U.S. and Canada

Long COVID: a public health catastrophe

On Sept. 18, President Joe Biden declared: “The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still…

December 15, 2022

Cleveland: A win against wage theft

Cleveland Wage theft is a serious and growing problem for the working class. As Policy Matters Ohio explained in a…

December 15, 2022

PDF of December 15 issue

Download the PDF. Protests target Starbucks Cuban Revolution still inspires us Indigenous leader: ‘We are not vanishing’ Day of People…

December 15, 2022

Anniversary of first union win:
Protests target Starbucks

December 9 marked the one-year anniversary of the historic victory at a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York, when the…

December 13, 2022

Can Brittney Griner’s release expose U.S. hypocrisy on prisons?

As the majority of the world knows by now, Brittney Griner, a star player with the Women’s National Basketball Association’s…

December 13, 2022

Perú, Argentina, México: lessons of coups and ‘lawfare’ in Latin America

Dec. 12, 2022 — Coup in Perú Dec. 7. “Lawfare” in Argentina Dec. 6. Confrontation in Mexico Nov. 27. In…

December 13, 2022

U.N. steps in with amicus brief in Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case

The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent filed an amicus brief Dec. 6 with Philadelphia…

December 13, 2022

An appeal to Brittney Griner and the WNBA

Dear Brittney, As a Houstonian, I’m relieved and happy you are finally home. Your spouse, Cherelle Griner, and the Women’s…

December 12, 2022

On the one-year anniversary of the first Starbucks workers’ union victory
A New Year’s resolution for the labor movement

The following Dec. 9 statement was issued by Workers Assembly Against Racism, based in New York City, as solidarity actions…

December 9, 2022

Indigenous leader exposes racist myth of ‘Thanksgiving’

The following edited remarks were made by Kimimilasha James, co-leader of United American Indians of New England, at the 53rd…

December 9, 2022