U.S. and Canada

CELAC Summit in Havana challenges U.S. domination

The development of countries and regions is an ongoing dialectical process, just as the peoples' movements throughout the world are.…

February 5, 2014

Drilling industry tramps on anti-fracking activist’s rights

Northeast Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale is ground zero for the impact of hydraulic fracturing — fracking — on rural communities. The process involves injecting…

February 4, 2014

Why each $1.3 million GM invests creates just one job

On Dec. 13, General Motors announced with great fanfare that it was going to invest $1.3 billion, mostly in Flint,…

February 3, 2014

Airlines grab billions, leave workers in misery

Airlines profits have been bolstered by billions in government subsidies. Meanwhile, wages for airlines’ contract service workers have dropped up…

February 3, 2014

Shale oil train derails in Philly

Philadelphia — On Jan. 20, seven cars of a mile-long freight train operated by CSX Corporation and carrying Bakken Shale…

February 1, 2014

Environmental racism grows in North Carolina

Although African-American communities in North Carolina are already more than twice as likely as others to be burdened with landfills…

February 1, 2014

Teachers’ unions resist all-out assault

Some $682 billion in public funds was spent in the United States in 2012-13 on pre-K through Grade 12 education.…

February 1, 2014

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 29

The human capacity for love Although the main focus of this series has been on the institution of marriage, there’s…

February 1, 2014

NYC transgender community demands ‘Justice for Islan Nettles!’

New York — Despite bitterly cold temperatures, more than 100 people — chanting “Not one more!” — protested Jan. 30…

February 1, 2014

Philadelphia police assault of Black youth sparks outrage

Philadelphia -- Before her students left Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Charter School to play in a basketball game, Victoria Joyner…

February 1, 2014