Police Response – Kneeling is not Enough
It isn’t a question of what any individual chooses to do, even if they choose not to follow orders …
It isn’t a question of what any individual chooses to do, even if they choose not to follow orders …
From the start of the pandemic, bosses have demanded the government provide amnesty against lawsuits …
Bus drivers in NYC and Minneapolis have refused to help police crack down on protesters …
After making a speech threatening to use the military to squash protests across the country …
An activist from Speak Out Now speaks at the George Floyd Solidarity March in Oakland on June 1 …
Trump wants to appear as the strong man, in charge amidst the chaos he helped create. …
The attention-grabbing protests to reopen the economy were not what they seemed to be. …
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities and towns all over the country in protest and demonstrations, day after day and into the night, saying – No More! …
What do the Democrats propose in response to the police murder of George Floyd? NOTHING. …
Joe Biden has a solution to the problem of police violence: shoot Black people in the legs instead! …
The family of Breonna Taylor, the woman shot down in her home by cops, is still demanding justice …
Thousands across the country are protesting the horrific racist police murder of George Floyd …
In cities around the U.S. people took to the streets to express outrage over George …
As businesses reopen, those who still have jobs must think about how much protection there will be …
Last week floods breached two dams near Midland, Michigan, forcing 11,000 people to evacuate …
The arrogance of racist cops was on full display Memorial Day when they murdered George Floyd …
In mid-May there was a big announcement regarding the development of a vaccine for COVID-19. …
The Oakland teachers strike of 2019 was part of a nationwide movement to defend public education. …
Anybody in the Bay Area knows that housing is a nightmare, but COVID-19 has made it a horror …
On April 9, George Leigh, a worker at Amazon’s DNY4 distribution center in Bethpage, New York, he died as a result of COVID-19. …
22 million Americans have lost their jobs and are scrambling to figure out what to do, but the billionaires in the U.S. have increased their wealth by 10%. …
Trump released a statement saying that “governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places of faith to open right now, for this weekend.” What an irresponsible statement! …
California governor Gavin Newsom released a revised budget for the state of California on May 14. Who are the targets of his spending cuts? Workers, high-needs students, the elderly …
36.5 million workers had filed for unemployment, but most are waiting to see the funds appear. The viral hashtag #PendingPurgatory explains what it’s been like for working people …
Almost half of workers are making more on unemployment than they do in their regular jobs …
For the last few years the NYC subway system has cut back the number of unionized cleaning crews, and it shows. …
Then comes COVID-19 and our delicately balanced lives as gig workers come tumbling down …
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s wealth – 138 billion dollars right now – is more than the GDP of over 130 countries across the globe. And it’s only getting bigger. …
For several weeks, Trump has been playing on the distress of millions of us who have lost our jobs to rev up support for re-opening businesses …
Joe Biden made a statement recently that flew under the radar in the U.S. press, but made big waves in the Middle East. …
Amidst a global pandemic, with the climate crisis still looming in the background, the Trump administration has dismantled a number of environmental protections. …
While there have been some efforts at collaboration, it has become apparent that the search for a viable vaccine is ultimately driven by wasteful competition among governments and profiteering corporations. …
Four years ago, Trump campaigned on the slogan, “Build the wall!” He was fueling the economic fears of U.S. workers whose real income had gone …
Politicians are rushing to reopen the economy and they don’t care how many coffins they fill. …
Although Covid-19 sparked the current economic crisis, it is not the root cause. In late March and early April, experts projected a recession similar to the 2008 “great recession” was coming. …
In late April, President Trump ordered that meatpacking plants reopen after they were shut down because of COVID-19. He is more concerned about the companies’ profits than workers’ lives. …
On Wednesday, after saying that he was planning to dismantle the White House coronavirus task force, Trump reversed course and said that he would keep …
According to a new paper by the University of California, Berkeley, high carbon-emitting industries have much lower import taxes than cleaner industries. …
Report From a Childcare Worker: I had to turn them down to keep my family safe, a difficult decision …
World leaders held a virtual meeting on Monday, May 4, to raise funds for COVID-19 vaccine research. Notably absent were any representatives from the U.S. or Russia. …
On May 1, Tim Bray, Amazon’s Vice President for Web Services, resigned from his position at the company. …
Dr. Fauci, the head of Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force, has been forced to contradict and make up for these stupid statements. …
With cases just beginning to surge in many states, testing still lagging, and no contact tracing, the U.S. disaster is only just beginning. …
BART is operating as if it is business as usual, endangering the lives of workers and riders. …
Count to ten. Guess what? Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made $30,182 while you were counting. …
The same day it was announced that over 30 million people applied for unemployment benefits in the past six weeks, Wall Street announced it had its best month since 1987. …
On April 13th, Highland Hospital fired a nurse for wearing a trash bag as a gown. …
Sanders was right to say we need a movement, but channeling it into the Democratic Party is a dead end. …
In the midst of widespread panic, fear and economic instability, most of the world’s rich and powerful have been forced to flee to their multi-million dollar mansions and vacation homes. …
On April 23, during a White House briefing, the acting undersecretary for science and technology at the DHS reported on data …
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