Activists turn Chicago police torture site at Homan Square into Freedom Square
The occupation is one of several national protests currently being led by African-American-led organizations.
“Lynching” conviction of Black Lives Matter leader seen as crushing dissent
A young African American political activist is trembling today at the thought of having to face as many as four years in prison.
Alabama’s new Jim Crow far from subtle
In Alabama, 50 years after Selma, voting rights are once more under assault.
Booksellers and librarians file brief in new NSA spy case
Groups urge a federal court to limit the NSA's surveillance of international electronic communications, including those relating to the purchase and use of books.
The way to remember 9/11: Restore workers’ rights and the Constitution
It seems that in the intervening years, the country as a whole - and its political leaders in particular - have forgotten about this attack and its victims.
Here’s why close collaboration between NSA and AT&T matters
New disclosures about the NSA's partnership with AT&T could reignite constitutional challenges to the spy agency's efforts to wiretap the Internet.
Protest against prosecutor’s charges in year-old Ferguson arrests
The News Guild denounced the St. Louis County prosecutor's criminal charges against the two reporters who were arrested a year ago during the protests against Michael Brown's death.
Brave activists who broke into FBI office in '71 remembered
I was the Washington correspondent of the Daily World and received a packet in the mail of top secret FBI documents exposing the surveillance of tens of thousands of law-abiding people.
Authors and booksellers want DOJ to investigate Amazon
Amazon's business tactics have called into question the power the online retailer wields over the book industry.
Julius & Ethel's final day: June 19th, 1953
Despite massive, worldwide protests, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed in Sing Sing Prison; on this anniversary, their granddaughter has this message and shares videos.
