Moral Mondays expanded in North Carolina
On Feb. 8, the Moral Monday movement, which showed massive momentum in 2013, will return with its biggest event yet, the Moral March on Raleigh.
Thousands in Seattle march on MLK Day for $15 wage
More than 5,000 protesters marched through downtown Seattle on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day chanting, "Raise the minimum wage now!"
Hartford rising for Community Bill of Rights
The multi-racial rally, called in the spirit of Dr. King's 1964 poor people's campaign, was held in Hartford's North End, one of the most impoverished neighborhoods in the nation.
Call in: New developments in international socialist and communist movement
At tonight's People's World teleconference, PW co-editor Susan Webb will talk about new developments in the world communist and worker's movement.
Court strikes down FCC rules, threatening “net neutrality”
The U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the "net neutrality" rules established by the FCC last week in the case of Verizon v. FCC.
GOP tries to pit immigrants against unemployed
Senate Dems were unable to get cloture on a bill to extend unemployment benefits for people who have run out of eligibility without having been able to find work.
Oklahoma LGBT activists with a potential big win
A change such as this in the constitution to one of the "Bible Belt" states shows continued momentum from the progress that was made in 2013.
Amiri Baraka: 1934 - 2014
"He did for the English syntax what Monk did with the chord. He was an original."
Workers’ rights hardly mentioned by justices at High Court hearing
Supreme Court justices began hearings on National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning, a case that could determine whether it is legal to stop the ability of workers to exercise their right to form a union.
Does December jobs report mean recovery?
Here the big question on the minds of most working people I talk to: is the talk of economic recovery from the 2008 depression BS? or for real?
