Press Archive - Action Center on Race and the Economy

We can’t abide our government abetting the mass slaughter of children in Gaza. Click here to read the full article. As President Joe Biden made his way from the White House to the Capitol for his State of the Union

The Pennsylvania billionaire has former TikTok detractors backing off a ban, but he’ll be sitting pretty if a US takeover happens.  Click here to read the full article. You may remember former president Donald Trump once denouncing TikTok,

ABC6 News

Action News at 4pm [VIDEO]

Mar 2024

Watch coverage of the ACRE Budget Report release press conference on ABC6 News. Click here to watch the coverage.

Crishtbel Mora con el reportaje desde la manifestación de trabajadoras del hogar en City Hall, Filadelfia. Click here to watch the coverage.

Water bubbles up in streets, pooling in neighborhoods for weeks or months. Homes burn to the ground if firefighters can’t draw enough water from hydrants. Utility crews struggle to fix broken pipes while water flows through shut-off valves that don’t

In These Times

Supporting Palestinian Rights Used To Be Considered Far Left. Now It’s Mainstream.

Sandra Tamari and Saqib Bhatti

Feb 2024

It’s clear that the Democratic base has moved on supporting Palestinian rights. Leadership needs to catch up. Read the full op-ed here. For 75 years, advocates fighting for justice and dignity for Palestinians were relegated to a position on the lonely fringe

”Zionist’ cannot be separated from the political ideology of ‘Zionism,’ and both terms are explicitly unique and different from Jewish and/or Israeli identities.’ Read the full article here. As Israel’s onslaught of Gaza continues, a coalition of 73 international organisations

With only days remaining in Chicago’s expiring ShotSpotter contract, community activists, elected officials and Chicago residents gathered Thursday to express their confidence and concerns with the controversial technology. Read the full article here.  The Community Commission for Public Safety and

Common Dreams/Truth Out

80+ Groups Descend on DC Demanding Gaza Cease-Fire, Migrant Rights

Brett Wilkins

Dec 2023

“We stand together… to say no to more weapons for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, no more money to imprison children and families seeking safety at our border, no more money to destroy lives,” said one protest leader. Read the full

The police arrested about 60 people who staged a protest in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday to demand a cease-fire in Gaza and oppose a bill under consideration in Congress that would send billions of dollars in aid to Israel