U.S. and Canada

Walmart CEO protested in New York

More than 100 people from the Restaurant Opportunities Center, Occupy Wall Street Labor Outreach Committee, 99 Pickets, Desis Rising Up & Moving,…

January 18, 2013

San Francisco Labor Council calls for prosecution of police who killed Alan Blueford

The San Francisco Labor Council, a powerful assembly of labor union delegates, passed a resolution Jan. 14 in support of…

January 18, 2013

Struggle heats up against racist frame-ups in North Carolina

Durham, N.C. — On Jan. 10, a big rally took place here outside Durham County Jail to free Carlos Riley Jr.,…

January 18, 2013

U.S. riches and poor health

A major study titled “U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health” was released Jan. 9 by National Academies…

January 18, 2013

On the picket line

Federal workers reject pay freeze The American Federation of Government Employees, representing 670,000 workers (including those who work for the…

January 18, 2013

NYC school bus drivers forced to strike for safety, security

New York — More than 8,000 school bus drivers who transport 152,000 pupils in this city every day, many of them…

January 17, 2013

Why ‘no’ vote turns baseball’s Hall of Fame into ‘Hall of Shame’

The Baseball Writers Association annually votes on candidates to be chosen for entry into the baseball Hall of Fame. While…

January 17, 2013

Houston tenants fight racist landlord

Houston — It sounds like something that would have happened in the 1950s. In November 2012 an apartment complex in Houston…

January 17, 2013

Southeast Asian community, supporters rally against police terror in Providence, R.I.

The Southeast Asian community in Providence, R.I., especially youth, have been enduring a steadily increasing amount of racial profiling, stop-and-frisk…

January 17, 2013

Vigil for Oscar Grant

On New Year’s Day, family and supporters marked the fourth anniversary of the killing of Oscar Grant by Bay Area…

January 17, 2013