Poor People's Movements
staff | Minneapolis, MN | 5/28/20
Political Secretary of Freedom Road Socialist Organization Steff Yorek stated on May 26, “The United States has just reached a grim milestone, 100,000...
staff | Milwaukee, WI | 5/26/20
In any case, the closing of the Midtown Center site, and the suggestion by the National Guard that its resources be moved to the predominantly white...
Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 5/23/20
On Friday, May 22, the monthly report on state-level labor markets saw the - unemployment rate for three states - Nevada, Michigan and Hawai’i - all soar...
staff | Milwaukee, WI | 5/23/20
Around this time every year, open-enrollment for health insurance benefits begins at the Milwaukee Center For Independence (MCFI), a social services...
Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 5/15/20
On Thursday, May 14, the Labor Department reported more bad news, saying that almost 3 million people applied for unemployment insurance in the previous...
Matty Burns | Appleton, WI | 5/11/20
Our problems exist because we live in a world where people who could truly be called monsters are running roughshod over the poor and every other group...
Demands placed on Mayor Lightfoot to address impact of pandemic, economic crisis on Chicago students
Thomas Leng | Chicago, IL | 5/10/20
Close to 400,000 students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) are in their seventh week of remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
staff | Chicago, IL | 5/08/20
500 cars from around Chicago converged on the State of Illinois Building as Governor J.B. Pritzker held his daily COVID-19 press briefing May 7.
Alicia Spietz | Madison, WI | 5/07/20
On a sunny May 1 afternoon which marked both May Day and A Day Without Immigrants, a caravan comprised of about 20 different vehicles made its way to the...
staff | New York, NY | 5/02/20
Dozens of cars gathered in different boroughs of New York City on Friday May 1 in honor of May Day, or International Workers Day.
