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Railroad hunger for profits blasts Ohio community with massive dose of poisons

February 14, 2023 By David Hill

Residents contend with lethal gases, once used in warfare, killing wildlife and leaving their livestock dead.

Bertolt Brecht (and me)

February 13, 2023 By Victor Grossman

Regardless of his sometimes sharp but always constructive criticism, Brecht supported the GDR attempt to build a socialist state in Germany with all his heart.

House Republicans, with help from corporate Dems, vote against D.C. immigrant voting rights

February 13, 2023 By Jamal Rich

MAGA forces in the House attempted to block a new local immigrant voting rights measure, along with a revision of the criminal code.

U.S. economic sanctions aggravate earthquake response in Syria

February 13, 2023 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The delivery of humanitarian aid is always difficult in situations of natural disaster. But in Syria, years of economic warfare waged by the U.S. makes things even more challenging.

Brazil’s Lula includes AFL-CIO union leadership in his state visit

February 13, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON—As Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met both Democratic President Joe Biden and, separately, U.S. labor leaders, happy U.S. supporters—including two identifying themselves as Auto Workers and others from the peace movement—chanted support for...