The Writers Guild of America (WGA) secured a tentative agreement with the major Hollywood studios and streaming companies on September 24, ending its nearly five-month-long strike, reports Malik Miah.
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Members of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) are striking against major US-owned car manufacturers, as they negotiate for lost wages and conditions and job security in a radically changing industry, reports Malik Miah.
Cancer victim Henrietta Lacks’ family reached an out of court settlement with medical company Thermo Fisher Scientific on August 2, related to the unauthorised use of her cervical cancer cells, which have have been used in medical research since the 1950s, reports Malik Miah.
The death of a 16-year-old boy at a Wisconsin sawmill occurred as states are loosening 80-year-old child labour laws, aiming to bring in super exploitable child labour, especially in non-unionised industries, reports Malik Miah.
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Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) — representing 160,000 actors across the United States — went on strike on July 14, joining writers on the picket lines, reports Malik Miah.
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The United States Supreme Court upheld, on June 30, a century-old Mississippi law used during the “Jim Crow” segregationist era to deny Black people in the state the right to vote, reports Malik Miah.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Washington DC on June 21, reports Malik Miah, receiving a royal welcome despite his right-wing, anti-Muslim and anti-democratic policies.
Secret United States government documents leaked onto social media platform Discord reveal how the US and its military is striving to reestablish hegemony — targeting adversaries and pressuring allies, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
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The train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, highlighted safety regulation failures, indifference and anti-union bias, writes Malik Miah.
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Malik Miah asks what this latest cop killing says about policing and why abolition is the only answer.
It took a mass civil rights movement to end legal racial segregation in the United States, writes Malik Miah. The same must happen to abolish policing and the corrupt criminal “justice” system.
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Malik Miah reviews His Name is George Floyd, a new book that places George Perry Floyd Jnr’s life and death at the hands of police in the context of the racial history of the United States.
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The United States House of Representatives passed legislation on November 30 to block a national rail strike planned for December 9, reports Malik Miah.
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The family of Porter Burks, a young Black man from Detroit, Michigan, who was shot dead by cops, is demanding justice, reports Malik Miah.
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The European far right are seeking to capitalise on the crises resulting from Russia’s war on Ukraine to mobilise support, argue Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
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Racism is so deep in the US military, that 21-year-old white supremacist and soldier Killian Ryan was arrested and discharged from the Army for lying on a form, but his threats to kill Black people were seemingly overlooked, reports Malik Miah.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed two top government officials on July 17, for allegedly “turning a blind eye” to “traitors” in their agencies, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard. But what does this represent and where will this purge end?
Four Kentucky police officers have been arrested and charged over the shooting death of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, following a two-year campaign, reports Malik Miah.
Nearly two months after the May 24 shooting in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, part of the truth has been released, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
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The United States Supreme Court ruling on June 29 represents a major setback to First Nations peoples’ legal rights. Malik Miah reports.
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Every Black person knows the double standards in policing and the legal system, writes Malik Miah.
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On the heels of its decision to overturn 50 years of abortion rights and blunt the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Supreme Court has announced it will take up a case that could upend the country’s electoral laws, reports Malik Miah.
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In a 6‒3 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled on June 30 against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
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The decision by the right-wing of the US Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs Wade is a direct attack on a woman’s right to control her own body, write Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
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The mass shooting of students and teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas has brought the issue of gun control and racism to the world’s attention again, reports Malik Miah.
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The cause of the Buffalo killings is the deep racism endemic in the US, rooted in slavery and the white justification of a false view of inferiority of Black people, writes Malik Miah.
The stake for Black women and the working class in the fight for abortion rights and to become equal and full citizens is existential, writes Malik Miah.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as the 116th justice of the Supreme Court on April 7, reports Malik Miah. While a victory, racism remains central to politics in the US.
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The cop who fatally shot Amir Locke during a predawn, “no-knock” raid in February, will not face charges, reports Malik Miah.
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