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Microloans: Charity or exploitation?
Many were ecstatic in 2006 when Dr. Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to promote…
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Family service workers fight layoffs in Washington, D.C.
On May 6, the District of Columbia laid off 115 employees of the Child and Family Services Agency, which is…
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Homeless immigrant stabbed after rescuing woman
In the early morning hours of April 18, Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax, a homeless and undocumented day worker, came to the…
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New Jersey students walk out to protest education cuts
Thousands of high school students sent a very clear message to New Jersey governor Chris Christie on April 27 when…
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Water crisis in Boston area hits poor and working people hardest
On May 1, a pipe rupture prevented 2 million people in the Greater Boston Area from drinking tap water for…
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Supreme Court protects officials responsible for death of immigrant detainee
On May 3, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that protected officials who denied medical treatment to an undocumented…
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Countries of the Muslim world call for halt to Jerusalem settlements
On May 10, an extraordinary meeting of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of the Islamic Conference convened in Istanbul,…
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Egyptian workers rally to raise minimum wage
Over 500 workers rallied outside the Egyptian parliament on May 2 to demand an increase in the 35 pound ($6.30)…
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Venezuela takes action to address energy crisis
Imagine a government that is of, by and for the people. What does that actually mean? Under capitalism, the word…
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Greek workers resist ‘shock and awe’ austerity measures
May 5 saw the largest labor protests of the last three decades in dozens of cities across Greece. Rallies and…
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Massey Energy denies workers time off to attend miners’ funerals
Massey Energy, the coal giant whose mine blast in mid-April cost 29 miners their lives, denied workers time off to…
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Nepal general strike ends, struggle continues
On May 1, an estimated 600,000 supporters of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital…
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Louisville cement workers struggle for wages, health insurance
Nearly 100 truck drivers in the Louisville metropolitan area went on strike April 26 against concrete distributor Irving Materials, Inc.…
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Cuba declared ‘best place to be a mother’
Being a mother brings joy as well as challenges. The international charity Save the Children has released its Eleventh Annual…
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BP’s oil spill is latest crime in a criminal history
On April 20, an oil rig operated by BP exploded, killing 11 workers. In the immediate aftermath of the explosion,…
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New attacks on women’s right to choose in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri
Decades have passed since the height of the women's liberation movement and the 1973 landmark Supreme Court case Roe v.…
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Join the Seize BP Campaign!
We are writing to urge you to join a new nationwide campaign: Seize BP ( www.SeizeBP.org ). We must act…
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North Korea expands medical care to provinces
On April 27, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea formally launched a medical videoconference network to provide provincial hospitals with…
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Gulf of Mexico catastrophe: a ‘capitalist-made’ disaster
Speaking of the 200,000 gallons of oil (or more) gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, destroying the U.S. coast line…
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Court date set for Troy Davis, an innocent man on Death Row
After 19 years on death row, two scheduled executions, innumerable court hearings, rallies and teach-ins, Troy Davis will finally get…
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