My close compa Emily recent sent out this tendril of solidarity for a Salvadoran community she's close to which was recently hit hard by a hurricane. They've been left largely to fend for themselves and in serious need of material support. Please be generous, but even for those of us dealing with our own personal financial crises, our dollars can go a long way in El Salvador so even small amounts are worth kicking down...

Following the election of Obama, many folks involved with a spectrum of different anti-racist work were left dumbfounded by the rise of the aggressive and often explicitly racist white Tea Party movement.

 On September 3rd police approached Askia Sabur in the doorway of a Chinese Restaurant at 55th and Landsdown where he was waiting for food. Police threw Askia to the ground and subjected him to a storm of violence. For nearly 3 minutes, 6 cops swung down on him with clubs, cracking his skull and breaking his arm in the process. A video recorded from a cell phone shows Askia on the ground, handcuffed by one hand, blows raining down with no indication he was even physically resisting the abuse, let alone attempting to fight off the cops.

3 prisoners who forecast their own "suicides"

by dave onion with reporting by Andalusia Knoll

It’s now been ten years since we first started publishing this paper.