North America
Drones come to the US
By Bill Van Auken, February 21, 2012
The legalization of drone flights inside the United States has ominous implications for democratic rights.
Telephone industry pushes to end landline service in Kentucky
By Naomi Spencer, February 21, 2012
Telephone companies in Kentucky are pressing the state to allow for the discontinuation of basic landline service in “less profitable” areas.
California hunger striker dies as prison conditions deteriorate
By Jack Hood, February 21, 2012
Christian Alexander Gomez, a 27 year-old inmate, died last week at the Corcoran State Prison in California after four days on a hunger strike to protest poor conditions.
Public education, transit, health care targeted in Pennsylvania budget cuts
By Samuel Davidson, February 21, 2012
Public and higher education, health care, libraries and mass transportation are among the programs that are targeted under Governor Tom Corbett’s $27 billion budget proposed last week.
SEP supporters discuss election campaign with students in Ann Arbor, Michigan
By Janel Flechsig and Matthew Brennan, February 21, 2012
As part of the Socialist Equality Party’s 2012 election campaign for Jerry White, a WSWS reporting team visited the campus of the University of Michigan to promote a meeting on Tuesday.
Obama hails record GM profits
The wage-cutter in chief
By Patrick Martin, February 20, 2012
President Barack Obama has taken credit for the record-setting profits of General Motors this week, after the largest US automaker reported it raked in $7.6 billion for 2011, the most ever.
US sends drones over Syria as fighting spreads
By Alex Lantier, February 20, 2012
US military and intelligence forces are flying drones over Syria as Washington discusses military intervention in Syria and fighting spreads inside the country.
Free Bradley Manning!
By Jerry White, SEP candidate for US president, February 20, 2012
The court martial of alleged whistleblower Bradley Manning highlights the intersection between the crimes of American militarism and the attack on democratic rights by the Obama administration.
Tent camp reveals social inequality in Ann Arbor, Michigan
By Mitch Marcus and Janel Flechsig, February 20, 2012
Last week, a WSWS team visited Camp Take Notice, a homeless encampment in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to speak with residents and document conditions. The tent camp is home to about 35 people.
Bank foreclosure fraud to be rewarded at taxpayer expense
By Andre Damon, February 20, 2012
Much of the $25 billion mortgage fraud settlement agreed to by the big banks would in fact be subsidized by the taxpayers through an earlier mortgage modification program.
The Miramonte scandal and the crisis of public education in California
By Dan Conway, February 20, 2012
Miramonte Elementary, the largest public elementary school in the Los Angeles area, has been rocked in recent weeks by a scandal involving alleged inappropriate acts committed by teachers.
Capitol Hill terror suspect ensnared by US intelligence agencies
By Tom Carter, February 20, 2012
Amine El Khalifi was arrested in Washington, DC Friday after US intelligence operatives supplied him with a fake suicide vest and had him arrested.
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