Human needs before profits

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

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

December 2, 2016

Wall Street welcomes Trump

Did the super-racist, immigrant bashing, sexual predator Donald Trump becoming president alarm Wall Street? The day after the election the…

November 22, 2016

Train crashes and capitalist decay

The Sept. 29 train crash in the Hoboken, N.J., terminal during the morning rush hour has shaken people throughout New…

October 8, 2016

Activists demand fed funds be used to stop foreclosures

A public meeting in Detroit Sept. 22 demanded that federal Helping Hardest Hit Funds be used to stop tax foreclosures…

September 29, 2016

Wells Fargo and capitalist fraud

It’s called cross-selling. Wells Fargo cultivated this strategy, pressing its customers to enroll in several of the bank’s various types…

September 28, 2016

Brooklyn march mourns death of affordable housing

Angry tenants, mostly people of color, came from three of New York City’s five boroughs for a funeral march Sept.…

September 27, 2016

Boston homeless fight back

It’s a fact of life that oppressed communities resist — especially when our survival is at stake. Seven hundred people…

September 1, 2016

Getting a grip on how U.S. ‘democracy’ works

How can a narcissistic billionaire who is running a racist election campaign claim to speak for disgruntled workers? Why is…

August 17, 2016

The DNC and big money

July 26 -- The Democratic National Convention has barely begun, and it is already quite clear that a large number…

July 26, 2016

Who’s really behind Trump, besides Trump

The Republican National Convention produced as many flat-out lies as there are flies on a dung heap. Quite a few…

July 25, 2016