Gun violence
Video games become the latest target in mass shooting outrage
August 14, 2019Whether the media is blaming mass shootings on metal, rap, or video games, the message remains the same - policymakers have no intention of addressing gun violence.
Read moreBarber: “Words” of white supremacy “lead to acts of physical violence”
August 9, 2019Leading clerics, in pastoral letter, link Trump’s racist words to murderous mass shootings.
Read moreIs armed community self-defense the answer to white supremacist terrorism?
August 9, 2019Power comes not from the barrel of a gun but from the united action of workers and people in struggle.
Read moreNipsey Hussle, Grammy-nominated rapper, killed at 33
April 1, 2019Rapper Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside the clothing store he founded to help rebuild his troubled South Los Angeles neighborhood, cutting short a career that earned him a Grammy nomination this year for his major-label...
Read moreUnions, civil rights group pan Trump “school safety” commission’s recommendations
December 20, 2018One DeVos recommendation—restoring discrimination in discipline of “problem” students—is thinly veiled racism against young African Americans, says AFT President Randi Weingarten.
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