Durham School Staff Defy the Threat of Wage Cuts
When Durham School System announced that 1,300 “classified staff,” (janitors, IT workers, teachers’ aides, and cafeteria employees) would receive a seven percent wage increase, one delighted worker told a local newspaper, “We’re starting to get the pay we deserve.” Workers began to receive paychecks reflecting the raises on Oct. 31. During the MLK holiday weekend […]
United States: Violent Enabler of More Violence
Does it seem like in the past few months someone is shooting up the neighborhood (in this case, our world)? If it seems that way to you, you’re not wrong. And if it seems like the U.S. is the shooter, you’d be right. The U.S. has many hundreds of military bases, installations, facilities, storage centers, […]
Record Oil Production as Earth Bakes
On February 2, multinational oil giants ExxonMobil and Chevron both announced paying out record amounts to shareholders in 2023, indicating that both were extremely profitable. Even worse, both also announced that they had produced record amounts of gas in a single year! This news comes only shortly after numerous studies confirmed that 2023 was also […]
Desperate Democrat Lies to Demonize Protesters
As the U.S. continues to provide full support for Israel’s genocidal attack on Palestinians, protests have continued around the United States, and at major speaking events of President Biden and other members of the Democratic Party, calling out the Democrats for their complicity in this atrocity. Recently, in response to protests calling for an immediate […]
Medical Waste Incinerator Explosion in South Baltimore
Residents of Curtis Bay, an industrial neighborhood in South Baltimore, were shaken by yet another explosion last week, which reportedly shook windows and doors. Only two years ago, an explosion at the coal terminal in the neighborhood blew out windows and traumatized residents. This time, the loud sounds were coming from the country’s second largest […]
The Dark Sides of the Super Bowl
Every year, the Super Bowl is the one of the biggest events in the country. It’s not only the most-watched TV broadcast of the year, with over 60% of people in the United States seeing the game, but also the second-highest day for food consumption after only Thanksgiving. Between the appeal of the grand finale […]