News and Analysis from the United States
Tenn. Senate OK’s bill on gay lessons NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill passed yesterday by the Tennessee Senate would forbid public school teachers and students in grades kindergarten through eight from discussing the fact that some people are gay. Opponents… Read More ›
(Reuters) – Fifty-three percent of Americans support making gay marriage legal, a Gallup poll showed on Friday, a marked reversal from just a year ago when an equal majority opposed same-sex matrimony. The latest Gallup findings are in line with… Read More ›
Fair wages under capitalism? Every once in a while you may hear politicians, union leaders and ordinary citizens demand fair wages or fair pay for work. While this is surely a noble goal, the fact that people still struggle for… Read More ›
Save the Dates: Thursday May 19th at Noon Tuesday May 24th at 9:30am Join Us In Solidarity Resist Police Repression of Political Expression! Chicago May Day March Organizing Committee and Supporters against the CPD’s May Day March Unjust & Unlawful… Read More ›
The bourgeoisie and defenders of “liberal democracy” announce to the heavens that their society is the most advanced and democratic. In doing so, they point to notions of “freedom of speech” to justify their democratic posturing. Stemming from the “democracy”… Read More ›
House Republicans are attempting a backdoor maneuver to ensure that solely victims of “forcible rape” are eligible for federal funding if they seek abortions. They’re doing it again: After jettisoning controversial legislative language narrowing the definition of rape for the… Read More ›
Poverty is the main cause of most violent crime in the United States today. Some cite violence in media as creating a mentality of willingness to harm others that would not otherwise exist; others see it as a problem of… Read More ›
If you’ve been keeping up with the abortion debate in this country, you have no doubt heard some very interesting claims made by anti-abortion activists. Some of these claims need to be taken seriously, but others…well, not so much. In… Read More ›
Study estimates that illegal immigrants paid $11.2B in taxes last year, unlike GE, which paid zero Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News I bet most of you didn’t know undocumented immigrants contributed more – much more – to the… Read More ›
DETROIT (WWJ) – According to a new report, 47 percent of Detroiters are ”functionally illiterate.” The alarming new statistics were released by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund on Wednesday. WWJ Newsradio 950 spoke with the Fund’s Director, Karen Tyler-Ruiz, who… Read More ›
Any person who is conscious at any level of what happens in the world, from occurrences within their immediate surroundings to larger forces driving political economy in one nation-state or many, must comprehend that there is something wrong. Working men… Read More ›
Today we celebrate May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, a holiday celebrated by working people worldwide. This day began in commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago, where police fired upon workers striking for an eight-hour-day. Since… Read More ›
< Officials Shrugged Off Data Suggesting Beatings by Jason Ditz, April 26, 2011 A newly released study details a number of cases in which government doctors at Guantanamo Bay ignored strong evidence of torture and other signs of detainee abuse…. Read More ›
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