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Why a warming planet means game over for capitalism

Until his veto of the Keystone XL pipeline on Feb. 24, President Barack Obama had kept the entire world unsure…

April 15, 2015

Workers, community denounce move to privatize nursing homes

Freehold, N.J. -- A meeting called by the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders was held on March 24 to…

April 9, 2015

April 15 protests: Turning point for low-wage workers

Analysis This April 15 could be the largest united protest of fast food workers ever. Fast food workers, who have…

April 9, 2015

Activists demand no medical execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal

Frackville, Pa., April 3 — Car caravans carrying over 40 people travelled from Philadelphia and New York City today to…

April 5, 2015

Study exposes racism & why Black girls matter

All human life matters. But throughout U.S. history, that reality has been overshadowed by the doctrine and practice of white…

March 30, 2015

Dinah, Bett and Albany, N.Y., slave rebellion

On March 14, 1794, two young slave girls were hanged in Albany, N.Y. One was named Dinah, aged 14. The…

March 19, 2015

U.S. ranks as world’s worst in jailing women

Women are the fastest growing prison population in the U.S. due primarily to harsh sentencing for nonviolent crimes and drug…

March 12, 2015

Ferguson, Attica, Zimmerman and the capitalist state

Several judicial rulings in recent weeks demonstrate the determination of the capitalist government to shield the front-line forces of the…

March 9, 2015

Tenant protest occupies Brooklyn, N.Y., realtor

Landlords left the apartments of long-term tenants with cracks in the walls and slanting floors. The new tenants’ apartments had…

March 6, 2015

Lorraine Hansberry: Political activist, artist

It is 50 years since Lorraine Hansberry, a renowned playwright and political activist on the left, died on Jan. 12,…

February 28, 2015