Republicans and Democrats are agreed on an amendment to bar certain former prisoners from ever receiving food assistance.

The president of the Concord Teachers Association explains how parents, students and fellow teachers are fighting for her job.

The new film version of The Great Gatsby has its problems, but it's worth a look in a new era of excess for the super-rich.

The Boy Scouts finally dropped its ban on gay youth--but left anti-LGBTI discrimination against adults in place.

British Columbia's Liberal Party won re-election with the expansion of coal and natural gas extraction as a chief plank.

Residents of Northampton gathered for a protest against the removal of public benches as an attack on the poor.

Barack Obama and his administration have maintained and even escalated the Bush-era practices of lying, spying and expanding government powers.

Commentators are using the W-word--Watergate--in connection with Barack Obama's latest scandals. Is that too harsh?

A British socialist responds to the media and political establishment's racist frenzy following the murder of a British soldier.

Young offenders sentenced to life without parole are being told they will never amount to any good--and will die in prison.

After a series of prisoner deaths, New York's attorney general is investigating a for-profit medical provider to correctional facilities.

College graduation is supposed to be a time of celebration--yet the class of 2013 is facing a future of uncertainty and diminished prospects.

More than 400 employees at fast-food restaurants across Detroit went on strike in the latest in a series of one-day actions by low-wage workers.

The national strike movement by low-wage workers came to Washington, D.C., with an action by federal contract workers.

A group of activists and scholars take issue with several articles at the CounterPunch website that recycle sexist tropes.

The Counterpunch website unleashed a torrent of abuse when an SW contributor challenged sexist language and attitudes.

The fact that most schools in Oklahoma don't have storm shelters shows how the system prepares for disasters--it doesn't.

Native Americans leaders representing 10 sovereign nations explain why they walked out on meetings with the State Department.

A young woman explains why she feels it's important to talk about having an abortion--and why she won't be silenced.

A Rhode Island teacher's open letter to Rhode Island politicians asks who will stand up in defense of public education.

A 90-second video of a student frustrated by what he sees as an uninspired learning environment has gotten national attention.

Concession workers at AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, have voted to strike after three years without a raise.

A parent leader of the struggle to save one of 54 schools on the chopping block in Chicago talks about what's at stake.

Angelina Jolie's announcement should open up a public discussion about lack of access to life-saving health care.

A New York City judge has tossed out manslaughter charges against the NYPD officer who killed Ramarley Graham.

Seattle Public Schools waved the white flag with an announcement that high schools can opt out of the MAP standardized test.

Like his grandfather, Malcolm Shabazz died far too young and with far too much unfinished work in front of him.

By late April 1917, the Bolsheviks stood out as the one major political party committed to workers' self-emancipation.

Karl Marx took issue with how Pierre-Joseph Proudhon formulated his ideas as a strategy for social change.

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