Download the 12-page PDF. Black vote dumps Trump Philly celebrates, pledges to keep fighting Seattle marches; Ant Smith released; Wallace family: ‘Fire officers!’ COVID surges, economy sputters; China shows way to fight virus. Editorial: Get out, 45! Elections 2020: Dancing in Atlanta streets Buffalo post-election protest Wake-up call Global response . . .
Continue reading PDF of November 12 issue at Workers.org
President-elect Joe Biden probably scored a few debating points with voters when he said, bluntly, to the 45th president: “Will you shut up already?” Now the question has become: Will he concede already? But Trump is defying tradition and insisting, over appeals from some of his advisors and family members . . .
Continue reading Get out, 45! at Workers.org
Women celebrate Trump’s defeat in Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 7. Nov. 8 –After spending days watching scenes of hundreds of election workers working long hours processing mail-in ballots in arenas and convention centers across metro Atlanta, this writer decided to attend a “Voters Decide” event at Freedom Park. It was . . .
Continue reading Atlanta ‘Dancing in the streets’ at Workers.org
Among progressive ballot measures passed on Nov. 3, Florida approved raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Nov. 9 – The 2020 presidential election ended just short of noon ET on Nov. 7, when networks announced that former Vice President Joe Biden had passed the 270 Electoral College votes . . .
Continue reading Voters approve police reforms and more at Workers.org
People protest against abuses by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Lagos, Nigeria, Oct. 12. As a Nigerian-American, I was very disappointed in myself for my lack of knowledge about #EndSARS protests in Nigeria that have captivated the world recently. (In Nigeria, SARS stands for the so-called “Special Anti-Robbery Squad” . . .
Continue reading Black Lives Matter – from Nigeria to the U.S. at Workers.org
Elsie Lee of Sistas With Voices demands mass releases not transfers of San Quentin prisoners. San Rafael, Calif. Nov. 8 — Today, prisoner support groups and family members held a spirited demonstration at San Quentin State Prison’s main gate, demanding the state order a mass release of incarcerated people instead . . .
Continue reading Sistas With Voices demand mass releases at San Quentin at Workers.org
|
