U.S. and Canada

U.S. protests in solidarity with people of Gaza

As people of conscience around the world condemn the genocidal Israeli invasion of Gaza, protesters inside the U.S. are among…

July 22, 2014

Senate hearing airs pro/con views about abortion

The Senate Judiciary Committee convened a hearing July 15 about the Women’s Health Protection Act. The law is needed to…

July 22, 2014

Detroit: Thirsty for justice

July 21 — The Detroit Water & Sewerage Department announced at a federal bankruptcy court hearing before Judge Steven Rhodes…

July 22, 2014

Brooklyn, N.Y.: ’No to gentrification’

The Equality for Flatbush Project held a “Save Affordable Housing/Fight Gentrification Visibility Day” on July 19 to demand an end…

July 22, 2014

What happens when the U.S. shoots down a passenger plane?

Remember the Iranian airliner? On July 3, 1988, the USS Vincennes launched a surface-to-air missile at an Iranian civilian airliner.…

July 21, 2014

NSA spy campaign against Muslims exposed

On the one hand, the U.S. government, through its Supreme Court, has decided that corporate bosses, if their religious biases…

July 17, 2014

Bankruptcy court addresses Detroit water shutoffs

July 16 — A dog and pony show put on by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Detroit municipal bankruptcy…

July 17, 2014

The U.S. dollar: A tool for Washington’s arrogance

It was just another small story on the business pages and in the blogs devoted to economic news: The U.S.…

July 17, 2014

‘No more hot school buses!’

Parents to Improve School Transportation (PIST) and New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, after receiving reports of dangerously overheated…

July 17, 2014

On the picket line

UAW forms local at Tenn. Volkswagen plant In an unorthodox move on July 10, the United Auto Workers set up…

July 17, 2014