U.S. and Canada

Rutgers abuse scandal exposes winners and losers

The firing of Rutgers University head basketball coach Mike Rice on April 3 for physically and verbally abusing his players…

April 8, 2013

Poor People’s March to revive Martin Luther King’s revolutionary heritage

Forty-five years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stunned the nation when he called for a poor people’s…

April 7, 2013

‘Monsanto Protection Act’: Chemical monopoly writes its own law

On March 24, the pro-Monsanto “Farmer Assurance Provision, Section 735” rider was quietly slipped into the Agricultural Appropriations provisions of…

April 7, 2013

Detroit struggle ramps up vs. state takeover

Major developments took place in Detroit during the first week of the city’s rule under emergency manager Kevyn Orr. A…

April 7, 2013

Activist Dick Gregory on hunger strike to demand freedom for Lynne Stewart

The legendary African-American comedian and longtime civil rights activist, Dick Gregory — now 80 years old — released the following…

April 5, 2013

Protesters tell Schumer: ‘Stop deportations!’

On April 2, the newly formed Migrant Power Alliance held a noontime action in front of the Manhattan office of…

April 5, 2013

Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz transferred

Taken from a March 20 audio column from prisonradio.org. To read more on the case of political prisoner, Russell Shoatz,…

April 5, 2013

Judge stops eviction of homeowner with disabilities

Detroit — S. Baxter Jones appeared before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Walter Shapero on April 4 in a desperate attempt to…

April 4, 2013

Fast food workers strike in New York City

April 4 — Fast-food workers have walked out on strike today at locations throughout New York City to mark the…

April 4, 2013

Racist violence in the North: The ‘Draft Riots’ of 1863

As the United States commemorates the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln in…

April 4, 2013