Racism
Socialist Zohran Mamdani set to win mayor’s office in world’s richest city

Zohran Mamdani’s opponent, disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo, has received the political and financial backing of right-wing billionaires

Far right seizes on Rio police massacre, turning deadly raid into “electoral triumph”

Professor Ignacio Cano warns that “the far right is rallying around this operation” ahead of upcoming elections

Far right ties with liberals in Dutch general election

Geert Wilders’ PVV suffered a significant blow in Wednesday’s snap general election, losing a projected 11 seats compared to 2023.

Imam with Zohran Muslim-American civil rights organizations denounce “Islamophobic” attacks against Imam Siraj Wahhaj

Muslim groups and civil rights leaders denounce right-wing smear campaign after viral photo of Imam Siraj Wahhaj is weaponized by media and politicians

After Black man found hanging from a tree in Mississippi, civil rights leaders question official story

Independent autopsy sought as Reed’s death sparks scrutiny and historic parallels to US legacy of racially-motivated lynchings

Philadelphia public transit “death spiral” is a warning for other underfunded cities across the US

As students and workers struggled to commute amid SEPTA cuts, a sports betting firm paid to move Eagles fans, laying bare Philadelphia’s transit crisis

Black September group Munich Olympics From “Black September“ to October 7: Anti-Palestinian repression in Germany then and now

In September 1972, a Palestinian commando unit took the Israeli Olympic team hostage in Munich. Then, as now, the German state responded with a wave of aggressive racist repression

Flooding New Orleans Katrina Twenty years since Hurricane Katrina: a storm that exposed the system

From tens of thousands left abandoned to a militarized “looting” crackdown, Hurricane Katrina laid bare racial inequities and government neglect

National Guard Washington DC Republican governors send 1,100 National Guard troops to back Trump’s DC takeover

People across the country express opposition to the further militarization to DC law enforcement

Outrage grows as Confederate monuments return to US capital

Five years following the mass uprisings against police brutality and racism in 2020, Confederate monuments set to be returned to their original locations

“To fight for full liberation, we first need to recognize that we are not free”: Black socialist organizer marks Juneteenth

Peoples Dispatch speaks to Rachel Domond, Black socialist organizer and artist, on the real story of Juneteenth and the tasks for this generation of Black radicals