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Benton Harbor is the new Selma
by Eartha Jane Melzer Leading the anti-takeover march April 27, Rev. Edward Pinkney decried the emergency financial manager as a “dictator,” declaring: “The city of Benton Harbor Is now under martial...
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Solidarity and solitary: When unions clash with prison reform
By James Ridgeway and Jean Casella On Jan. 4, 2013, Tamms Supermax in southern Illinois officially closed its doors. The prison, where some men had been in solitary confinement for more than a decade,...
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John H. White: Legendary photojournalist
by Malaika Kambon John H. White Legendary photojournalist John H. White is world renowned in his field. A lecturer, a former U.S. Marine Corps photographer and an honored artist in residence in the...
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Chicago creates reparations fund for police torture victims
by Ilona Gersh Chicago – In front of a packed chamber May 6, the City Council unanimously approved a reparations ordinance allocating $5.5 million for many of those tortured and framed by police...
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Attorney Demitrus Evans on the case of political prisoner Aaron Patterson
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Aaron Patterson’s story came to national attention after a campaign was waged by people in Chicago to expose the torture and forced confessions of over a...
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#LaquanMcDonald: As video released, cop charged with murder 1, activists...
by DeAngelo Bester, Workers Center for Racial Justice Chicago – The City of Chicago has just released, under court order, the dashcam video from the brutal killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by a...
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Lynching is finally illegal in the US
The headstone on Emmett Till’s grave – Photo: Robert A. Davis, Chicago Sun-Times, AP by Toyin Awesu Washington, D.C. – The Congressional Black Caucus released the following statement following the...
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