Trail-blazing women of our time

February 18, 2014

Rocket scientist, inventor, cancer pioneer, human computer, bomber pilot, judo master. Why do we have to read their obituaries to…

Mandela, the ANC and the African-American struggle

February 17, 2014

With the death of Nelson Mandela on Dec. 5, 2013, the impact of his life and political work was recognized…

Global warning

February 17, 2014

Every year banks and corporations spend billions of dollars — wealth extracted from hundreds of ­millions of workers around the…

French workers stage 148 strikes

February 17, 2014

The largest and most militant of France’s five major trade union confederations, the CGT, filed 148 “strike notices” for actions…

After emancipation, ‘Sick from freedom’

February 15, 2014

Last year the U.S. commemorated the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, which gave enslaved…

North Carolina burning

February 15, 2014

They call it Moral Mondays and in North Carolina this means a movement of civil disobedience led by the Rev.…

Debt, Cuba and Detroit

February 15, 2014

The following is excerpted from a talk by Cheryl LaBash, an organizer for last summer’s Five Days for the Cuban…

Honduras: People resist despite fraud and violence

February 15, 2014

The people of Honduras have much in common with the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean: a culture rich…

Why Debbie Dogskin died

February 14, 2014

As propane prices soar, 25 states have declared an energy emergency, but it came too late for Debbie Dogskin. And…

Protest hits NYC Wendy’s

February 14, 2014

A lunchtime protest in downtown Manhattan, N.Y., offered a strong show of support for former Wendy's worker Rynetta Bennett, who…