This week, thousands of McDonald’s workers went on strike in 13 U.S. cities to demand higher wages, a union, and an end to rampant sexual harassment and other forms of violence in the workplace

The region is home to 90 percent of Americans who fall into the health care coverage gap — not wealthy enough to afford private insurance but not qualified for the public health insurance program for the poor and disabled

“Money shouldn’t determine anyone’s freedom”

Amount of money the prison industry makes annually off the labor of the 900,000 prisoners who work for little to nothing: $2 billion

A wave of wins for progressives in state and local races across the nation that also brought historic victories for people of color and LGBT candidates across the South

It is important for us to come together so people can get a sense that they are not fighting by themselves but are part of a larger movement with a vision

In an effort to secure the Dream Act’s passage, the Women’s March has released a list of Republican lawmakers who could provide the key swing votes needed

James Marion Sims used enslaved Black women as involuntary human guinea pigs in his quest to discover a cure for vesicovaginal fistula, a condition developed during childbirth

Southerners on New Ground raised over $200,000 to free 64 Black women from jails across the South — some who had been there for as long as 451 days simply because they could not afford to post bail

Two years ago this week, Sandra Bland was found hanged in her jail cell in Waller County, Texas, three days after State…