Slavery still exists in the US, but these CA organizers are working to end it
Thanks to the 13th Amendment, slavery still exists in the US in the form of low- or no-wage prison labor. But organizers like Jeronimo Aguilar and John Cannon are working…
Endangered Missing Person Robert Bobby Payton from the 12th District – Blotter
The Philadelphia Police Department needs the public’s assistance in locating an endangered missing person. A 71-year-old black male Robert Bobby Payton who was last seen on Wednesday, October 25, 2023,…
Sullivan: Israel should protect Gaza civilians despite Hamas making ‘life difficult’ with human shields
Israel should take responsibility for protecting innocent civilians in Gaza even though Hamas is using them as human shields, Biden administration national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday, as Israeli…
We are running out of time to stop runaway climate change
Deadly heat waves, wildfires, melting ice sheets, and devastating floods around the world are just a small taste of what humanity will continue to face if it fails to dramatically…
Missing Person Robert Holcomb from the 22nd District – Blotter
The Philadelphia Police Department needs the public’s assistance in locating an endangered missing person. A 63-year-old black male Robert Holcomb who was last seen on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, on…
Striking nurses hold the line against investor-owned healthcare giant
Monday, August 9, marked the 155th day that nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, have been on strike. At the center of the strike is a concern about…
Suspects for Looting/Commercial Burglary in the 24th District [VIDEO] – Blotter
The Philadelphia Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying the individuals seen in the following video clip. The individuals are wanted for Looting/Burglary of the Nice Pharmacy located…
Palestinian villagers fight against illegal Israeli settlements in Beita
In early May, a group of Israeli settlers arrived with caravans and set up an illegal outpost on the top of Jabal Sabih on the outskirts of Beita, which is…
Missing Juvenile Michael McDonald from the 26th District – Blotter
The Philadelphia Police Department needs the public’s assistance in locating a missing person. A 13-year-old white male Michael McDonald was last seen on Sunday, October 29, 2023, at 12:35 a.m.,…
Cops made his life a living hell. Judges are making it worse
Offensive Facebook posts led to the arrest of activist Joshua Martinez. But his treatment in court and $1 million bail reveal the often-overlooked role played by judges in the questionable…
Taiwan president on Reagan’s support during visit with US delegation: Shared values of ‘freedom and democracy’
As the world’s attention remains divided on the Israel-Hamas war and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a delegation from the Ronald Reagan Foundation visited Taiwan last week seeking to shore up…
Cops hate citizen journalists, but they’re not the only ones
Citizen journalists continue to play a critical role in holding police accountable, which is why they face increasing pushback from the underlying system that bolsters bad cops. PAR speaks to…
Connecticut made prison phone calls free. Other states should do the same
After Gov. Ned Lamont signed a new bill into law in June, Connecticut became the first state in the US to make phone calls free for incarcerated people, including those…
Striking Alabama coal miners protest corporate greed at NYC BlackRock headquarters
Striking Alabama coal miner Mike Wright says workers at Warrior Met Coal are taking their calls for fair pay and benefits to the NYC headquarters of their company’s biggest investor:…
1998 mass shooter still used to justify life sentences for juveniles
Kip Kinkel was publicly reviled when, suffering from undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia, he shot and killed his mother and father before killing two of his classmates and wounding 25 others in…
Time to trick the Devil, no Halloween costume required
The time is approaching to let all your skeletons out of the closet, dust off the spooks, stock up on sweets and take your children trick-or-treating. Halloween is just around…
Factory farms pose an ‘existential threat’ for rural Wisconsin communities
The rural landscape in the US is changing drastically: The days of the independent family farm have increasingly given way to industrial agriculture and factory animal farms. In states around…
Cops destroyed her family with a suspicious drug bust. 47 years later she’s breaking her silence
The nation’s endless war on mind-altering substances has many casualties, some who refuse to be forgotten. That’s why Catherine Freeman is coming forward after 47 years to describe how her…
Don’t mess with a coal miner’s wife
Union miners at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Alabama, have now been on strike for four long months, facing economic hardship, social stigma, and even physical assault on the picket…
UN accused of ‘blood libel’ against Israel, latest in long history of alleged bias against Jewish state
JERUSALEM — Allegations of recurring United Nations anti-Israel activity, including accusations that United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres seemed to rationalize Hamas’ murder of 1,400 people — illustrate the world body’s…
U.S. Supreme Court ruling makes it easier for judges to give young people life sentences. Now what?
ACLU legal expert Sonia Kumar says the ruling slows but does not stop the movement toward more just sentencing for juveniles. Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth…
The US is the ONLY country sentencing children to life without parole. A movement is fighting back.
Sonia Kumar, senior attorney at the ACLU of Maryland, explains the movement to restore the parole option to people sentenced for serious crimes in childhood. Help us continue producing radically…
Pfizer’s greed is killer, say protesters
Dozens of protesters took to the streets of New York City, chanting “Pfizer’s Greed Kills,” as Pfizer and the German government refused to share COVID-19 vaccine formulas with the Global…
US media co-opts Cuba protests for imperialist ends
Amid power outages, food shortages, and continued fears over COVID-19, amplified by 60 years of economic strangulation by a US blockade, thousands of protestors in Cuba have taken to the…
UN food program chief says organization lost communication with humanitarian teams in Gaza
The United Nations’ World Food Programme said Saturday the humanitarian organization has lost contact with their aid teams in Gaza amid the ongoing war between Israeli forces and Hamas terrorists.WFP…
No funding? No problem, for Baltimore’s co-ops
While large corporations received billions in tax breaks and subsidies, worker co-ops struggled to raise capital. So worker-owners in Baltimore started their own revolving loan fund, supporting nearly two dozen…