National

Rep. John Conyers: 53 years fighting for peace, justice, equality

October 30, 2019 By Tim Wheeler

I covered Rep. John Conyers, D., Mich., for the entire 25 years I was the Washington correspondent for the Daily World and People's Daily World.

We are CA: A community celebration of 25 years beyond Prop 187

October 29, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

On Saturday, November 9, the immigrant rights community will come together in a festival to celebrate the powerful immigrant rights movement that arose out of Prop 187.

Community outraged by brutal arrest of former Oakland City Councilmember

October 25, 2019 By Marilyn Bechtel

Community outrage is growing here after last week’s brutal arrest of former City Council member and longtime community leader Wilson Riles Jr.

New York’s public and private housing tenants join forces

October 24, 2019 By Cameron Orr

Cold rain and classic Manhattan sewer water puddles couldn't stop more than 300 tenants from attending a statewide coalition meeting last Wednesday.

Montgomery, Alabama has first Black mayor in its two-century history

October 11, 2019 By John Wojcik

A historic election victory in Alabama this week shows that the “worst of times” in American politics can, if the people rise up, also become the “best of times.”