racism

Netroots Nation delegates discussed unions’ role in progressive causes

July 23, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Unionists at the confab included a large delegation from the CWA, a former top Unite Here activist, and AFL-CIO officials Liz Shuler and Tefere Gebre.

Justice for Tamir Rice dealt legal blow ahead of civil rights conference

July 22, 2015 By Tim Steinhelfer

An Ohio appeals court declined to force the arrest of the Cleveland police officers involved in the murder of 12-year old Tamir Rice.

Dead at 28, Sandra Bland’s Texas dream turned nightmare

July 22, 2015 By Kelly Sinclair

According to federal statistics, an African-American driver is 31 percent more likely to be pulled over for a traffic citation.

Today in labor history: black farmer union leader murdered by sheriff’s posse

July 15, 2015 By Special to People’s World

He was murdered by a heavily armed white mob organized by the sheriff.

Charleston, the Republican right, and the lessons of Martin Luther King

July 8, 2015 By Sam Webb

Few people are claiming that there was anything random or mysterious about the brutal murder of nine innocent African American people in Charleston.