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Doctors and human rights experts documented hundreds of incidents from June 2025 through May 2026 and estimate true number is ‘far greater’

Gotta Go Down and Join the Union (1976), Lynchings on Long Island (1946), Autherine Lucy Didn’t Know the Meaning of ‘Quit’ (1956), Baby Doc Throws In the Towel (1986), Tell the Crowd How You Really Feel! (1911), Free and Fearless (1941)

The administration gutted guardrails and offices meant to rein in abusive actions. Some families say they have no idea where their loved ones were jailed after immigration raid.

Mamdani’s critics have launched a smear campaign that ignores that police pose an existential threat to victims—and all of us.

Organizers working to end police violence refuse to be intimidated by growing efforts to criminalize free speech.

The massive presence of police and violence that ensued at City College of New York on April 30 was not seen at CUNY colleges in 1969; it was not seen during building takeovers during the 1980s and 1990s, and it should not be seen today.

“Earth or Death!”  — Hugo Blanco (1934-2023)

What Russian leftists have to say about the almost coup

The Minneapolis Police Department routinely engaged in a pattern of racist and abusive behavior, according to a Justice Department investigation. The city will now begin negotiating a court-enforceable consent decree.

The protest was during the uprisings right after George Floyd’s murder. And simply, we were exercising our human rights, our civil rights, and we were demonstrating and standing up against all of the racial injustice that happens day in and day out in this country.