In one of the widely circulated cellphone videos of the killing of Mario Woods by San Francisco police in December, you can hear the young girl filming his death screaming. "Are you fucking serious?" she shrieks over and over at the crowd of cops encircling the young black man. According to police, Woods had refused... Read More

The drumbeat of “good news” has been steady these past few months: the American economy is inrecovery. Consumer confidence is up. Manufacturing is expanding. There are signs the housing market is on the "verge of a rebound." In April, the unemployment rate dropped to 6.3% -- the lowest it's been since President Barack Obama took... Read More

Before November 2012, fast-food workers in America had never gone on strike. There was a good reason for that. Many burger-flippers were teenagers in need of a few extra bucks, and thanks to high turnover in the industry, most workers didn't have to stay long in those poverty-wage jobs. After the economic meltdown of 2007-2008... Read More