U.S. and Canada

‘Days of Grace’ hits racism, poverty

Over 800 gathered in the city of Charleston, S.C., on the morning of Sept. 5 for the Days of Grace…

September 8, 2015

African-American jobless rate stays high

Despite the unemployment figures released Sept. 4, indicating that the rate of joblessness has gone down to 5.1 percent, the…

September 8, 2015

U.S. veteran disputes anti-Korea stories

Tensions on the Korean peninsula escalated in August as the U.S. carried out massive “war games” aimed at the Democratic…

September 8, 2015

Police officer charged with killing Black youth

A police officer in Portsmouth, Va., has been charged with murder in the deliberate and senseless killing of African-American youth,…

September 7, 2015

Behind the govt’s ‘rosy’ jobs report

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics,” wrote Mark Twain. The U.S. government issued its monthly…

September 7, 2015

Release Yuvette Henderson’s autopsy report

Family and community supporters seeking justice for Yuvette Henderson converged on the Emeryville, Calif., City Council on Sept. 1, demanding…

September 7, 2015

‘After we pay the rent … the money’s all spent!’

Sept. 2 -- More than 200 people from 60 families face eviction from two apartment buildings in Brooklyn's Crown Heights…

September 7, 2015

Baltimore rally demands ‘Justice for Freddie Gray!’

About 100 protesters rallied outside the Clarence Mitchell Courthouse in Baltimore on Sept. 2 in a protest to demand justice…

September 4, 2015

Prisoner hunger strikes help to win major victory to end solitary confinement

Oakland, Calif. -- The Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition (PHSSC) held a press conference Sept. 1 to announce that a…

September 4, 2015

Rasmea Odeh speaks out against police crimes

Workers World reprints here a speech by Palestinian activist, Rasmea Odeh, originally circulated by the Fight Back News Service. Odeh…

September 4, 2015