National

  • The federal government's plans for "reform" in San Francisco's public schools scapegoat poor and minority children. March 19, 2010

  • The Democrats are in a mad rush to pass health care legislation that is a disaster in the making for working people and a massive giveaway to the industry. March 19, 2010

  • African Americans suffering from foreclosures on homes and rentals can draw on the lessons of Martin Luther King's fight against slums in Chicago. March 19, 2010

  • When Constance McMillen asked to take her girlfriend to the prom, school officials in a Mississippi county responded by canceling the event altogether. March 18, 2010

  • An activist at UC Santa Cruz describes how the movement organized for a successful student strike during the March 4 Day of Action. March 18, 2010

  • Staff and students at San Francisco's Mission High School worked hard to forge the solidarity that made the March 4 Day of Action a success. March 17, 2010

  • Robert Ferguson's nearly eight-year sentence for shoplifting a bag of shredded cheese from a California store made headlines around the world. March 16, 2010

  • Delegates from labor bodies across the U.S. met to debate their response to the current health care reform legislation. March 16, 2010

  • Undocumented immigrants stepped forward in Chicago on March 10 to speak out against the injustices they face every day. March 16, 2010

  • From redlining and segregation to predatory lending and foreclosures, racism against African Americans has always played out on the issue of housing. March 15, 2010

  • The District of Columbia--home to one of the nation's largest out LGBT populations--has begun performing same-sex marriages. March 15, 2010

  • A new campaign focusing on the "crisis" of Black women's abortions is just the latest attempt to control the reproductive choices of women of color. March 12, 2010

  • One of the fired teachers at a Rhode Island school speaks out about the attack on public education at her school and across the U.S. March 12, 2010

  • A librarian at a California college and participant in the March 4 Day of Action defends the struggle from the complaints of a Wall Street Journal commentator. March 12, 2010

  • After years of organizing in isolation from broader forces, leftists must recognize the early shoots of radicalism for what they are: buds of hope. March 10, 2010

  • A new study shows how the EPA has underreported the severity of coal ash waste pollution and its threat to human and environmental health. March 10, 2010

  • The president of Hunter College publicly berated me for not having "my facts straight." But her real problem is I do know my facts--and how to use them. March 10, 2010

  • Nurses with too many patients to cover are a guarantee that accidents will happen. The solution is to require hospitals to meet safe nurse-to-patient ratios. March 8, 2010

  • SocialistWorker.org readers provide reports and photos from the rallies, strikes and actions in California and around the country to defend public education. March 5, 2010

  • With unemployment a devastating reality for millions, federal protection from job discrimination for LGBT people is more important than ever. March 4, 2010

  • SocialistWorker.org reports from the rallies, strikes and actions in California and around the country to defend public education. March 4, 2010

  • Students, teachers and campus workers across California explain why they're organizing for the March 4 Day of Action to defend public education. March 3, 2010

  • Students, teachers and campus workers across California explain why they're organizing for the March 4 Day of Action to defend public education. March 2, 2010

  • If Utah legislators get their way, pregnant women could be arrested for having a miscarriage--or anything perceived as a threat to the fetus. March 2, 2010

  • A noose hung to intimidate African-American students is the latest racist incident to spur activism at UC San Diego ahead of the March 4 Day of Action. March 1, 2010