U.S. and Canada

On the picket line

1,800 Vermont nurses strike for raises and safe staffing The 1,800 nurses and 300 health professionals at the University of…

August 4, 2018

Race, class and mass incarceration

San Diego — Author Curtis Howard, an activist in All of Us or None who is a formerly incarcerated person,…

August 2, 2018

Georgia prisoners resist psychological torture

Atlanta — The Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, otherwise known as Jackson Prison, is being exposed for subjecting…

August 2, 2018

South Carolina prisons: Death by medical neglect

This is Part 3 of an interview conducted after an April 15 rebellion at Lee Correctional Institution, a South Carolina…

August 2, 2018

Boston meeting defends the incarcerated

Former prisoners, prison abolitionists and supporters gathered in Boston on July 28 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Lucasville…

August 2, 2018

U.S. Big Business buys Trump’s election and blames Russia

President Trump won the 2016 election with at least $1 billion in contributions — also known as bribes — from…

August 2, 2018

Charter-Spectrum strikers left in limbo

The New York state Public Service Commission rescinded the Charter/Time Warner merger on July 27. It effectively threw Charter, the…

August 1, 2018

NFL players force bosses to put anthem policy on hold

July 30 — The struggle between National Football League players and billionaire owners continues to dominate sports and political headlines…

July 31, 2018

Tech workers show growing class consciousness

Workers at Microsoft used an internal question-and-answer session in late July to present CEO Satya Nadella with a petition signed…

July 31, 2018

Class solidarity surges for migrant families

The Trump administration’s racist war on im/migrants continues. They are stopped and arrested at the Texas/Mexico border, as well as…

July 31, 2018