US political prisoner Mutulu Shakur granted parole
After over 36 years in prison, movement elder, political prisoner, and revolutionary health worker Mutulu Shakur has been granted parole with less than six months to live
The midterms prove it: Conservative or not, the people of the US are ready for transformative change
The people of the US, including in traditionally conservative states, welcomed left-wing policies and rejected extreme-right candidates at the midterm ballots
Slavery was on the ballot in the US midterms. Who voted to abolish it?
More than 150 years after slavery was outlawed in the US, the practice persists in the form of forced, unpaid prison labor. Five states had the opportunity to end this.
The world condemns the US blockade against Cuba
185 countries voted to lift the cruel 60-year blockade that has deprived the Cuban people of more than $1 trillion according to some calculations
Why Democrats could lose in the midterms
Inflation and the economy are top concerns for the people of the US in the upcoming midterm elections. The Democrats address neither.
In Florida, voting has become a crime
Florida police arrested at least 19 people, most of them Black, for violating a convoluted voting law disenfranchising former prisoners
Puerto Rico contends with two storms: Fiona and colonialism
The island’s recovery from the mid-September storm has been afflicted by the reality of 500 years of colonialism, according to activist
Environmental racism is poisoning the waters in the US
Thousands of people in US cities have been left without access to clean water. Communities say institutional racism is to blame