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Attack on Academia, Part 3: Interview with Lisa Durden
By Sarita Farnelli
After appearing on Tucker Carlson Tonight to defend a Black Lives Matter event, Lisa Durden was met with a wave of online harassment and subsequently fired by Essex County College. However, Durdenβs side of the story, revealing the lack of due process and communication from the college, indicates deeper problems faced by adjuncts, people of color and women that regularly contribute to similar incidents to her firing, which she described as a βpublic lynching.β
The Lightning Strike of False Rape Accusations
By Christian Exoo
The chances of being falsely accused of rape are similar to being struck by lightning-- one in a million. So why is the Department of Education meeting with menβs rights activists who perpetuate the myth of false accusations?
Attack on Academia, Part 2: Interview with Dana Cloud
By Sarita Farnelli
This is the second installment of Attack on Academia, a series of interviews with academics who have endured sustained campaigns of threats and harassment from the alt-right. The first installment, an interview with Heidi Czerwiec, can be found here.
Attack on Academia, Part 1: Interview with Heidi Czerwiec
By Sarita Farnelli
This is the first installment of Attack on Academia, a series of interviews with academics who have endured sustained campaigns of threats and harassment from the alt-right.
Sinaloa, Mexico: Remembering Javier Valdez and Standing for Freedom of Expression
By Savannah Crowley
In her latest post for our Weaving the Streets project, Savannah Crowley reflects on her experience of traveling to Culiacan, Sinaloa (Mexico), to βlearn from activists and community leaders on the ground who are building peace in the heart of the Drug Warβ in the aftermath of the assassination of renowned journalist Javier Valdez.
A Migrant's Story: The Real Human Face of the North Country Dairy Industry (II)
By Julianne DeGuardi
In the second installment of her three-part profile of migrant farm worker Juan Garcia, Weave News reporter Julianne DeGuardi details Juanβs story of moving among a number of different work opportunities in New York, Vermont, and Kentucky. Read Part I.
Whatβs Written on the Walls: Gendered Resistance in LavapiΓ©s
By Ajok Deng
In the Madrid neighborhood of LavapiΓ©s, groups such as Mujeres Libres (Free Women) join anonymous street artists in expressing defiant resistance to the structures of patriarchy and the gendered violence that it generates. As part of our Weaving the Streets project, reporter Ajok Deng describes what she has been seeing on the walls, and in the streets, of LavapiΓ©s.
A Migrantβs Story: The Real Human Face of the North Country Dairy Industry (I)
By Julianne DeGuardi
As part of her continuing coverage of the issue of migrant farm workers in the North Country, Julianne DeGuardi begins a three-part profile of one worker whose journey has taken him from Chiapas, Mexico, to northern New York and Vermont.
Rational Environmental Politics: Report From Viennaβs Climate March
By Wyatt Adams
βHow can that be?β asked the older Austrian man sitting on the next barstool. βHow can that many people deny accepted science?β Weave News reporter Wyatt Adams reports for our Weaving the Streets project on his visit to the annual Climate March in Vienna, where climate change denial is almost unthinkable.
Deported Veterans: A Visit to 'The Bunker'
By Savannah Crowley
On Sunday, April 23, I had the honor to ride alongside Mr. Jan Ruhman, a United Statesβ Marine Corps Veteran who served during the Vietnam War, on the drive South of San Diego to the US/Mexican border at Tijuana. Crossing the border in Janβs Ford Ranger, a speed bump was the only thing in our way, but for Janβs friends and the United States veterans that I would soon meet, they would never again be allowed to cross the border and return home to the United States. Theyβve been permanently banished from the same country they swore to serve and defend.
Buffalo PBA VP Blog Post Threatens Cop Violence Against Civilians
By Gene Grabiner
In a July 2016 blog post that he refused to take down, Buffalo Police Benevolent Association (PBA) vice president John Evans said of civilian demonstrators: βComply with our orders and you won't get yourself killed. Enough!!!β Itβs not enough that demonstratorsβ First Amendment rights have already been eroded and circumscribed with the creation of βFree Speech Zones.β Now, exercise of First Amendment rights may be met with police deadly force. Is this a terroristic threat?
In Pennsylvania, Resistance Grows to Proposed Sunoco Pipeline
By Sarita Farnelli
In Pennsylvania, Sarita Farnelli reports on activist camps rallying to protect the environment from a 350-mile pipeline proposed by Sunoco, whose use of eminent domain to seize land has community members fearing for their homes.
Calling Boston Artists to Action
By Sheila Murray
As a transplant to the Boston area, itβs been interesting to familiarize myself with the city through the lens of current politics and social movements. Unlike my years growing up in a small New Hampshire town and my time at university in upstate New York, Boston is positively bursting with events. That said, event spaces are not always conventional. Here, a friendβs apartment is the scene for a βWomenβs Brunch;β there, breweries become writing labs, bouldering gyms host βpostcard parties,β and a tattoo parlor converts into a local artist marketplace. In the past few months, my eyes have been on community engagement and the spaces that crop up as hosts.
Justice for Migrant Workers in Vermont!
By Julianne DeGuardi
In this report Julianne DeGuardi continues her investigation of the struggles facing migrant farm workers by looking at the situation in Vermont, where grassroots organizations like Migrant Justice play a key role in advocating for the rights of workers. This advocacy work has taken on a heightened importance in light of the changing national political climate. .
Jim Crow on Campus, Episode 3: βDashawn and Andreβ
By Erin Corbine
Investigative reporter Erin Corbine uncovers the story of Dashawn and Andre in episode 3 of Jim Crow on Campus. In the episode, rising sophomore Dashawn and SUNY Canton alum/former employee Andre, recount an experience with University Police that started with a haircut, but ended with two young men of color in handcuffs.
Solidarity in Boston to Resist the Raids
By Nicole Eigbrett
More than sixty musicians, activists, and supporters convened today at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Suffolk County Immigration Detention Justice Center in a display of solidarity with immigrants detained at the County Jail. Weave News reporter Nicole Eigbrett was there.
'Casa Nostra Casa Vostra': Supporting Immigrants and Coexistence in Catalonia
By William Hunt
At a time when the Trump administration's anti-immigrant rhetoric and actions are capturing most of the oxygen in the U.S. news ecosystem, Weave News contributor William Hunt calls our attention to a very different dynamic: the strong pro-immigrant feeling that is increasingly visible in Catalonia.
Interweaving: NCPR's David Sommerstein on Migrant Dairy Farm Workers in the North Country
By Julianne DeGuardi
As part of her ongoing research into the story of migrant farm workers in the North Country dairy industry, Weave News reporter Julianne DeGuardi spoke with another local reporter who has done extensive work on the topic: David Sommerstein of North Country Public Radio (NCPR). Enjoy the latest installment in our Interweaving series!