Marie Kelly

On the picket line

Union Kitchen two-day strike  Dozens rallied at Washington, D.C.’s Union Kitchen stores, as workers there held a two-day strike in…

March 18, 2022

Traditions of health: Black midwives and doulas against racism

Midwifery on the African continent can be traced back to antiquity. The tombs of queens in Africa depict midwives assisting…

March 16, 2022

On the picket line

Twin Cities teachers  This month could see more than 8,000 teachers in Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota, leaving the…

March 3, 2022

On the Picketline

Brew union strong Baristas at five Pittsburgh-based Coffee Tree Roasters shops filed for union representation with United Food and Commercial…

February 18, 2022

‘Attica’ nominated for Oscar

In early September 1971, over 1,000 prisoners, mainly Black and Latinx, rebelled against racism, brutal treatment and horrific conditions at…

February 15, 2022

Pandemic exposes U.S. health care crisis

In the book “The Great Influenza: The Deadliest Pandemic in History” by John Barry, written in 2005 about the so-called…

February 3, 2022

On the picket line

In Mississippi, rural school bus drivers strike — and win!  The pandemic has created a health crisis for workers who…

February 2, 2022

On the picketline

Art Institute of Chicago Following a union drive in September 2020 that garnered majority support, workers at the Art Institute…

January 21, 2022

As COVID-19 rages, nurses organize day of action

Members of the largest nurses’ union, National Nurses United (NNU), as well as RNs from other unions, organized A Day…

January 20, 2022

Police charged for Fanta Bility murder

Delaware County Three Sharon Hill police in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia, were charged with manslaughter Jan. 18 for killing…

January 19, 2022