Migrant health in Chicago suffers due to lack of planning and support
As migrants continue to arrive in Chicago, the city struggles to provide adequate shelter and health care for the new arrivals
Why are there no slums in China?
Walking through China’s cities, you will quickly notice the absence of large slums or pervasive homelessness common to the rest of the world
South Africa’s social movements lead resistance to organized xenophobia and state inaction
Since 2021, a ‘vigilante’ group called Operation Dudula has carried out actions targeting people perceived to be foreign nationals. A group of social movements, including the militant shack dwellers’ movement Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), have gone to court against Operation Dudula and the alleged complicity of the South African state
Is China’s housing market in trouble?
What is the actual situation of the real estate market in China and what is the government doing?
NYC tenants say: the rent is too damn high!
This weekend, thousands of tenants are expected to protest the proposed Rent Guidelines Board rent hikes on rent stabilized tenants
“South Africa’s freedom serves the interest of a few while the majority lives in deep poverty”
S’bu Zikode, President of Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), South Africa’s shack dwellers’ movement, talks about UnFreedom Day which is marked by the organization in April every year.
The poor are bearing the brunt of California’s storms
As the West Coast of the US faces torrential rains and harsh wind, California’s 172,000 homeless people face two storms: natural disaster and state indifference
“This racist council’s got to go!”: Crisis in Los Angeles City Council following leaked recording
“They have verbalized what they have been doing for the last five years,” said L.A. activist Kenia Alcocer after a leaked recording revealed City Council members making racist remarks
Migrant delivery workers strike for fair pay and conditions in Dubai and other stories
Today we look at a strike by food delivery workers in Dubai, the conviction and sentencing of an Indigenous land defender in Canada, and more
NYC Mayor Eric Adams evicts hundreds from homeless encampments
Despite crackdown, Adams presented no clear alternative to the streets and transit system for unhoused people afraid to use unsafe shelter system
Canadian court upholds compensation order for Indigenous children and other stories
Today we look at a court ruling in Canada to provide compensation for Indigenous children affected by the foster system, the dropping of all charges against 3 leaders of Abahlali baseMjondolo in South Africa, and more
Bail plea hearing of Abahlali’s George Bonono postponed; movement calls charges a pack of lies
Shack-dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo has claimed that the state is buying time by seeking postponements as it has no evidence against George Bonono and two other members accused of conspiring to commit murder
- Google employees lead sit-ins protesting company’s complicity in genocide
- Israeli tourists attack vigil in Cusco in support of Palestine
- During Red April, Brazil’s MST restates the importance of agrarian reform
- German authorities’ crackdown on Palestine Conference sparks widespread outrage
- As elections approach, India’s farmers count government’s broken promises
