Earchiel Johnson
LATEST ARTICLES BY Earchiel Johnson
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Politics
Chicago activists back a new ordinance for serious police reform
March 24, 2021Coalition cites growing support for an elected police practices oversight board in the city.
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Labor
Striking GM workers push for fairness for everyone on the job
September 20, 2019Talks between General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers continued Friday morning as nearly 50,000 workers struck the auto giant for the fifth consecutive day.
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U.S.
Carpenter v. Murphy: Supreme Court case could restore reservation lands, re-draw Oklahoma
July 18, 2019This is one of the most important Supreme Court cases on tribal sovereignty in the 21st century.
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Politics
Native American communist topples incumbent council president in Wisconsin town
May 7, 2019“By admitting I’m a communist, I cast a beacon for those who oppose me, but also for those who agree with me."
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U.S.
Murder of Laquan McDonald trial continues in Chicago
September 26, 2018Frank Chapman, the national field organizer of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression compares this situation to the widespread lynchings not too long ago in U.S. history. Peoples World interviewed Chapman at his group’s...
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U.S.
Demonstrators demand justice for Laquan McDonald, killed by Chicago cop
September 6, 2018“We’ll be out here every day until we get a conviction.”
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U.S.
Protests in 30 cities slam Trump cruelty at the border
June 1, 2018Protesters turned out to decry Trump’s policy of tearing babies and children from their parents at the U.S.border.
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U.S.
Chicago uses “hearing” to tamp down demands for police accountability
May 16, 2018Demands have grown in recent years in the nation’s “second city” after a succession of killings by police that the communities say should never have happened.
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