The following call for the release of Moldovan political activists, issued on Sept. 9, was initiated by the International Action…
Oregon domestic workers win bill of rights Domestic workers in Oregon, including nannies, in-home caregivers and housekeepers, won historic protections when…
On August 14, Allegheny Technologies Inc. abruptly locked out 2,200 members of the United Steelworkers union. Since then, USW members…
A Kentucky county clerk, Kim Davis, was jailed on Sept. 3 for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.…
The Seattle Education Association voted unanimously to strike on Sept. 3. After a thunderous “yes!” vote to strike, teachers reported…
Over 800 gathered in the city of Charleston, S.C., on the morning of Sept. 5 for the Days of Grace…
Despite the unemployment figures released Sept. 4, indicating that the rate of joblessness has gone down to 5.1 percent, the…
Tensions on the Korean peninsula escalated in August as the U.S. carried out massive “war games” aimed at the Democratic…
A police officer in Portsmouth, Va., has been charged with murder in the deliberate and senseless killing of African-American youth,…
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics,” wrote Mark Twain. The U.S. government issued its monthly…