By David Ferguson A potentially lethal, flesh-eating narcotic compound is catching on in parts of Arizona. Users inject the drug to get high, and the scaly, rotten patches of necrotic flesh it can leave behind have led to the drug… Read More ›
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The Labor Movement in America
The Princess & the Peon: Saudi Royal’s Slave Labor Charges
by Eliza Shapiro, Christine Pelisek What pushed a Kenyan servant to flag down a commuter bus to flee the wife of King Abdullah’s grandson? Eliza Shapiro and Christine Pelisek on the shocking human-trafficking case It’s the story of the princess and her… Read More ›
American Indians: Protect Treaty Territory from White Supremacists in Leith, North Dakota
Lakotas and Dakotas face off with white supremacists in Leith, North Dakota Lakotas and Dakotas face off with white supremacists in Leith, North Dakota By Brenda Norrell Censored News Breaking News http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/09/american-indians-protect-treaty.html Updated all day Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 Dutch… Read More ›
House Votes To Cut Food Stamps By $40 Billion
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Thursday approved sweeping reforms to the nation’s food stamp program that would cut some $40 billion in nutrition aid over 10 years and deny benefits to millions starting in 2014. By 217 to 210,… Read More ›
Overpopulation Is Not the Problem
By ERLE C. ELLIS BALTIMORE — MANY scientists believe that by transforming the earth’s natural landscapes, we are undermining the very life support systems that sustain us. Like bacteria in a petri dish, our exploding numbers are reaching the limits of… Read More ›
Instead Of Standing By Their Employee, Red Lobster Suspends Waitress Who Received ‘None N****r’ As A Tip
Red Lobster might really be in trouble this time. We just reported on how a waitress, Tori Christina Jenkins, received ‘None, N****r’ instead of a tip this past weekend from racist customers at the Franklin, TN Red Lobster where she… Read More ›
Wave of fast food strikes hits 60 cities
Fast food workers in 60 cities across the U.S. walked off the job Thursday as they protest for higher wages. By Alanna Petroff and James O’Toole Workers from fast food giants McDonald’s, Burger King,Wendy’s and Yum Brands-owned KFC are calling on their employers to… Read More ›
“I Have a Dream, a Blurred Vision” by Michael Parenti
The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington—in which Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made his famed “I Have a Dream” speech—has recently won renewed attention from various print and electronic media in the United States. But the more attention… Read More ›
How Billionaire ‘Philanthropy’ Is Fueling Inequality and Helping To Destroy the Country
Much of philanthropy today has become a weapon in the class warfare of the 1 percent. Peter Buffett, the second son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, worries that the state of philanthropy in America “just keeps the existing structure of… Read More ›
There Has Been No Improvement in the Hires Rate in Two Years
By Heidi Shierholz The June Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics paint a grim picture of job opportunities in today’s labor market. The “hires rate”—the share of total employment accounted for by… Read More ›
Egyptian Junta Imposes Martial Law Amid Bloody Crackdown
By Johannes Stern and Alex Lantier The bloody massacre and imposition of emergency rule carried out yesterday by Egypt’s military junta testifies to the ruthlessness of efforts of the Egyptian ruling class and its imperialist backers in Washington and Europe to drown the… Read More ›
SNAP Kept Over 2 Million Children Out of Poverty
By Elise Gould Government programs can effectively reduce poverty among children in the United States. Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)—a more comprehensive measure of economic security than traditional poverty thresholds—the figure below illustrates the strength of the government to mitigate… Read More ›
A Shuffle of Aluminum, but to Banks, Pure Gold
By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — Hundreds of millions of times a day, thirsty Americans open a can of soda, beer or juice. And every time they do it, they pay a fraction of a penny more because of a… Read More ›
The California Prisoners Hunger Strike: The Truth
Responding to Jeffrey Beard, head of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) By Joe Veale Four weeks ago, 30,000 people in prisons in California and surrounding states went on a hunger strike to protest their conditions, in particular in… Read More ›
