Jim McMahan

Mexico’s drug wars: Made in USA

The disappearance and presumed murder of the 43 Mexican students of Ayotzinapa exposed to the world the relation between drug…

December 28, 2014

Mexico’s drug wars: made in USA

The disappearance and presumed murder of the 43 Mexican students of Ayotzinapa exposed to the world the relation between drug…

November 29, 2014

Prisoners strike on Day of the Dead

Tacoma, Wash. — Demonstrators protested migrant detention and deportations on Nov. 1, the Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos…

November 6, 2014

Seattle protesters tell Biden: ‘No more war!’

Demonstrators in Seattle protested the wars against Iraq and Syria when Joe Biden visited the city on Oct. 9. The…

October 17, 2014

Seattle protesters challenge polluters

Two thousand people marched in Seattle after a big downtown rally on Sept. 21.  Protesting coal ports and oil trains,…

September 23, 2014

Seattle campaign wins phased-in $15 minimum wage

On June 2, the Seattle City Council passed a $15-minimum-wage law. In the council chambers, supporters from across the labor…

June 13, 2014

Washington State: Were the mudslide deaths inevitable?

Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy brought devastation that was not solely from natural causes, as was reported at the time in…

April 3, 2014

Immigrant workers strike against repression

Tacoma, Wash. — Immigrant workers imprisoned in the Northwest Detention Center here launched a hunger strike on March 6. As…

March 21, 2014

Boeing gets its contract — but by narrowest margin

Seattle — Workers in the Machinists union, District Local 751, expressed shock and disbelief at their main union hall here…

January 8, 2014

Demonstrators demand freedom for Nestora Salgado

Demonstrators demanded freedom for Nestora Salgado, an Indigenous Mexican leader, at a protest at the Mexican Consulate in Seattle on…

December 20, 2013