Arlington, VA—They came in the bitter cold to leave flowers and notes beneath the mural of the dead. By the afternoon locals had lain flowers and roses on the sidewalk beneath the mural. The flora had by then frozen and wilted in the cold but the notes remained. “For I […]
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Arlington, VA—The citizens of the Arlington community held a vigil for victims abducted and slain by federal Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officers over the last 11 months. Community leaders, law enforcement, and clergy gathered with the community outside Arlington Courthouse to condemn the violence and fear ICE was spreading […]
The Coming Storm: Secret Police and Concentration Camps are Here The Big Horrible Bill was passed by both the House and Senate, and Trump signed it into law on July 4, an ironic date considering the devastation this bill will wreak on our democracy. Much of the conversation around the […]
Washington, DC — Thousands of protesters, including many families with children, rallied at the White House Saturday to condemn the Trump Administration for separating children from parents at U.S. borders. Over 30,000 took part in the Families Belong Together rally for three hours, standing in the hot June sun while […]
2017 was chaotic as independent media faced challenges covering dozens of social justice and environmental stories. Major news events often overlapped, so it was difficult to decide which story to cover. News media came under attack as the president relentlessly accused publishers of spreading fake news. Independent media faced the […]
Washington, DC–A free exhibit called “Protest Matters” was organized by a local anthropologist to showcase items used at protests and how they promote change for public benefit. Siobhán McGuirk, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, assembled the exhibit from local activists’ contributions. A large collection of buttons, protest signs, pamphlets, […]
Washington, DC — Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program are conducting a 24-hour vigil outside the White House despite administration plans to scrap the program within 6 months. In spite of President Trump’s intent to make good on a campaign promise to end DACA, a White […]
Immigrant workers around the country on February 16 flexed their economic muscle with a strike called “Un Dia Sin Inmigrante,” or “A Day Without Immigrants.” Planned at a three-day conference in Boston on February 10, the series of boycotts and strikes are intended to gain leverage for foreign-born citizens, visa […]
Washington, DC – A spectrum of workers’ rights groups rallied for the annual May Day March for labor on Sunday, May 1. They called on workers to organize with a new militancy and mobilize against global economic disadvantages posed by the growing power of corporate elites. They were also joined […]