On the picket line

Nurses hold global day vs. austerity Nurses and health care workers in 14 countries petitioned, marched and rallied on Sept.…

October 4, 2013

Low-wage workers battle for justice in the fields

Seattle -- The migrant farmworker organization Familias Unidas por la Justicia (Families United for Justice) has been fighting for the…

October 4, 2013

German elections: Merkel’s victory hides uneasy future

Angela Merkel’s third election as chancellor of Germany with the victory of her center-right CDU-CSU party opens a window on…

October 4, 2013

Cierre del gobierno — ¿Quién sufre?

2 de octubre Incapaces o reacios a llegar a un acuerdo para ampliar el gasto del gobierno, el Congreso estadounidense…

October 4, 2013

Food stamps cut as hunger rises

Cupboards will be bare next year for nearly 4 million people in the United States if the bill cutting the…

October 3, 2013

Behind the New Haven rail fiasco

By a railroad worker Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven line, the busiest commuter line in the United States, came to a…

October 3, 2013

Parent describes cop killing of 16-year-old

Stockton, Calif. -- James Earl Rivera was only 16 years old and unarmed when he was shot to death by…

October 3, 2013

Bangladesh workers strike back

$38 a month! That’s the monthly minimum wage for more than 4 million garment workers in Bangladesh, most of whom…

October 3, 2013

Defiant voices at the U.N.

U.S. military threats against Syriadominated the opening of the United Nations General Assembly debates on Sept. 24, but voices from…

October 3, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 19

Women were the first slaves Part 18 of this series dealt generally with the historic innovation of private property, specifically…

October 3, 2013