U.S. and Canada

Two opposing views on climate change

Nov. 10 — Haiyan, a disastrous Class 5 super-typhoon, just roared across the Philippines with winds believed to have set…

November 12, 2013

Energy industry looks to government to save profits

For nearly a decade, the natural gas industry has drained valuable water resources, poisoned the land with dangerous chemicals, released…

November 12, 2013

Death row survivors, families & activists march for abolition

Activists marched down Congress Avenue from the Texas Capitol building in Austin on Nov. 2, chanting “Texas says death row,…

November 10, 2013

African Americans still not recovered from Great Recession

Despite claims that the country is in a gradual economic recovery, millions are being thrown into poverty and prolonged joblessness.…

November 10, 2013

Energy industry looks to government to save profits

For nearly a decade, the natural gas industry has drained valuable water resources, poisoned the land with dangerous chemicals, released…

November 10, 2013

Oakland, Calif., port truckers gather support

Oakland, Calif. -- More than 200 truckers, their families and local supporters of the Port of Oakland Truckers Association gathered…

November 10, 2013

Foreclosure reprieve won for Cleveland activists

Members of the Carl Stokes Brigade, Black on Black Crime, Affordable Housing Centers of America, Peoples Fightback Center and Oberlin…

November 10, 2013

Large TWU protest for a decent contract

More than 4,000 people — mainly members of Transport Workers Union Local 100 — protested in front of the Metropolitan…

November 10, 2013

On the picket line

Grocery workers fight cutbacks from coast to coast In the state of Washington, Safeway, Albertsons and Kroger blinked two hours…

November 10, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 23

Same-sex love and ‘marriage’ in pre-capitalist class society In Part 12 of this series we dealt with manifestations of same-sex…

November 10, 2013