Joan McKiernan Happiness among Black girls is not a crime A middle school in Binghamton, New York, strip-searched 12-year-old Black girls for acting “giddy” — and sparked furious protests.
Editorial Who shut down the shutdown? It wasn’t the Democrats, but federal workers, who finally put real pressure on the Trump administration to reopen the government.
Nikki Williams Portland socialists won’t be silenced A series of provocations and attacks on socialists in Portland, Oregon, by members of the far-right Patriot Prayer is an attempt at intimidation.
Brian Ward Indigenous struggle is key to a Green New Deal On both sides of the U.S.-Canada border, Indigenous organizers are providing an example of how to take on the fossil fuel giants.
Interview: Sirisha Naidu Striking for the soul of the university A strike captain talks about why Wright State faculty are standing strong in the face of an outrageous attack on their union rights.
Readers’ View Protesting the main enemy Socialist Worker’s emphasis should be on fighting back against the resurgent reactionaries in Venezuela and their backers in the U.S.
Interview: Eva María Where did Venezuela’s social crisis come from? The U.S. left needs to be firm in opposing intervention, but we also have to be honest about what happened to the Chávez project.
Eli Ward, Jenna Woloshyn and Ann Coleman A fight for the survival of Oakland schools Oakland teachers are taking a strike authorization vote starting today in a new stage of a months-long struggle that is gaining support.
Ashley Theissen We needed to march When the Women’s March was cancelled for January 19, Cincinnati socialist groups came together to co-host their own rally and march.
Kate Seidel Standing up for the victims of Putin’s repression Demonstrations to commemorate two murdered Russian anti-fascists activists made a powerful call to free all political prisoners.
