U.S. and Canada

How climate change impacts people in the U.S.

Last year in March, a huge percentage of people in this country ranked five other topics more dangerous than climate…

May 23, 2014

Art exhibit builds 5 Days for the Cuban 5

Washington, D.C. -- Westminster Church hosted an exhibit and sale of reproductions of watercolors by Antonio Guerrero, titled “I will…

May 23, 2014

Mortgage crisis continues

A new report documents how millions of people across the U.S. continue to suffer the effects of the housing crisis…

May 22, 2014

Undocumented students demand access to education

Atlanta --  Since 2010, undocumented students have been unable to attend the top five public universities and colleges in Georgia…

May 22, 2014

Boston street rally: ‘U.S./NATO Hands off Ukraine’

By Steve Kirschbaum and Frank Neisser Boston A rally initiated by the Boston International Action Center in collaboration with the…

May 21, 2014

Organize and resist war at home and abroad

Following are excerpts of remarks by Sara Flounders, co-director of the International Action Center, at the “What Is Driving the…

May 21, 2014

NYC picketers say ‘Shame on Kenny Bakery!’

After working for more than eight years at Kenny Bakery in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood, Moraima Ortiz was fired…

May 21, 2014

Fast food workers strike

Something new happened on the planet on May 15. Low-wage workers in the fast food industry and their supporters went…

May 20, 2014

Rev. Edward Pinkney criminalized again, under house arrest in Benton Harbor, Mich.

After winning national support in 2007-09 during efforts to fight charges of alleged election irregularities, the Rev. Edward Pinkney has…

May 20, 2014

West Virginia mine disaster leaves two miners dead

Wharton, W.Va. -- Two West Virginia coal miners were killed on May 12 in an accident that took place at…

May 19, 2014