Carrier ‘deal’: Liars, damned liars and politicians

December 6, 2016

It is not even Inauguration Day and the president-elect is making speeches about the jobs he claims to have saved…

Syria and the Trump administration

December 6, 2016

Excerpted from a talk by Sara Flounders, co-coordinator of the Hands Off Syria Coalition, to a Dec. 2 coalition meeting…

Fidel’s enduring lesson: Yes, revolution is possible

December 6, 2016

Cuba’s nine-day, islandwide farewell to Fidel Castro ended Dec. 4 in Santiago de Cuba on the island’s southwest tip. The…

Oligarch to head (mis)education department

December 4, 2016

Trump’s naming Betsy DeVos to be secretary of education has been touted by some so-called analysts as proof that the…

Political prisoner Rev. Edward Pinkney transferred

December 4, 2016

Michigan political prisoner Rev. Edward Pinkney has once again been transferred to another facility. Only two and a half months…

San Antonio Four: Falsely convicted lesbians exonerated

December 4, 2016

Elizabeth Ramirez, Cassandra Rivera, Kristie Mayhugh and Anna Vasquez, four working-class, self-identified Chicana lesbians from San Antonio, have fought for…

Haitians protest election shenanigans

December 4, 2016

The Haitian presidential election was held on Nov. 20 in such a serene fashion that the country’s ruling class, with…

Chilean women march for rights

December 4, 2016

By Lucha Rodriguez and Janet Miller Santiago, Chile Thousands of women and their supporters took to the streets in Valparaiso…

Pennsylvanians resist anti-immigrant attacks

December 2, 2016

A march Nov. 21 on the Philadelphia office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement demanded a halt to deportation proceedings for…

State to Flint and Detroit: ‘You have no rights’

December 2, 2016

Attorneys for the state of Michigan have filed a 62-page motion to dismiss a lawsuit on behalf of children in…