train wreck

The wages of deregulation

Note: This lightly edited commentary first appeared on Prison Radio on March 3: A train races through the cool wintry…

March 16, 2023

Dioxins likely in East Palestine — EPA refuses to test

Why hasn’t President Joe Biden taken time to visit East Palestine, Ohio, following the disastrous derailment of a Norfolk Southern…

March 8, 2023

The role of big investors in East Palestine and Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kiev Feb. 20 and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The…

March 3, 2023

Community confronts company and politicians after train wreck

President Joe Biden’s trip to Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 20 shocked people living near East Palestine, Ohio, who have been devastated…

March 2, 2023

After toxic train wreck, residents demand answers

Weeks after the disaster, more terrifying information is coming out about the toxic train derailment Feb. 3 in East Palestine,…

February 22, 2023

Profit motive behind fiery, toxic train wreck

Corporate greed and capitalist irresponsibility led to a fiery, jackknifed derailment of a Norfolk Southern Railway train in East Palestine,…

February 13, 2023

Global supply chain: Rail industry prioritizes profits over safety

The global supply chain crisis, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, has laid bare systemic problems within global capitalism — when…

March 3, 2022

Railroad crossings cause train deaths

By a railroad worker Six people died horrible deaths when a Metro-North commuter train collided with a sports utility vehicle…

February 11, 2015