U.S. and Canada

Big win for University of Michigan teachers

Detroit — After nine months of tough negotiations, nontenured lecturing instructors at the University of Michigan’s three campuses have won…

July 27, 2018

Federal workers mobilize against Trump’s union busting

While the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court awarded two major wins in anti-union, anti-worker cases this spring — the…

July 27, 2018

Crumbling infrastructure spewed deadly asbestos

Early on the morning of July 19, part of the infrastructure crumbled in New York City’s bustling Flatiron district, a…

July 27, 2018

Laundry workers make gains in East Harlem, N.Y.

Following a June 28 march and walk-in organized by the Laundry Workers Center at an East Harlem laundromat, the owners…

July 27, 2018

Migrants in ICE jails launch hunger strikes

Sixty im/migrant prisoners began a hunger strike July 17 at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the Bristol County…

July 25, 2018

Overdoses spike in Philadelphia region

July 23 — Overdoses in the southeastern Pennsylvania tristate area are becoming more terrifying and more prevalent. Bags marked “Perfect 10”…

July 25, 2018

NYC Disability Pride parade targets potential service cuts

On a glorious Sunday morning, after a thunderstorm had cleared the air, thousands of disabled New Yorkers with their friends…

July 25, 2018

Can we meet the challenges facing the working class including identity politics?

An important issue under discussion inside Workers World Party, which resulted in members of the WWP Detroit branch resigning on…

July 18, 2018

South Carolina prisons: Raising children from jail

This interview was conducted after an April 15 rebellion at Lee Correctional Institution, a South Carolina maximum security prison. It…

July 18, 2018

On the picket line

Baltimore Target workers demand: ‘No More Racist Bosses’ Under a red “No More Racist Bosses” banner, workers at a Target…

July 17, 2018