U.S. and Canada

Detroiters call for international assembly against banks Oct. 5-6

Dozens of community and progressive activists representing various organizations and struggles, including city of Detroit workers and retirees faced with…

August 22, 2013

Philadelphia schools end teacher seniority

By Betsey Piette and Scott Williams Philadelphia With less than 24 hours notice to the public, on Aug. 15 the…

August 22, 2013

Moral Monday movement slams restrictions on voting rights

Durham, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law on Aug. 12 a sweeping anti-voting rights bill that attacks…

August 22, 2013
Black August: A tribute to freedom fightersBlack August: A tribute to freedom fighters

Black August: A tribute to freedom fighters

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963, galvanized hundreds of thousands in the streets of…

August 22, 2013
Workers’ solidarity with immigrantsWorkers’ solidarity with immigrants

Workers’ solidarity with immigrants

While many powerful economic and political issues are currently driving immigration policy in this country, an outstanding one is racism.…

August 21, 2013
Real voices behind the 1963 March on WashingtonReal voices behind the 1963 March on Washington

Real voices behind the 1963 March on Washington

August 28 is the 50th anniversary of that fateful 1963 day in Washington, D.C., when 300,000 people marched and rallied…

August 21, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 14

For women, the agricultural revolution was a counterrevolution How, in the view of 19th-century anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan, did early…

August 21, 2013
Victory in keeping community hospitals in Brooklyn, N.Y., openVictory in keeping community hospitals in Brooklyn, N.Y., open

Victory in keeping community hospitals in Brooklyn, N.Y., open

Responding to the pressure of a fairly militant coalition of unions — the New York State Nurses Association and SEIU1199…

August 20, 2013

Former death row inmate Kelvin X. Morris: Justice delayed is justice denied

According to the Pennsylvania Moratorium Coalition, a federal district court’s vacating of Kelvin X. Morris’s death sentence in July 2007…

August 19, 2013

Book Review: Beyond the Horse’s Eye

A science-fiction fantasy, LBGTQ love story for the 99 percent Troubled children often create imaginary friends and secret worlds to…

August 19, 2013