U.S. and Canada

Why is everything getting so expensive?

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, rising energy and food costs pushed the annual inflation rate in the U.S.…

July 22, 2022

PDF of July 21 issue

Download the PDF. Economic crisis deepens Young workers show way forward Also: SCOTUS attacks Native nations Tamir Rice remembered No…

July 21, 2022

‘Cleveland: no contract, no coffee!’

Starbucks workers, union and community supporters demonstrated outside the University Circle Starbucks store in Cleveland July 15. In addition to…

July 20, 2022

Beyond Biden

Young people who backed Joe Biden in 2020, because they feared or hated Donald Trump, are now fed up with…

July 20, 2022

In the crosshairs of the abortion battle

Dr. Caitlin Bernard did what any dedicated doctor would do when faced with a medical emergency: Provide care. That is…

July 20, 2022

On the Picket Line

Immigrant detainees strike ICE detention centers Immigrants fighting deportation while being held in two federal detention centers in California have…

July 14, 2022

PDF of July 14 issue

Download the PDF. Residents resist millionaire developers Also: Protests continue against killer cops Biden’s order ‘too little, too late’ July…

July 14, 2022

Abortion access: don’t agonize – organize! WW commentary

Thousands of women and people of all genders, nationalities and ages, who gathered in Washington, D.C., on July 9, turned…

July 13, 2022

Striking Starbucks workers turn up the heat

Buffalo, New York Buffalo Starbucks workers at the 3611 Delaware Ave. location went on strike July 8 against Unfair Labor…

July 13, 2022