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Health insurance giant lets 17-year-old girl die
Seventeen-year-old Nataline Sarkisyan died on Dec. 21, 2007 of complications related to her treatment for leukemia. She died because Cigna…
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Government ignores veteran and soldier suicides
I had been in Iraq for about two months when my brigade suffered its first fatality. He died from a…
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Serbia launches billboard campaign in defense of Kosovo
Serbia has launched a new billboard campaign featuring famous Western leaders in response to the ongoing imperialist effort to break…
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D.C. government to lay off workers, close 23 public schools
In January 2007, Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty won an overwhelming electoral victory in large part due to his…
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Cienfuegos refinery reopens, PetroCaribe Summit closes
Cuba’s Camilo Cienfuegos oil refinery was reopened on the closing day of the fourth Petrocaribe Summit, following a joint renovation…
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Abducted children from Chad wait to go home
One-hundred-three Chadian children are currently waiting in an orphanage to be reunited with their families, following their abduction by French…
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Government suffers Liberty City 7 setback, moves for retrial
After a two-month trial and nine days of deliberations, a Miami jury acquitted one of the Liberty City 7, Lyglenson…
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New Orleans cops attack public housing advocates
Behind the chain-locked gates of City Hall and under massive police protection, the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to…
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Israeli report highlights intensifying anti-Palestinian racism
Former president Jimmy Carter’s book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid , " drew howls of protest from defenders of Israel in…
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Liberation Volume 2, Issue 1
Volume 2, No. 1: They Are Taking Away Our Homes U.S. News Struggle to free Mumia gets boost New York…
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Bleak prospects on the peace talks in the Philippines
The writer is a member of the Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines in Los Angeles. Not…
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Texas makes background checks part of emergency response
The state emergency director in Texas recently told the Houston Chronicle that Texans who board emergency vehicles will now have…
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Burger King bosses launch anti-farmworker offensive
Last year, the top 12 executives of Goldman Sachs took home $200 million in holiday bonuses, more than double the…
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U.S. border agents attack Mexican residents
U.S. border police have been handed even more powerful weapons to terrorize immigrants and Mexican residents at the heavily fortified…
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California town recalls pro-Blackwater officials
Residents of Potrero, Calif., won a symbolic victory in their struggle against Blackwater’s plans to build a training camp just…
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Hidden Iraq casualties and Pentagon lies
The U.S. imperialists and their media mouthpieces are using a new tactic to make the Iraq occupation more palatable. Citing…
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U.S. destabilization campaigns target Latin America
Storm clouds are brewing over Latin America. Those clouds are U.S. aggression aimed at popular movements throughout the region—from Bolivia…
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Who is really to blame for steroid use in baseball?
On Dec. 13, former Sen. George Mitchell released with great fanfare his highly anticipated report on steroid use in Major…
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Is ‘dollar hegemony’ coming to an end?
Today’s world monetary system is based on the "dollar standard," also known as dollar hegemony. This is the unstable system…
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Foreclosures strike Black and Latino communities hardest
The housing crisis has the potential to set off a chain of events to increase the overall rate of unemployment,…
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