth amendment ratified
February 3, 2015The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits denying citizens the right to vote based on their "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
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Today in labor history: SNCC founder Julian Bond was born
January 14, 2015Today people from around the country and globe are wishing the long time civil rights giant, Julian Bond, a very happy birthday.
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Amistad Awards show what solidarity looks like
December 11, 2014Honorees and attendees alike showed what solidarity looks like at the 2014 People's World Amistad Awards, "People & Nature before Profits."
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SOA Watch protest links immigration with foreign policy
December 2, 2014Pinochet's army in Chile, generals who fueled El Salvador's civil war and murderous paramilitaries in Colombia's drug war have all been trained at the SOA.
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Black Friday Walmart strikes biggest ever (with video)
December 2, 2014Walmart employees' fight for justice and an end to retaliation reached a new level on Friday, with an estimated 1,600 actions and strikes.
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