U.S. and Canada

Central Park 5 case: Justice still denied

It has been nine years since the Central Park 5 filed federal Civil Rights lawsuits against the city of New…

October 14, 2012
Striking warehouse workers & supporters shut down Walmart warehouse hub for dayStriking warehouse workers & supporters shut down Walmart warehouse hub for day

Striking warehouse workers & supporters shut down Walmart warehouse hub for day

Bulletin: As this story went to print, the 21-day strike came to an end. The striking workers at Walmart’s Elwood…

October 12, 2012

Detroit waste water workers score victories, end strike

On Oct. 4, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union Local 207 ended their five-day strike, claiming victories.…

October 12, 2012

Voter ID law delayed but not dead

Philadelphia — An Oct. 2 ruling by Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson that partially enjoined the state’s controversial voter…

October 12, 2012

On the picket line

New England janitors make gains After voting to strike on Sept. 22 due to unfair labor practices, the 14,000 janitors…

October 12, 2012

Anti-Latino/a laws ignite the South

In its original format, Alabama’s Beason-Hammon Act, HB 56, granted school resource officers the right to badger fifth graders on…

October 12, 2012
Police brutality: An all-too-familiar storyPolice brutality: An all-too-familiar story

Police brutality: An all-too-familiar story

A 22-year-old man looking toward the future has his life taken from him in a split second by a police…

October 11, 2012
No life sentence! Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!No life sentence! Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!

No life sentence! Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!

    Taken from an Oct. 5 press release issued by Rachel Wolkenstein, an attorney who legally represents political prisoner…

October 11, 2012

Baltimore community outraged as lying killer cops are exposed

An outraged community has called for the jailing of three Baltimore police officers who brutally killed Anthony Anderson Sr. in…

October 11, 2012
Police beat Puerto Rican woman in PhillyPolice beat Puerto Rican woman in Philly

Police beat Puerto Rican woman in Philly

With only two days of organizing, close to 100 people rallied in front of the Philadelphia City Hall on Oct.…

October 11, 2012