disasters – Page 59 – People's World

Marches against police killings sweep the nation

December 15, 2014 By Tim Wheeler

Led by mothers, fathers, and widows of African American men killed by white police officers, 50,000 protesters marched up Pennsylvania Avenue.

Teachers union president protests injustice on Eric Garner case

December 8, 2014 By Michelle Kern

American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten was arrested Dec. 4, in New York City while protesting the lack of justice in the recent police shootings.

Miners’ families hope for justice at coming trial

December 8, 2014 By John Milam

The disaster and the resulting deaths shocked the mining communities of Raleigh and Boone Counties and left the dead miners' families grieving.

Thirty years later, disaster haunts and angers Bhopal survivors

December 3, 2014 By Rishi Lekhi

Three decades after lethal gas swept through Bhopal, the central Indian city remains haunted by memories of the world's worst industrial disaster.

Alberta pipeline hits swamp with over 15,000 gallons of oil

December 3, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Yet another major spill in the routinely oil-plagued Alberta, Canada, has left the swamps of Red Earth Creek polluted.