‘Save the Bronx Post Office’ rally held

October 4, 2013

Bronx, N.Y. -- “The Postal Service is under siege” was how Chuck Zlatkin, political director of the NY Metro Area…

On the picket line

October 4, 2013

Nurses hold global day vs. austerity Nurses and health care workers in 14 countries petitioned, marched and rallied on Sept.…

Low-wage workers battle for justice in the fields

October 4, 2013

Seattle -- The migrant farmworker organization Familias Unidas por la Justicia (Families United for Justice) has been fighting for the…

German elections: Merkel’s victory hides uneasy future

October 4, 2013

Angela Merkel’s third election as chancellor of Germany with the victory of her center-right CDU-CSU party opens a window on…

Cierre del gobierno — ¿Quién sufre?

October 4, 2013

2 de octubre Incapaces o reacios a llegar a un acuerdo para ampliar el gasto del gobierno, el Congreso estadounidense…

Food stamps cut as hunger rises

October 3, 2013

Cupboards will be bare next year for nearly 4 million people in the United States if the bill cutting the…

Behind the New Haven rail fiasco

October 3, 2013

By a railroad worker Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven line, the busiest commuter line in the United States, came to a…

Parent describes cop killing of 16-year-old

October 3, 2013

Stockton, Calif. -- James Earl Rivera was only 16 years old and unarmed when he was shot to death by…

Bangladesh workers strike back

October 3, 2013

$38 a month! That’s the monthly minimum wage for more than 4 million garment workers in Bangladesh, most of whom…

Defiant voices at the U.N.

October 3, 2013

U.S. military threats against Syriadominated the opening of the United Nations General Assembly debates on Sept. 24, but voices from…