U.S. and Canada

Police officer charged with killing Black youth

A police officer in Portsmouth, Va., has been charged with murder in the deliberate and senseless killing of African-American youth,…

September 7, 2015

Behind the govt’s ‘rosy’ jobs report

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics,” wrote Mark Twain. The U.S. government issued its monthly…

September 7, 2015

Release Yuvette Henderson’s autopsy report

Family and community supporters seeking justice for Yuvette Henderson converged on the Emeryville, Calif., City Council on Sept. 1, demanding…

September 7, 2015

‘After we pay the rent … the money’s all spent!’

Sept. 2 -- More than 200 people from 60 families face eviction from two apartment buildings in Brooklyn's Crown Heights…

September 7, 2015

Baltimore rally demands ‘Justice for Freddie Gray!’

About 100 protesters rallied outside the Clarence Mitchell Courthouse in Baltimore on Sept. 2 in a protest to demand justice…

September 4, 2015

Prisoner hunger strikes help to win major victory to end solitary confinement

Oakland, Calif. -- The Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition (PHSSC) held a press conference Sept. 1 to announce that a…

September 4, 2015

Rasmea Odeh speaks out against police crimes

Workers World reprints here a speech by Palestinian activist, Rasmea Odeh, originally circulated by the Fight Back News Service. Odeh…

September 4, 2015

Cleveland activists say Black Trans Lives matter

People gathered Aug. 25 in Cleveland’s Luke Easter Park, a main green space in the African-American community. They were part…

September 4, 2015

Obama’s Alaska trip motivated by Big Oil and war threats

With great fanfare, while making an unprecedented presidential trip to Alaska on Aug. 31, President Barack Obama “renamed” the tallest…

September 3, 2015

Lynne Stewart’s message for Women’s Equality Day

The following statement from the people’s lawyer and former political prisoner, Lynne Stewart, was read by Betty Davis, a longtime…

September 3, 2015