Human needs before profits

Under capitalism: ‘They don’t really care about us’

Six-year-old Toussaint Birwe was killed by a 14-car State Department convoy that barreled through his hometown of Mokong in the…

January 10, 2017

Big Pharma prices, profits soar

Affecting all population sectors in the U.S., the costs of prescription medicines are skyrocketing, fueled by the pharmaceutical industry’s greed…

January 5, 2017

‘Fake news’ covers up domestic propaganda law

Straight from the pages of publications that passed along lies about Iraq’s alleged “weapons of mass destruction” and that gave…

December 15, 2016

What’s behind Trump cabinet choices

Since the election, the corporate media have focused on the president-elect’s cabinet and senior White House staff appointments, often announced…

December 14, 2016

State to Flint and Detroit: ‘You have no rights’

Attorneys for the state of Michigan have filed a 62-page motion to dismiss a lawsuit on behalf of children in…

December 2, 2016

Wall Street welcomes Trump

Did the super-racist, immigrant bashing, sexual predator Donald Trump becoming president alarm Wall Street? The day after the election the…

November 22, 2016

Train crashes and capitalist decay

The Sept. 29 train crash in the Hoboken, N.J., terminal during the morning rush hour has shaken people throughout New…

October 8, 2016

Activists demand fed funds be used to stop foreclosures

A public meeting in Detroit Sept. 22 demanded that federal Helping Hardest Hit Funds be used to stop tax foreclosures…

September 29, 2016

Wells Fargo and capitalist fraud

It’s called cross-selling. Wells Fargo cultivated this strategy, pressing its customers to enroll in several of the bank’s various types…

September 28, 2016

Brooklyn march mourns death of affordable housing

Angry tenants, mostly people of color, came from three of New York City’s five boroughs for a funeral march Sept.…

September 27, 2016