August 15, 2014 protest in Oakland, CA against police violence and killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

California is 50th in the nation for per student public school funding. So what happens when a huge condo development is proposed for the site adjacent a public Spanish immersion Elementary School whose play yard would be overshadowed by the new condo towers?

Undocumented farm workers are hit the hardest because of California's extreme drought. We went to the heart of the Central Valley, west Fresno County, to talk to residents about how they're surviving the massive job losses.

The Plaza 16 Coalition rallies against condominiums proposed to be built at the northeast corner of 16th and Mission at one of San Francisco’s busiest intersections.

Supporters rally in snowstorm outside maximum security prison to show solidarity for prisoners being held without charges or release date.

Idle No More protestors assert treaty rights and nationhood in Toronto, Canada as part of this International Day of Action, October 7, 2013.

Community leaders are worried that diminishing funds for youth programs are going to bring an uprise of violence in troubled communities.

California Domestic Workers and advocates meet with legislators at the California capital on Mother's Day to demand the passage of a Bill of Rights to protect their workers.

A crowd of protesters gathered around the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco to demand action on the deaths, human trafficking and abuse of Filipino migrant workers on an oil rig in New Orleans.

Doctors come together to protest cuts to refugee health care in Ontario.

Severe cut backs to immigrant settlement services mean that many go without critical help to get established in Canada.

Immigrant settlement agencies face severe cut backs from federal government leaving many new Canadians unable to access critical services.