U.S. and Canada

Black leader Jabari Shaw targeted

Oakland, Calif. -- A combined task force of Oakland Police Department officers, FBI and U.S. marshals on March 9 chased…

March 30, 2015

Behind the police killings of people with disabilities

In a Jan. 29 letter, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacy said her office found "there is insufficient evidence…

March 30, 2015

Oil strike breakthrough

March 22 — The U.S. oil refinery strike, which began Feb. 1, appears to be moving toward a resolution. The…

March 26, 2015

Immigrants defend right to drive in Pennsylvania

During a public hearing on March 20 on the reform of the driving-license law for undocumented people in Pennsylvania, people…

March 26, 2015

What you can do for the Boston school bus drivers

Victory may still be in the air with the “not guilty” verdict on March 5 in the trumped-up felony case…

March 26, 2015

Textbooks sit in warehouses

Philadelphia -- Under the profit-driven capitalist system, billions of people struggle just for food and other basic necessities, yet corporations will…

March 26, 2015

Police violence against Martese Johnson sparks campus protests

Martese Johnson, a 20-year-old African American, has been added to the already too-long list of victims of brutal, racial profiling…

March 24, 2015

San Francisco protesters want justice for Alex Nieto, killed by cops

San Francisco -- Workers World received news early in the morning on March 23 that protesters seeking justice for the…

March 24, 2015

Will Milwaukee killer cop receive impunity?

March 23 — Police repression against Wisconsin’s Black communities accompanies Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-union and anti-worker “right-to-work” law, which went…

March 24, 2015

New York forum: ‘Globalize solidarity with women’

New York -- Workers World Party held its annual International Working Women’s Month forum here on March 21 at the…

March 24, 2015