Poverty
Buried in the back garden: families priced out of decent burials
December 10, 2014UK families have been forced to bury loved ones in their back gardens amid an upsurge in "paupers' funerals" caused by rising costs and grant cuts.
Read moreSOA Watch protest links immigration with foreign policy
December 2, 2014Pinochet's army in Chile, generals who fueled El Salvador's civil war and murderous paramilitaries in Colombia's drug war have all been trained at the SOA.
Read moreSan Jose coalition for affordable housing wins big
November 26, 2014San Jose, which advertises itself as "the capital of Silicon Valley," has one of the highest housing costs in the nation, as well as - not coincidentally - one of the highest rates of homelessness.
Read moreWalmart workers plan new round of Black Friday protests
October 24, 2014Walmart workers have been agitating peacefully for years for pro-worker changes at the notoriously anti-worker low-paying lousy-benefits retail monster.
Read moreAt state park, fight is on to stop mountaintop removal
October 21, 2014The Kanawha Forest Coalition is desperately fighting a mountaintop removal project just outside of Kanawha State Forest, a state park in Loudendale, West Virginia.
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