Lea Ramirez and Charles Holm Why was Claudia murdered? Border Patrol agents in Texas tried to lie about the shooting of a young Guatemalan woman — but they can’t cover up this murder.
Ryan de Laureal Still scraping by while the bankers celebrate Ten years after the financial crisis, CEOs are savoring Dodd-Frank deregulation — while the rest of us still scramble to make ends meet.
Lee Wengraf China versus the U.S. in the battle over Africa The U.S. and China’s new scramble for profits across Africa will only bring instability, rising exploitation and violence.
Kyle Trembley Student workers stand together at UW A one-day strike by academic student workers at the University of Washington shows the need for more than just a living wage.
Ryan Gannon A torturer at the top Gina Haspel has blood on her hands, but there were more than enough Democrats to join with Senate Republicans to confirm her as CIA chief.
Becca Bor Irish women won’t go back into the shadows In the lead-up to a referendum on repealing a section of the constitution making abortion illegal, Irish women are finding their voice.
Interview: Joseph Daher Revolution and counterrevolution in Syria A Swiss-Syrian socialist and author looks at some of the crucial factors for understanding war and violence in Syria, past and present.
Phil Gasper 1968: A revolt blooms behind the “Iron Curtain” The Prague Spring uprising in so-called “socialist” Czechoslovakia showed that the 1968 spirit of revolt had crossed the divide between East and West.
Roundtable Sparks of a teacher rebellion in North Carolina Three participants share impressions of the historic May 16 walkout by North Carolina teachers and the protests in the capital.
Glenn Allen A sickening system behind E. coli outbreaks The latest mass outbreak of food poisoning highlights the fact that an unsafe food supply is seen as “normal” in capitalist America.
