U.S. and Canada

Why isn’t there more global aid to fight Ebola?

Oct. 20 — Several United States congressional representatives have called for a ban on travel into the U.S. from the…

October 22, 2014

Behind stock market swings: World capitalist slowdown looms

Oct. 19 — A global capitalist slowdown has sent world stock markets into decline, from Wall Street to London, Berlin…

October 22, 2014
Philadelphia: No to ICEPhiladelphia: No to ICE

Philadelphia: No to ICE

Erika Almiron, director of immigrant rights’ organization Juntos, spoke at an Oct. 16 press conference on the latest attacks by…

October 22, 2014

Supreme Court upholds racist Texas ID law

Once again the right-wing majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has made an outrageous attack on the hard-won democratic rights…

October 22, 2014
Demonstrators drown out Pa. Gov. Corbett who signed ‘Silence Mumia Law’Demonstrators drown out Pa. Gov. Corbett who signed ‘Silence Mumia Law’

Demonstrators drown out Pa. Gov. Corbett who signed ‘Silence Mumia Law’

Philadelphia, Oct. 21 — Lots of media were on hand today in Philadelphia to record the moment when Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett put…

October 22, 2014

Stops cuts of teachers’ benefits in Philadelphia!

Judge Nina Wright Padilla of the Court of Common Pleas issued a temporary injunction Oct. 20 barring the School Reform…

October 21, 2014
State’s gag order vs Mumia Abu-Jamal silences all prisonersState’s gag order vs Mumia Abu-Jamal silences all prisoners

State’s gag order vs Mumia Abu-Jamal silences all prisoners

Philadelphia -- At a time when more and more convictions are being reversed and prisoners released because of improper, racist…

October 21, 2014
Memorial for GI union leaderMemorial for GI union leader

Memorial for GI union leader

A memorial meeting for Andy Stapp, who died in September, will be held on Nov. 1 in New York. As…

October 21, 2014

Nurses’ union demands gov’t mandate to contain Ebola

National Nurses United, a union and professional organization with 185,000 members, was contacted by nurses at the Texas Presbyterian Hospital…

October 21, 2014
Hannibal Shakur, Trayvon Two activist, tells WW about charges being droppedHannibal Shakur, Trayvon Two activist, tells WW about charges being dropped

Hannibal Shakur, Trayvon Two activist, tells WW about charges being dropped

Hannibal Abdul Shakur and Tanzeen Doha were arrested during protests during the summer of 2013 in downtown Oakland, Calif., after…

October 20, 2014