Groundbreaking Southern Worker now available online
The Southern Worker, a newspaper published by the Communist Party in Birmingham and Chattanooga from 1930-37, can now be found online.
In Ohio, thousands protest new hydrofracking laws
Thousands marched to the Ohio statehouse and held a People's Assembly to map a fight back against laws enacted by Republican Gov. John Kasich giving the fossil fuel industry a green light on hydrofracking..
Parents occupy Oakland school to protest closures
Parents and teachers occupying Lakeview Elementary School since June 15 say they plan to stay until the district agrees to keep their school and four others open, reversing its decision to close them as of the end of the school year.
GOP tries to defund Obama immigration plan
The GOP shows its true face on immigration affairs, and undercuts its own efforts to give itself a more "immigrant friendly" visage.
New Yorkers protest "stop and frisk"
Some 300 organizations joined together in a show of solidarity over the New York Police Department's "stop and frisk" policy.
National student power conference set for August
"Young people are in the front ranks of people fighting against the corporate attacks on the 99 percent across our nation."
Obama urges voters to “break the logjam” in DC
President Barack Obama laid out a program of recovery based on strengthening the middle class.
Union fire fighters risk life and limb in wildfires
Two wildfires have destroyed forest area, buildings, and homes, and the fire fighters understand that containing the blaze will be no easy feat.
Obama ends threat of deportation for one million
President Obama today issued a sweeping new directive stopping in its tracks the possible deportation of as many as one million young immigrants.
