U.S. and Canada

Demanding answers as Black student dies in Iowa jail

Des Moines, Iowa -- Thirty-eight-year-old Lamont Walls died at Broadlawn’s Hospital in Des Moines after being found unconscious in his cell…

April 11, 2016

Oklahoma earthquakes spike opposition to oil and gas industry

The state of Oklahoma had five earthquakes on April 3.  There had been 29 earthquakes in the previous week, 222…

April 11, 2016

$1,000-a-pill is death sentence for HCV patients

Foster City, Calif. -- One Harvoni pill a day for 12 weeks can cure hepatitis C with a 95 percent success…

April 11, 2016

How Wall Street protest opened door to organizing anti-war soldiers

April 12, 1966. Fifteen young women and men slipped into the New York Stock Exchange. They didn’t belong there. They…

April 10, 2016

Newark children exposed to lead

Nearly half the schools in Newark, N.J., were temporarily shut down on March 9 when elevated levels of lead were…

April 8, 2016

Brooklyn, N.Y.: ‘Affordable for WHO?’

March 30 —“Luxury high-rises are being built in our neighborhoods; rents and property taxes keep going up and up; and…

April 8, 2016

Capitalism = homelessness

Nearly 24,000 children sleep every night in New York City municipal shelters, according to the Coalition for the Homeless. But…

April 8, 2016

Black trans community organizer says ‘Y’All white queers better quiet down in North Carolina’

This commentary first appeared April 6 on advocate.com. The day that Gov. Pat McCrory and North Carolina’s General Assembly approved…

April 7, 2016

Bus drivers bring victory story to Chicago

Two leaders of the Boston School Bus Drivers, Steelworkers Local 8751, arrived in Chicago on April 2. Union Trustees Fred…

April 7, 2016

Federal workers under attack

Congress has unleashed a number of right-wing bills that would erode job security, pay, and, for federal workers, the very…

April 7, 2016