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52 Wins For Racial Justice – Special Report 2022

Posted on December 29, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In some ways, 2022 was a tough year for racial justice. After the staggering protests against the murder of George Floyd in 2020 (the largest in US history), a number of impressive changes occurred in 2021. These included cuts to police budgets, changes to staffing at institution and businesses, increased…

80 Racial Justice Gains In 2021 – Special Report

Posted on January 1, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There’s a lot to lift up in 2021’s racial justice gains. More than 20 cities adopted some kind of #DefundPolice policy following the George Floyd Protests in 2020. These shifts included removing cops from public schools, replacing school officers with unarmed peacekeepers from the community, redirecting city funds to mental…

#Striketober, 500,000 South Koreans Walkout & Crashing Fashion For Climate Action

Posted on October 23, 2021October 23, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Welcome to #Striketober, a month of worker strikes that are sweeping across industries. According to the Intercept, 10,000 John Deere tractor company workers are on strike, joining “2,000 hospital workers striking in Buffalo, New York; 1,400 production workers for Kellogg’s in four states; 450 steelworkers in Huntington, West Virginia; and…

#LandBack & Sacred Object Returns: Indigenous Resistance Gains Traction

Posted on July 16, 2021July 17, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Indigenous climbers representing 10 nations scaled a grain silo in Kansas to demand #Landback (above). While four were arrested, the action comes amidst news of the US Department of the Interior finally returning 18,000 acres of the National Bison Range to the Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The move follows a…

Judges On Strike, Tunnel Diggers & Tree Sitters, Fast Food Strikes & More

Posted on February 20, 2021February 20, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The Nonviolence News Conversation is next Friday and we have soooooo much to talk about. In this week’s round-up alone, we could explore the Haitian judges strike (have you ever heard of all the judges in a country going on strike?!), Fight for $15’s nationwide fast food strike, Myanmar’s bold…

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