U.S.
Floyd family gets $27M settlement; activists say ‘no substitute for change’
March 13, 2021So far, when it comes to officer misconduct, “No one has had to pay except the victims and taxpayers,” said Michelle Gross, of Communities United Against Police Brutality.
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Salt of the Earth Labor College spotlights border militarization and death
March 12, 2021Special online presentation, Saturday, March 20.
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An appeal from radical veteran Paul Buhle: Save People’s World
March 11, 2021Today’s People’s World bears the legacy of American socialist and communist newspapers going back to the 1880s. Around those papers, their editors, writers, cartoonists, and other staff centered communities of working-class supporters, making the publication possible....
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Hospital bosses still putting profits over patients after a year of pandemic
March 11, 202181% of registered nurses surveyed report they are still re-using what are supposed to be single-use protective gear.
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African-American playwright August Wilson honored on ‘forever’ stamp
March 11, 2021The 44th stamp in the Black Heritage series honors playwright August Wilson (April 27, 1945-October 2, 2005), the “the theater’s poet of Black America,” who brought fresh perspectives and previously unheard voices to the American stage....
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