United States

In news that drew statements of surprise from liberal news outlets, a new report from …

On Sunday, September 17, roughly 75,000 people flooded the streets of New York City for …

Capitalists and capitalist corporations – even wealthy and powerful ones like Amazon, Ford and General …

The Netflix series Painkiller shows Purdue Pharma’s role in the opioid crisis, and the difficulty in holding corporations accountable under capitalism. …

The past few years have seen a huge increase in climate disasters. Wildfires across the …

A recent report by the New York Times analyzed the conditions of tens of thousands …

Leaders of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) announced toward the end of last month …

The Sioux are getting some stolen land back: the burial site of their ancestors who died fighting the U.S. …

Recently in Tennessee, a woman held at the Montgomery County Jail was forced to give birth alone …

Bernie Sanders wants the rich to pay more taxes, aiming to support the working class …

People living in Montana have the right to a “clean and healthful environment” according to …

The U.S. is experiencing a recent rise in COVID-19 cases, but the government has decided it’s not a problem anymore, and is not taking any action to mitigate it. …

Hospitals have faced a surge in people needing treatment during the recent heat waves. …

Christopher Nolan’s latest film has been a box office hit, an adaptation of the biography …

The so-called capitalist transition to green energy has a problem: it isn’t profitable to produce cobalt, a …

Who is BART? And who does BART belong to? The workers, and the public. …

Houston Independent School District is converting school libraries into student discipline centers. …

Florida’s new standards for African American History downplay the historical oppression of Black people, even saying that slavery benefited slaves. …

Last week, court hearings were held on Zurawski v. Texas, marking the first time patients denied abortions …

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

The occupation of the U.C. Berkeley Anthropology Library ended last week on Monday, July 17, …

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

September 1, 2023, is a day that will live in workers’ rights infamy. Texas House Bill …

The contract between UPS and workers in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters expires on July …

As the climate heats up, mosquitoes have more time to live and breed and expand …

Highland Hospital needs to get more staff and stop overworking its workers. …

The Highland and Kaiser hospitals treat their workers like robots! …

In June 1943, Black workers at the RJ Reynolds factory struck against poor working conditions. …

On June 25, 1892, the management of the Carnegie Steel Works in Homestead, Pennsylvania, posted …

People will soon be required to begin payments on student debt that they can’t afford. …

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On May 2, TV and movie writers went on strike for the first time in …

Pride began as a fight against oppression, a fight that continues today. …

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence won back their invite to the Dodgers’ Pride Day after outcry from supporters. …

The Nebraska legislature passed a bill that attacks both reproductive rights and trans people’s rights. …

11-year-old Aderrien Murry was shot by the police after calling 911. Even children are not safe from police violence. …

Corruption has always existed in U.S. politics. Why is there a big deal about it now? …

The U.S. has sent nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea to threaten North Korea. …

Rutgers workers won pay increases, but they will need to continue to fight against future challenges. …

The news media are raising concerns about the future of BART. The problems with BART are a product of wider societal problems. …

The city of Davis, California, has been rocked in recent weeks by a series of stabbings that …

For over two weeks now, University of California (UC) Berkeley students, faculty, and community members …

Last weekend was the Kentucky Derby, a nearly 150-year-old horse race, attended by spectators with …

Baltimore is responding to youth-related violence by instituting a curfew, which punishes youth and does nothing to address the causes. …

Last Friday, in yet another horrifying case of armed violence, a man shot and killed five …

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

SpaceX’s Starship launch threw debris into local communities and wildlife habitats. …

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