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Philadelphia teachers’ seniority rights stripped awayPhiladelphia teachers’ seniority rights stripped away

Philadelphia teachers’ seniority rights stripped away

After failing to settle a contract with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers for over nine months, on March 24 the…

April 18, 2014
Community barbecue turns into police riotCommunity barbecue turns into police riot

Community barbecue turns into police riot

A community barbeque and speakout was held on April 12 in Stockton, Calif., organized by the Inter Council for Mothers…

April 18, 2014

Common Core and the educational-industrial complex

The war on public education, part 2 In 2009, the Obama administration launched Common Core, which was a devastating attack…

April 17, 2014

Rights for women or corporations? Part 2

Part 1: Rights for women or corporations? The case of Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby, which was presented to the Supreme…

April 17, 2014
Automation threatens 47 percent of U.S. jobsAutomation threatens 47 percent of U.S. jobs

Automation threatens 47 percent of U.S. jobs

A wakeup call for labor movement and working class Two scholars at Oxford University have made an exhaustive study of…

April 17, 2014

Judge says Detroiters owe banks $85 million

The ruling on April 11 in the Detroit municipal bankruptcy by Federal Bankruptcy Court Judge Steven Rhodes awarded an $85…

April 17, 2014
Strikers say ‘End poverty wages at Johns Hopkins Hospital’Strikers say ‘End poverty wages at Johns Hopkins Hospital’

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 wageNew York actions push $15 minimum wage

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 workersLos Angeles activists plan car caravan for low-wage workers

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!Justice for Alfred Wright!  Stop racist lynchings!

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