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The Lisa Torry Smith Act became law in September 2021, making it a crime to kill or injure a pedestrian, cyclist or other crosswalk user. Drivers who violate the law could face a Class C misdemeanor traffic violation to a state jail felony if the violation causes serious bodily injury.

At International Publishers’ 100th anniversary symposium in New York in October, Dr. Gerald Horne announced a research prize for the best new manuscript submitted to International that reflects the links between Indigenous dispossession and slavery/Jim Crow.

This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago

Supporters are suing to have a historical marker of activist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn’s birthplace put back in place.

The persecution of anti-Cop City activists is part of a long history of state repression of dissidents in the American South.

Jesus and his disciples have visited Olive Press Park, known in Aramaic as “Gethsemane,” in the past. Tonight, though, their mood is somber and tense. In th

Al Marder, a stalwart of the U.S. peace movement and prominent figure in the Communist Party USA, Marder passed away Dec. 19, 2023, at the age of 101. In some ways, the story of his life reads like a serial thriller, with plenty of comedy and tragedy, victories and defeats.

Al Marder, a stalwart of the U.S. peace movement and prominent figure in the Communist Party USA, Marder passed away Dec. 19, 2023, at the age of 101. In some ways, the story of his life reads like a serial thriller, with plenty of comedy and tragedy, victories and defeats.

This article will be released in full online January 8, 2023. Michael Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, examines a recent biography of Irving R.

The US impulse toward repression didn't die with the Cold War, as current attempts to suppress support for Gaza show.