‘Totally unacceptable’: US rejecting 90% of Afghans seeking asylum under humanitarian program
"We don't feel safe," lamented one Afghan asylum-seeker whose brothers translated for U.S. invasion forces. "We don't know what will happen in an hour. We don't know what will happen tomorrow."
Killing Palestinian journalists and the silence of Israeli Apartheid
Apartheid is not just systemized suppression and wholesale control, it’s a mental attitude of extreme prejudice that leads to and enables inhumane acts of violence, exploitation and humiliation.
Keeping workers poor is bad for business
At America's biggest low-wage employers, chief executives now pocket 670 times more than their workers.
Canada steps up surveillance of Indigenous peoples to push fossil fuel pipelines forward
An international human rights body condemned Canada’s treatment of Indigenous communities opposing two major oil and gas pipelines.
‘We did it!’ Workers in Maryland vote to form first US Apple store union
"This victory shows the growing demand for unions at Apple stores and different industries across our nation," said the head of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
If poverty is a moral issue, then the U.S. is bankrupt
The Poor People’s Campaign, ahead of its June 18 gathering, is calling out the false pro-corporate rhetoric on poverty, wages, and inflation.
How to reduce school shootings
A combination of policy changes and increased safety measures could help reduce the risk of school shootings, says psychology professor Paul Boxer.
Vladimir Putin: Global gunman
Why are we concerned about humiliating mass murderers?
A country armed to the teeth
And strutting toward the apocalypse.
With US consumers ‘getting fleeced,’ Democrats demand windfall profits tax on Big Oil
"It is common sense" to use such a tax to provide rebates to consumers, argued Rep. Ro Khanna. "You have these oil companies making record profits at a time of a national emergency."