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Wesley Mann Sankofa co-director Raoul Roach (son of Max Roach), Harry Belafonte and Gina Belafonte at the Many Rivers to Cross festival...

On Tuesday, voters in Massachusetts will decide whether or not to lift the cap on their state's privately-run charter schools. I ho...

“I will be vigorously in opposition, and I will make that very clear.” --  Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders just gave his millennial ...

“We have roadblocks like you’ve never, ever seen – environmental blocks, structural blocks,” he said. “We are going to allow the Keystone...

Tom Hayden R.I.P. Tom Hayden (1939-2016) If we appear to seek the unattainable, as it has been said, then let it be known that we do ...

Trump surrogate, Paladino calls educators, "pot-smokers from Vietnam era". Ouch! If there was any doubt, Trump surrogate Carl ...

"I was wondering what happened with my rally in Chicago and other rallies where we had such violence. She’s the one, and Obama, that...

Back from Standing Rock and already thinking about returning. There was some great news out of Morton County yesterday. A judge t ossed...

Amy Goodman Amy Goodman "I came back to North Dakota to fight a trespass charge. They saw that they could never make that charge ...

After spending much of the past year in the Democrats' dog house, it appears Rahm is being rehabilitated. Now that Clinton feels that...

Chicago teachers have won a major victory without going on strike. But the mayor is under fire from his own LaSalle Street pals for ...

Arely Morales photo The trip to Standing Rock was a "life changing experience" for these Chicago students . Our group of ...

Chicago students with their brothers and sisters at the Lower Brule Nation's camp site. (Photo by Michele Noble) There were lots...

Trump family women appear in self-defense mode. TRUMP:-- 'It’s just words, folks. It’s just words...' Last night, this ha...

Joining in on dancing around the campfire After some 15 hours in their rented vans, a tired, but fired-up group of Chicago students rol...

I took this picture at 6:30 p.m. By 8 p.m. the tepee construction was complete The ride down from Bismarck was easy. I decided to tak...

I'm driving down to Cannonball from Bismarck this morning, looking to evade the National Guard's roadblocks (it's really not...

    Flyer on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque I'm on my way to Bismarck this morning where I will pick up s...

Cody Hall, Standing Rock camp spokesman "We're not leaving until we defeat this big black snake."  -- Chicago Tribune R...

Rahm, an embarrassment to the Clinton campaign.  Mayor 1% is back at it. He has the power to avoid next week's teachers strike w...