No Humans = Deadlier Trains
A nine-year-old boy in Buffalo, NY, survived but lost his right leg. Another woman was found dead but with one leg chopped off in the same spot. In Houston a man was found dead and without a leg. Since 2015, three railroad inspectors have been killed. And there are more. All are victims of remote-controlled […]
Scorching Heat Continues Worldwide
After just experiencing the hottest year in at least 100,000 years, our earth is now experiencing another brutally hot year. These temperatures are not only showing up as numbers on the Weather Channel or on the weather apps on our smartphones. These heat records are having concrete effects, every day, around the world. In Miami, […]
Why did the United Autoworkers (UAW) fail in Alabama?
Non-union auto plants now employ about 50% of the workers building cars and trucks in the United States. Most of these plants are in the South. Organizing the non-union auto plants in the South is a challenge the United Auto Workers has faced for 40 years without success. So when workers employed at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga […]
When Vietnam War Vets Protested the War
On June 1, 2024, the United States continues to support and finance Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians. Protests against the war have simmered for months, and since mid-April, protests have exploded on college campuses as tens of thousands of young people in the U.S. and worldwide have slept on malls, been arrested, and protested at […]