Gaza City, Gaza — During a brief respite of hostilities in Gaza, Palestinians retrieved the remains of their relatives who were killed by Israeli forces during repeated attacks on Al-Shifa Hospital; over 1,500 Palestinians were killed at this hospital alone. Civil Defense crews exhumed a…
Philip Vance is serving a life sentence for a 2002 murder in South St. Paul during a robbery of Sabreen’s Supermarket, but his supporters have long believed this was a false charge after hearing Vance’s pleas of innocence. After waiting more than three years since…
Aurora, CO — On Monday, longtime immigrant rights leader Jeanette Vizguerra was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers (ICE) and has been incarcerated at the for-profit GEO ICE Detention Center in Aurora since. Supporters of Vizguerra, including her children, have been rallying outside…
Gaza City, Gaza — Four children, two of them brothers, were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a group of Palestinians collecting firewood in the Zeitoun neighborhood in southeast Gaza City on March 15, 2025.
“I have been taking care of my children for…
Bemidji, MN — Six and a half years after the torturous jail death of Hardel Sherrell, charges have been filed against Michelle Skroch, the director of nursing who was in charge of Sherrell’s care at Beltrami County Jail. Skroch was charged with second degree manslaughter…
Minneapolis, MN – On February 20, 2025, activists gathered outside of Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar’s office to protest the government’s executive orders and policies that negatively affect marginalized communities, including getting rid of “ICE-free spaces” like places of worship, schools and hospitals. Klobuchar’s office has…
Turtle Mountain Reservation — Leonard Peltier, 80, was released from federal custody on Feb. 18, 2025 after spending 49 years in prison for the murder of two federal agents in 1975. Peltier was found guilty by a jury for two counts of first-degree murder for…