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Justice for Nolan Wells March will be joined by People’s Organization for Progress

October 31, 2026 fwstaff
By People’s Organization For Progress A march and rally to demand justice for Nolan Wells will be held on Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00pm, starting at the Justice Statue in front of the Martin Luther […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar at a Minneapolis news conference as activists hold signs calling for a nationwide shutdown against ICE on Jan. 30. The Trump administration’s attack on Omar follows the mass resistance that forced its immigration police to retreat from the Twin Cities
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ICE comes for Ilhan Omar

October 16, 2026 fwstaff
  Editor’s note: Rep Omar is also a supporter of WORKING CLASS ORGANIZATION and/or is supported by many unions in Minnesota such as UNITE HERE, SEIU Local 26 and the UFCW all of which have […]
Crimson Record on modern day lynching
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Modern Day Racist Violence Breeds Strange Fruit in the 21st Century

September 12, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe “Strange Fruit” was a poem later turned into a protest song which was popularized by the legendary Jazz singer Billie Holiday in 1939. The poem and later song were composed by a […]
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Gary is Majority Black and Out of Power

August 27, 2026 fwstaff
 By Abayomi Azikiwe Gary, Indiana has been a focal point for discussion among the African American people across the United States due to a storm which caused a power outage lasting more than two weeks. […]
Virginia prisoner exposes racist use of attack dogs in remote prisons
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Racialized abuses of attack dogs persist in remote Virginia prisons

August 12, 2026 fwstaff
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson On December 11, 2025, the Virginia Mercury followed up on a July 2022 Business Insider investigation and report on abuses of attack dogs inside U.S. prisons, with an article on continued […]
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National Urban League Says African Americans Are in Recession

June 22, 2026 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe A recently released report by the National Urban League (NUL) illustrates that African Americans are in a deep recession attributed to government policies under the administration of President Donald Trump. It […]
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Part Two of Voting Rights Forum Scheduled in Montclair, NJ

June 13, 2026 fwstaff
By The People’s Organization for Progress (POP) The second part of a forum entitled “The Attack On Voting Rights And The War On Black People,” will be held Friday, June 26, 2026, 7:00 pm at […]
NAACP launches the Out of Bounds campaign
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African Americans in Southern States Continue Struggles to Regain Voting Rights

June 8, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In an emergency appeal to the United States Supreme Court, which is dominated by Conservatives in a 6-3 majority, the elimination of an entire district where African Americans have a sizable vote […]
Selma march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge says Black Voters Matter
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Thousands Gather in Alabama to Renew Struggle for Voting Rights

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After the devastating impact of the United States Supreme Court Louisiana v. Callais decision which eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, several southern states immediately began to redistrict their Congressional maps […]
Tennessee protest over redistricting vote in Nashville
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Southern States Move Toward Massive Disenfranchisement of African Americans

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On May 7, just hours after the Republican-dominated Tennessee State Assembly passed legislation which split Memphis into three separate congressional districts, the city which has a large majority of African Americans could […]