U.S.
Arkansas’ capital city elects black mayor for first time
December 5, 2018A banking executive and former highway commissioner became the first African-American elected to lead Arkansas’ capital six decades after it was the center of a school desegregation crisis.
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Former NYC Health Commissioner Mary Bassett to headline People’s World awards luncheon
December 4, 2018On Sunday, December 9, 2018, The New York Friends of People’s World will hold their annual “Better World Awards” luncheon.
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Kentucky Supreme Court upholds GOP-passed “right-to-work” law
December 3, 2018By a 4-3 vote, the Kentucky Supreme Court handed another win to the right-wing and GOP partisan forces’ crusade to destroy unions and workers’ rights, upholding the Commonwealth’s GOP-enacted so-called “right to work” law.
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California elected officials and coalition groups show solidarity with asylum-seekers
November 30, 2018LA Councilman Gil Cedillo says the "migrant caravan" is a product of U.S. policies in Central America.
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In the Muscogee Creek Nation, the free press isn’t free
November 28, 2018The tribe's government has stripped Mvskoke Media of its independent status and placed it under the control of the executive branch.
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