Human needs before profits

Flint demands water justice

Each new day brings more front-page headlines about the Flint, Mich., water crisis. The latest outrage is the admission that…

January 19, 2016

Mumia Abu-Jamal gets hep C hearing in court

Scranton, Pa. -- It was a full-court press by supporters of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal as he brought his case…

December 22, 2015

Rx company mergers put meds out of reach for millions

Around 170 million people globally are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus. Left untreated, HCV causes liver disease and…

December 21, 2015

Protesters shut down bankruptcy event

A panel discussion hosted by Detroit Public Television on the first anniversary of the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history…

December 17, 2015

‘Elephant’ mergers spell worker layoffs

In early December, with nearly a month to go, 2015 had already become the biggest year ever for global mergers…

December 17, 2015

Homeless set up tent city in Berkeley, Calif.

Berkeley, Calif., Nov. 29 -- A tent city of more than 60 homeless people has taken over the grounds of Old…

November 30, 2015

Tremors before a capitalist earthquake?

Tremors anticipating another earthquake are sending shivers through the capitalist markets. Recent articles in the New York Times, Washington Post,…

November 3, 2015

Book review: ‘Living on almost nothing’

Hidden behind the smoke screen of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and food stamps, now called the Supplemental Nutritional…

October 16, 2015

TPP spells corporate greed

Atlanta was the location for what was billed as the final, “make it or break it” negotiating session of an…

October 7, 2015

S. Baxter Jones launches hunger strike for justice

Sept. 20 — S. Baxter Jones continues to fight to regain his home, which he lost through foreclosure in Jackson,…

September 27, 2015