US Social Movement
Trump’s attack on Buffalo peace activist part of expanded war on...
ByMichael F. Brown
10 June 2020
President Donald Trump tweeted an attack Tuesday against Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old peace and Palestine rights activist violently hurled to...
White House Tries to Link US Protests to Venezuelan Government
Allegations appear to hinge on Max Blumenthal's t-shirt
sted on June 7, 2020
The best part of a major, nationwide protest movement is having someone...
George Floyd laid to rest as nationwide protests over police violence...
By Niles Niemuth
10 June 2020
Two weeks after George Floyd was killed by four police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, his body was laid to...
White House, Pentagon tensions near breaking point
By ROBERT BURNS
June 6, 2020
Tensions between the White House and Pentagon have stretched to near a breaking point over President Donald Trump’s threat to...
It’s a big deal that the outrage expressed over George Floyd’s...
By August H. Nimtz Jr.
05/28/2020
“We should be outraged but not surprised.” The death of George Floyd is the latest instantiation of this almost now...
Minneapolis pledges to dismantle its police department – how will it...
A veto-proof council majority says the city will move to a community-based public safety model – but what will that entail?
By Oliver Milman
Mon 8...
Spending On Police Is Out of Control
Data show the growth of police budgets has far outpaced population growth in cities across the country.
By David Sirota
June 8, 2020
Defund the police” has...
Millions march in cities and towns in every part of the...
By Kevin Reed
8 June 202
Protests and demonstrations against police violence over the weekend spread across every part of the US, involving young people...
Cities consider cutting police budgets
By Dennis Turner
Jun 08, 2020
City leaders across the country have begun talking about taking money out of police budgets and putting into community programs,...
Communities United for Police Reform Celebrates the Passage of Police-STAT Act...
June 8, 2020
New York, NY (June 8, 2020) – Today, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) celebrated a momentous step that brings New York...