Living the Dream
In 2000 when Lucas Codognolla was 9, he immigrated with his family from Pocos De Caldas, Brazil, to Connecticut. He adjusted well to his new surroundings; in fact he thrived...
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'We Want to Show What's at Stake': Rockaway Residents Demand Climate Action
When protestors fill the streets of Manhattan on September 21 to demand that world leaders address global warming, a contingent of Rockaway residents will be there too. These inhabitants of...
In Providence, immigration activists call on Chafee to end ‘ICE holds’
PROVIDENCE — Immigrant activists Monday renewed their call for Governor Chafee to limit collaboration between Rhode Island law enforcement agencies and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with regard to holds...
Civil Rights Groups Demand Change for Transgender Women Held in Solitary in New York’s Prisons
Earlier this month, Solitary Watch published an in-depth investigation by Aviva Stahl into the experiences of transgender women held in New York’s state prisons. It found that most transwomen in...
Adelanto: Unlimited Prison Possibilities
The City of Adelanto, California, greets visitors with a sign, proclaiming it to be a city of "unlimited possibilities." However, when you drive through this small town in the Mojave...
Springfield No One Leaves protests foreclosure policies outside of Freddie Mac office, at home of Board Member Nicolas Retsinas in Providence
Shaking as she stepped before the crowd, Marie Bain spoke of facing foreclosure while taking care of her terminally ill son. At age 25, Bain's son, Patrick, was diagnosed with...
Camp Aims to Connect Youth with Radical South Asian History
“We’re creating the camp we wish we had had when we were their age,” said California-based organizer and writer Tanzila Ahmed , “with access to all the South Asian American...
Are the Police Getting Away with Murder?
Editor's note: Iris Baez is a member of the Justice Committee in New York, a longtime activist for accountability and justice in police brutality cases, and the mother of Anthony...
"Clean energy" advocates protest in Great Falls
GREAT FALLS -- Several people representing Indian Peoples Action ,Wild Idaho Rising Tide, and Occupy Bellingham protested in front of the Calumet Refinery in Great Falls on Saturday. Their goal...
Utah Deputies Arrest Anti-tar Sands Activists
Twenty-one activists were arrested Monday during a “blockade” of a tar sands company’s construction equipment in eastern Utah, according to anti-tar sands groups who accused Uintah County sheriff’s deputies of...