Today in history: Anna Louise Strong is born, changes worlds
Strong was employed by the New York Evening Post to report on the bloody massacre and the armed guards hired by Everett mill owners to keep the IWW out of town.
Immigrants descend on Supreme Court to back Obama’s executive order
If implemented, the executive order, issued by President Obama a year ago, would prevent families from being broken up.
COP 21: Help the PW raise $6,000 for climate coverage in Paris
We take sides - yours - with stories to save the planet and you. Now you have a chance to help us do it.
Millions of immigrants continue to wait for relief
This Friday marks the one-year anniversary of Obama's announcement of executive action on immigration.
Today in history: Watching the School of the Americas for 25 years
Today, and for the rest of the weekend, School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch) will gather on its 25th anniversary.
Shameless anti-refugee bill passed by GOP-run House
The Republican Party and the right have descended to a new level of repulsive shamelessness that many thought was not possible even for them.
Alarm grows over prosecutor conduct in Tamir Rice case
The shooting of Tamir Rice occurred on the afternoon of Nov. 22 after a resident saw him waving a toy gun in the park.
Elizabeth Warren rolls out women's economic agenda
"Achieving pay equality for women isn't enough - we have to make sure that all workers, men and women, are earning enough to live on."
Rezoning plan will cause more displacement in New York
The plan is generating resistance from community members, who say that it will usher in more displacement than truly affordable housing.
Writing black troops out of Civil War history paved way for Jim Crow
"If we don't tell our own story it will not be told."
