Victories amidst attacks on reproductive rights

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit July 17 filed by seven state attorneys general that sought to block the birth…

July 29, 2012

Restaurant workers get support

A strong, multinational protest took place on July 19 in front of the Capital Grille on East 42nd Street, a…

July 29, 2012

U.S. activists return from Cuba

The 43rd Venceremos Brigade marched across the Peace Bridge from Fort Erie in Canada to Buffalo, N.Y., on July 23,…

July 29, 2012

Spouse of Cuban 5 hero to speak at labor conference

Teachers, students with jobless futures and indentured to enormous loan debt, and public workers from the U.S. will travel to…

July 27, 2012

Autoworkers’ rebellion shakes India

It should be remembered that auto mogul Henry Ford employed 3,000 gangsters at his Rouge plant outside Detroit to try…

July 27, 2012

What will end the HIV/AIDS epidemic?

This year, the International AIDS Conference is being held in Washington, D.C., a city with one of the highest HIV…

July 27, 2012

Voter ID laws aim to disenfranchise

Philadelphia - It is being called the new “poll tax” levied as a requirement for voting in parts of the…

July 27, 2012

Entrenching racism: the repeal of N.C.’s Racial Justice Act

North Carolina has a long history of violence and racism, from public hangings at the turn of the 20th century…

July 27, 2012

African Americans and the war at home

When wars are declared, enemies are designated to justify them, whether for real, imagined, opportunistic or fabricated reasons. Actions such…

July 27, 2012

Western powers openly attack Assad gov’t

The assassination of four of Syria’s top government officials, including the deputy head of Syria’s armed forces and the defense…

July 27, 2012