U.S. Society

Sixty years ago today, on December 2, 1964, students on the Berkeley campus of the University of California took over Sproul Hall, the university’s main administrative building …

On Thanksgiving, be thankful for all those who refused to accept the unacceptable. …

Berkeley, California community members are protesting the criminalization and displacement of unhoused people, which has …

A recent attack on a BART passenger can be explained by the lack of money being spent to help those who need it. …

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland …

Going into election night, the polls continued to show the presidential race was tied, without …

Thirty-three thousand Boeing machinists, members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM), on Wednesday, October …

The situation in Gaza and the Middle East is rapidly deteriorating. Israeli forces are carrying …

Over the past weeks, Hurricanes Helene and Milton ripped through parts of the southeastern United …

More details have been coming out about the sexual violence and abuses of the rap …

Instead of addressing the root causes of homelessness, California politicians are clearing homeless encampments so they can pretend that the problem doesn’t exist. …

Let’s not be distracted by fantastical stories about pet abductions and eating, or about how immigrants are destroying small Midwestern towns. The real problem is the profit driven capitalist system and the people who run it. Let’s turn our anger towards them! …

On Sunday, cops in Miami reminded us of just how dangerous it is to be Black in the United States. …

As we increase our demands, our outrage, and our protests, they will intensify their attempts to repress us. …

In its 6th season, the Peacock reality show Love Island USA has become the most-watched …

The tragic death of Baltimore Department of Public Works (DPW) sanitation worker Ronald Silver II …

Donations from billionaires are not a substitute for having a system that works for all of us. …

It is 60 years since Freedom Summer. Originally known as the Mississippi Summer Project, what …

On Thursday, California Governor Gavin Newsom passed an executive order that would call on state …

Boeing’s top brass is finally admitting what many have suspected for years: the company retaliates …

Download .pdf leaflet Billionaires, Not Migrants, are the Source of Our Problems Listening to the …

And as the deaths of these six immigrants remind us, the working class is international. We exist in every nation on earth, and because we don’t own profit producing property, we are forced to work for those who exploit our labor for profit. Despite all our differences, we have far more in common with working people born in other countries than we do with a boss who might have been born in the country we happen to live in. And once we realize that and begin to act on that fundamental fact, then we can begin to use our collective power. …

Changing the names of schools named after known racists is important, but clearly not enough to confront the entrenched racism and oppression that is part of capitalist society everywhere. …

For those of in the United States, we are told from a very young age …

On Saturday, April 20th, President Biden rushed to sign a two-year renewal of the Foreign …

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland …

Baltimore is spending a billion dollars on building a new jail. …

So far, six police officers have been given 10 to 40 year prison sentences for …

When President Biden sent his proposed Tax and Budget proposal to Congress on March 11th, …

The largest grocery store merger in history is taking place between Albertsons and Kroger. These …

As oil and gas companies make record profits, gas prices continue to rise. From 2021 …

The Super Bowl was the most watched television event in U.S. history, and made gambling …

Since 2015, overdose deaths have doubled in the United States. In 2021, more than 100,000 …

Erik Prince is a true member of the capitalist ruling class. He and his sister …

The following article was written in Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid …

It’s common knowledge among journalists that Alden Global Capital is one of the most ruthless …

The Norfolk Southern (NS) train wreck in East Palestine on February 3, 2023, brought to …

Parents across the country faced increasing child care costs in 2023. Many, especially women, had …

In late January, a huge data breach took place. Over 26 billions records were leaked …

Tax season is upon on, reminding us of how undemocratic the capitalist system is. We …

The Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s -1970s was one of the most significant social …

The California State University (CSU) system found itself in a clash with the California Faculty …

On January 5, an electrical fire broke out in the basement of an 18-unit apartment …

On January 5, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 nearly crashed when a door …

Two years ago we published an article on the human misery in Penn Station in …

The following articles are reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid …

Many happenings around the world are not things to be thankful for. …

In July of 2022, a group of Black teens was washing windshields, known as “squeegeeing,” …