Black and Brown unite against police impunity in San Francisco

San Francisco’s Black and Latino/a communities came together March 18 on the steps of City Hall to launch a united…

March 25, 2016

Zika spreads north as new evidence links virus to neurological disorders

As the Zika-carrying mosquito, Aedes aegypti, hits Puerto Rico, new evidence reinforces the disease’s link to two neural disorders, microcephaly…

March 25, 2016

U.S. sanctions aim to starve Zimbabwe into submission

President Barack Obama’s administration, utilizing the Office of Foreign Assets Control, announced on March 2 the extension, for another year,…

March 25, 2016

1937 Detroit: Women autoworkers ‘hold the fort’

Detroit -- 1937 was the year of the sit-down strike. Hundreds of occupations of plants and other workplaces were recorded,…

March 24, 2016

WWP forums honor women’s struggles

The New York branch of Workers World Party hosted its annual International Working Women’s month forum on March 18. Kira…

March 24, 2016

Women and the Nicaraguan Revolution

Thousands of women fighters transformed gender roles within the context of the Nicaraguan Revolution and the Sandinista National Liberation Front…

March 24, 2016

Uproar over death of young jailed woman

The Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo, N.Y., where most prisoners are awaiting trial, has for years been the scene…

March 24, 2016

First came the wars

Two items appeared in the news on the same day this month, March 22. One was that, finally, months after…

March 24, 2016

Hillary Clinton has blood on her hands

On March 15, just days after the assassination of Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, news surfaced that one of her comrades,…

March 23, 2016

Fewer African Americans vote in primaries

Recent electoral data indicates that the number of African Americans who are voting in the Democratic primaries and caucuses has…

March 23, 2016