U.S. and Canada

Strikers say ‘End poverty wages at Johns Hopkins Hospital’

Baltimore -- For three days, hundreds of workers picketed, marched and rallied at Johns Hopkins Hospital on Baltimore’s eastside from…

April 16, 2014

New York actions push $15 minimum wage

The People’s Power Assembly Movement, along with allies like OccuEvolve, took to the streets of New York City with signs…

April 16, 2014

Los Angeles activists plan car caravan for low-wage workers

A “Low-Wage Campaign” community speakout was held April 12 in Los Angeles at the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice,…

April 16, 2014

Justice for Alfred Wright! Stop racist lynchings!

After the dragging death of African-American James Byrd Jr. in 1998, three white supremacists were convicted of one of the…

April 16, 2014

National Urban League report illustrates decline in employment and wages for African Americans, Latinos/as

Even though the administration of President Barack Obama has said that the Great Recession has been over for four years,…

April 16, 2014

Chicago anti-war meeting on Ukraine beats back fascists

Anti-war and anti-imperialist activists in Chicago held a successful public teach-in on U.S.-NATO aggression against Ukraine and Russia on April…

April 15, 2014

Chicago postal protest previews April 24 rallies

Chicago -- Over 700 postal and other workers walked a picket line in front of a Chicago area Staples store…

April 12, 2014

Buying elections gets more expensive

On March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the McCutcheon v. FEC case that the wealthy could donate funds…

April 12, 2014

The war on public education

Today’s capitalist public school curriculum called “Common Core,” coupled with impossible-to-pass examinations, is facing growing opposition all over the United…

April 12, 2014

On the picket line

NYC building workers march for a raise A sea of yellow and purple Service Employees union Local 32BJ flags swept…

April 12, 2014