President Obama’s speech today was another exercise in misdirection and illusion regarding the administration’s unprecedented use of drone military strikes.
Having overthrown the governments in Iraq in 2003 and Libya in 2011, the U.S. government has sought to topple the Syrian government during the past two years.
On May 21 hundreds of low-wage workers from across Washington D.C. took part in a strike for higher wages following similar strikes that have taken place across the country
On May 22, the Chicago Board of Education carried through on its threat to close the largest number of schools in U.S. history.
Protesters converged on the White House May 18 for a spirited picket to support the hunger strikers in the Guantanamo Bay prison and demand the immediate closure of this center of torture and indefinite detention
On May 20, 500 people from around the country gathered in Washington D.C. for an Occupy Our Homes rally, march and occupation of the Justice Department
Keira Wilmot, the Florida teenager who was accused of igniting a chemical explosion on school grounds, will not face criminal charges after all.
Support for these transgender youth from their parents as well as other students has been overwhelming.
On May 18, an impressive number of workers and students attended a Party for Socialism and Liberation conference in Washington, D.C., titled 'We Need a New System.
The killing of Mark Carson in the heart of Greenwich Village marks a tragic boiling point that has left the LGBT community reeling with anger and fear but also a readiness to fight back.
