We need to raise our voices in support of the Ukrainian people — not the big powers that are locked in a struggle for control and domination of the region. We cannot ignore the plight of the people of the region. To be silent is to give consent. …
Economic inequalities are still distributed by race today. …
UCLA students won safety measures after a 16-day sit-in. …
Biden has announced the intent of the U.S. government to steal of billions of dollars from the Afghan people. …
Biden’s administration is proposing another high military budget for 2023, showing the priorities of the ruling class. …
Where has the extra money you’ve been paying for gas gone? To oil company shareholders! …
California extended COVID sick leave for workers until September 30, but 1 in 4 workers are excluded from it. …
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) management is warning that without additional funding, BART will start …
Democrats in the California State Assembly killed a single-payer health care bill, showing where their priorities lie. …
A review of the docuseries We Need to Talk About Cosby, and the social issues it raises. …
From coast to coast, we have seen students list their demands for safe schools and stage walkouts, refusing to accept the breadcrumbs the people in power have tossed them. …
Newark’s Penn Station is practically a homeless shelter, and the local politicians’ attempts at addressing it do not get to the root of the problem. …
Workers at Golden Gate Transit have voted to authorize a strike. …
UC students skipped class last week to protest the administration’s reopening policies. …
Brian Flores has made public the racist hiring practices of the NFL. …
Black History Month is a reminder to look to the past and to make our own history. …
Any celebrations about the killing of ISIS leaders miss the fact that ISIS would not exist without the presence of U.S. imperialism in the Middle East. …
The COVID pandemic, on top of all of the longstanding economic instability, is causing record levels of forced migration from South America into the United States. …
While there may be some people who look at our schools and see them as a money-making opportunity, these schools are our schools. It is not their decision to make — it is ours. We must link up across school communities to stand side by side and say, “no school closures!” …
Punitive measures against truancy set in place by Kamala Harris, are now being leveled against students in Oakland who have had the audacity to demand that their schools provide real safety protection. …
A war over between NATO countries and Russia over Ukraine does not benefit the people of any country. …
Are the CDC’s new looser guidelines based on science, or economic considerations? …
The aviation and telecommunication industries have come into conflict over 5G. …
Since Wednesday, Jan. 12th, more than 8,000 workers in the Denver metro area at King Soopers, a grocery chain store owned by Kroger, have been on strike against low wages and poor working conditions. …
The voice of a fast food worker that faced degrading working conditions and low pay. …
Workers at the Bay Area Rapid Transit system are confronted with the challenges of the latest COVID surge. …
The Supreme Court just voted down vaccine mandates, undermining the ability of OSHA to maintain a safe working environment. …
An investigation by Propublica published in Dec. 2021 reported that over $5.2 billion in Temporary …
Hundreds of Marylanders are being notified that they may have received ineffective vaccine doses. …
The United States and Russia have been recklessly moving towards war while using Ukraine as a tool. …
Students and graduates today face a massive burden of debt, while the government, banks, and loan servicers profit. …
A personal account from a worker at a COVID testing clinic. …
The reason that free or affordable tests and masks haven’t been available in the U.S. until now is the same reason we’ve been stuck in this COVID crisis – this system prioritizes profits above health and safety. …
Por mucho que todo el mundo esperara que el año 2022 pudiera ser el comienzo de una nueva fase en esta pandemia, a cada paso las prioridades de este sistema siguen prolongándola. …
As much as everyone hoped 2022 might be the beginning of a new phase in this pandemic, at every turn the priorities of this system continue to prolong it. …
The Theranos verdict not only shows that profits and investors matter more than people in this society. It also shows once again that lying and fraud are an everyday part of life in our capitalist economy. …
When Joe Biden decries that “democracy was attacked” on January 6th of last year, what democracy is he talking about? …
On December, 27th, after two and a half months on strike, workers at Kellogg’s voted to ratify a five year contract and return to work. …
Why is that after almost two years of the pandemic, it is so challenging to get a COVID test that many have to wait in line for hours? …
The bosses hunger for profits was greater than their concern for the well-being of their workers, leaving 14 people dead in recent tornadoes. …
After rejecting a tentative agreement with a two tier wage structure, Kellogg’s has recently responded by trying to hire permanent replacement scabs. …
What right does the US government, which has carried out acts of terror domestically and abroad, have to decry “terrorism”? …
On January 1st, nearly 6,000 seniors in Maryland are expected to lose coverage for having the wrong medicare insurance plan. …
Gas prices have risen while oil and gas companies have profited immensely. …
Overdose deaths in the United States have reached a record high, as pharmaceutical companies continue to profit. …
The struggle between Russia and the U.S. to dominate this region of the world puts the whole world at risk. This reckless conflict is just another example of the complete bankruptcy of the global capitalist system, where major powers will risk all-out war and countless lives to enhance their economic dominance. …
While the act of Rosa Parks sparked mass action, the collective decision of thousands first to participate in and then to continue the boycott led to victory. …
Shutting down travel to supposedly fight the spread of the virus is nothing but political theater and feeds into racism. …
Why do members of the Supreme Court have the right to make such important and intimate decisions for us. …
Indigenous peoples are not responsible for climate change, but they are being forced to relocate due to its effects. …
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