On Sunday, Nov. 20, the World Cup kicked off to great fanfare. The World Cup is undoubtedly the largest sporting event in the world, and this year’s tournament is being held in the nation of Qatar. Qatar is a small nation located on the northeastern coast of the...
Iran: A Mass Uprising … Where Could it Lead? The death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini after her beating by Tehran’s so-called “morality police” has sparked one of the most significant and sustained protest movements in the history of the Iranian regime. What are...
On Monday, November 14th, about 48,000 unionized academic workers across the University of California’s 10 campuses went on strike. The student workers, who are employed at the 10 UC campuses across the state and are organized in both the United Auto Workers (UAW)...
For the past several months, there has been a political and social earthquake in Iran sparked by the police killing of the 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini for committing the crime of not wearing the religious hijab. Since then there have been mass demonstrations,...
Investigative journalist Greg Palast has made a new documentary, “Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman,” that shines a light on the extensive voter suppression that has taken place in the state of Georgia. The film shows how attempts at voter suppression often...
