Human needs before profits

Southwest Airlines: Hundreds of thousands impacted by capitalist greed

Airlines canceled over 18,200 flights in the U.S. and hundreds more in Canada between Dec. 22 and 28, affecting millions…

January 13, 2023

Congressional chaos – deals and trades

The U.S. Congress’ dysfunction was on full display through 15 rounds of votes for the “Speaker of the House” position.…

January 9, 2023

Threat of more U.N. sanctions on Haiti

While the huge social, economic and political problems of Haiti have slipped out of the news, if anything they have…

January 6, 2023

Nurses’ strikes rock Britain’s National Health Service

Workers across Britain have been engaged in wave after wave of strikes. Since summer, workers in multiple industries have hit…

January 2, 2023

Disastrous Keystone oil spill in Kansas

A major Keystone oil spill of roughly 600,000 gallons occurred Dec. 7 in a creek in rural Washington County, Kansas,…

December 23, 2022

Why rail workers need paid sick days

On Dec. 1, 2022, congressional Democrats and Republicans came together in a bipartisan effort to shut down the railroad workers’…

December 22, 2022

Water polluting energy company gets green light to resume fracking

Pennsylvania Nearly 14 years after a water well explosion on Jan. 1, 2009, made residents of Dimock, Pennsylvania, aware of…

December 21, 2022

La especulación tecnológica quiebra: decenas de miles de despedidos

Decenas de miles de trabajadores del sector tecnológico han sido despedidos este año de 2022. Las estimaciones varían, dependiendo de…

December 19, 2022

Sanctions Kill: a book, a webinar, a movement

Several authors of the new book, “Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy,” discussed the destructive effect of sanctions…

December 15, 2022