| Sep 21, 2016 | Peace / SecurityIn their ongoing, all-out assault to crush labor unions, corporate forces have fabricated a cultural myth to undermine popular support for labor: Unions, they insist, are no longer needed. They tell us that in today’s entrepreneurial economy, workers must...
| | Cartoon|Rights / Democracy
| Sep 14, 2016 | Roundup|UncategorizedFollowing protests led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, a federal order overruled a district judge’s order, halting construction of the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline. The pipeline threatened to endanger both the tribe’s sacred burial grounds and water...
| | Environment / HealthThousands of Native Americans at Standing Rock in North Dakota are protesting a pipeline project that puts their water supply at risk, threatens to plow up their sacred sites, and would worsen climate change. Their rallying echoes hundreds of local struggles across...
| | Rights / DemocracyOn August 31, Nazma Khanam, a 60-year-old Muslim woman, was stabbed to death while walking near her home in Queens. The culprit was charged with second degree murder and robbery. But Khanam’s family believes the killing was a hate crime, noting that no personal...
