Verizon strike demonstrates its effectiveness

May 22 -- “While union workers insist that the strike will impair the company’s customer service calls and equipment installation,…

May 23, 2016

San Francisco police chief fired; win for #Frisco500

San Francisco, May 19 -- It’s less than a month since the “Frisco Five” began a  hunger strike with a…

May 23, 2016

Environmental, Indigenous groups protest climate change

Anacortes, Wash. - From May 13 through May 15, the group “Break Free Pacific Northwest” held a weekend of actions…

May 23, 2016

Bond demanded for Rev. Pinkney, political prisoner

Michigan political prisoner the Rev. Edward Pinkney had his appeal placed on hold May 12 following oral arguments in his…

May 23, 2016

While states pass anti-abortion laws, Supreme Court sidesteps birth control challenge

The Supreme Court on May 16 separated the consolidated case of Zubik v. Burwell and referred nine similar cases back…

May 23, 2016

Fort McMurray fire: An ecological and financial disaster for workers

The fire that began on May 1 southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, has consumed over a million acres of…

May 23, 2016

China, U.S. and global warming: ‘Carbon pricing’ vs. a planned economy

Environmentalists in capitalist countries are in a quandary over what to do about global warming. Even some of those most…

May 22, 2016

Hundreds protest fracking in Colorado

Protests against the use of fossil fuels and hydraulic fracturing have been taking place in Colorado. All over the state,…

May 22, 2016

Obama’s visit to Hiroshima

President Barack Obama’s visit to Hiroshima, Japan, on May 27 will be the first such visit by a U.S. president…

May 22, 2016

African American Museum of History and Culture to open in DC

A center designed for the preservation and exhibition of the contributions of people of African descent in the United States…

May 22, 2016