Undocumented pay more in state and local taxes
Who would really benefit from legalizing all undocumented immigrants? Everyone.
Carrying on Muhammad Ali's fight for justice
Ali's outspokenness and activism made him a beacon for African Americans everywhere.
This week in LGBTQ history: Recognizing African-American activist Pauli Murray
The civil rights activist, lawyer, and theologian, and an acknowledged lesbian, will soon lend her name to one of two new residential colleges.
Community packs hearing on “LaSalle St” financial transaction tax
The LaSalle Street Tax (LST) campaign turned out in force with members of various unions packing the hearing in favor of HB106.
In the vanguard for gay liberation: The life of Communist organizer Harry Hay
In 1950, Harry Hay, longtime Communist and union activist, founded the Mattachine Society, one of America's first LGBTQ rights organizations.
Economic blockade against Cuba – still alive and dangerous
From financial penalties to blocking transactions with Cuban state-run businesses, the U.S. blockade of Cuba is still in force.
This month in LGBTQ history: A poem to the continuing struggle
"First job, keep her talking, keep / her alive. Get help. Where? How?"
How to build the unity needed to defeat Trump
To halt the onslaught from the right, organizing against Donald Trump alone will not be enough.
“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.
Two of Virginia's Congressional districts get re-drawn over GOP objections
Judges re-drew Southern Va.'s 3rd and 4th Congressional districts; GOP lawmakers had concentrated the region's African-American voters into a single district.
