New York, New York- A grand jury declined to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner today. Garner, an unarmed Black man was being arrested in Brooklyn on suspicion of selling unlicensed cigarettes when Pantaleo used a banned practice to subdue Garner. The entire incident was caught on […]
New York City- While the country has it’s attention focused on Ferguson, Mo in the wake of the Grand Jury decision to not indict officer Darren Wilson, people in cities all across America took to the streets in solidarity with the protesters in Ferguson. In New York City, those protests […]
Three years ago it would have been unthinkable for a Walmart employee to walk off the job, especially on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year. They would have been administratively disciplined or worse, terminated. But that is what happened on November 28 at the H Street Walmart […]
Washington DC 27 November 2014 Thousands rallied in Washington, DC on Tuesday to support the Ferguson, Missouri community following a controversial grand jury decision not to indict White police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black youth. Civil rights advocates urged participants to get involved […]
Washington, D.C.- Just minutes after the Ferguson Grand Jury announcement decision was read, a spontaneous protest gathered at the African American Civil War Memorial. Students marched from Howard University to express shock and dismay at the Grand Jury decision, but protesters also arrived from all parts of the city and […]
Saint Louis, Mo.-A Grand Jury chose not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson for the August 9th shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black youth today. The controversial decision is set to release a torrent of nationwide protests as frustration is expected to spill into streets around the nation. […]
Next year, corporations are expected to spend a total of $707 billion buying back their own stock. That’s enough to buy a new Ford Focus for every single man, woman and child in Washington DC. And everyone in Maryland…Delaware…Pennsylvania…and New York state. (And still have money left over.) When you […]
Medea Benjamin is internationally renown for standing up for the oppressed and against violence and war. The co-founder of Code Pink, Women for Peace, is also no stranger to hostile situations involving law enforcement. But she never expected to be ordered off the National Mall or face arrest if she […]
In response to recent news, more than 200 people gathered in Union Square in New York on Sunday. They were seeking justice for 43 missing student teachers, now considered dead and demanded an end to the violence and corruption that has dominated Mexico. The students disappeared on September 26th while […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency responsible for approving interstate natural gas pipelines, compression stations and export terminals, saw more protests and arrests at its doorstep last week than ever before. Every morning, Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE) climate activists tenaciously blocked all its entrances, parking garage, and 1st […]
Washington, D.C.,- Environmental advocates used their bodies to block the entrances of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Monday and called for an end of the so-called rubber stamp polices of the agency that regulates interstate natural gas pipelines and gas compression stations. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) dispatched dozens of uniformed officers […]
The Great Climate March completed an eight month cross-country trek on Saturday, arriving at the White House. Enviros walked their last leg into Washington DC escorted by nearly 200 people. As they walked from Maryland into DC, the chanted the names of the 11 states they had crossed over 8 […]