PAR investigates why a Maryland activist and pizza-delivering grandmother who supported community policing now finds herself facing felony charges and two years in prison.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Georgia’s new voter suppression law is rooted in Jim Crow racism
Georgia Rep. Park Cannon’s recent arrest is just the latest example of America’s long history of racist voter suppression—and Democrats have only themselves to blame if they chose to not fight back against it.
Posted inThe Tight Rope
The Tight Rope Celebrates Women’s History Month
As Women’s History Month comes to a close and Black Women’s History Month begins, we revisit some of our favorite moments with the powerful women we’ve had on “The Tight Rope.”
Posted inRattling the Bars
Will we stand up for Black trans lives, too?
Black trans people are often overlooked in the fight for racial justice. Organizers in Baltimore are trying to change that.
Posted inWorking People
A sanitation worker’s vision for a better society
Former Philadelphia sanitation worker Terrill Haigler created the Instagram account “_yafavtrashman” to talk directly to residents about their trash pickup during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now he’s using it to advocate for a better world.
Posted inPolice Accountability Report
This bodycam footage reveals all that is wrong with policing
The questionable arrest of a cab driver in Ohio, caught on body camera, shows how quickly police can be to initiate force—and what the consequences are for the victims who experience it.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
Workers in Bessemer are “gonna start a movement”
Longtime poultry plant worker and lead union organizer Michael “Big Mike” Foster explains what Amazon workers’ struggle for a union in Bessemer, Alabama, means for the labor movement moving forward.
Posted inThe Marc Steiner Show
The debt is too damn high!
We talk with Umme Hoque of the Debt Collective about the push to cancel all student debt; then, we examine why we have failed to fight COVID-19 on a global scale the way we fought polio or smallpox.
Posted inArticle
Battleground Baltimore: The tangled knot of Baltimore politics
In this week’s round-up of Baltimore news: A federal investigation into two city leaders reveals the work everyone needs to do to be truly transparent, renters’ advocates warn state leaders of an “eviction tsunami,” Baltimore shows support for Amazon workers, and more.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
Bigger than Bessemer: Workers everywhere must stand up & fight back
Before she testified in front of the Senate Budget Committee about Amazon’s exploitative and dehumanizing conditions, Jennifer Bates sat down with TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez to talk about the historic Amazon union drive in Bessemer, Alabama.