North America
Thousands march through New York City as Israel invades Gaza
By a reporting team, January 5, 2009
Thousands marched Saturday through New York City, rallying outside the Israeli consulate just as the ground assault on Gaza began.
Most job losses in US last year since 1945, with more to come
By David Walsh, January 5, 2009
Economists are estimating that the US lost 2.4 million jobs in 2008, which would be the most lost in any year since the end of World War II. Other analysts are predicting the elimination of as many or...
Six die in New Year’s Day house fire in Washington DC
By Kate Randall, January 3, 2009
Six people died in a New Year’s Day house fire in Washington DC. Authorities suspect “a catastrophic electrical failure” as the cause of the blaze.
Protest in Dearborn, Michigan denounces Israeli attack on Gaza
By Tom Eley, December 31, 2008
A protest against the Israeli attack on Gaza attracted approximately 5,000 people in Dearborn, Michigan. The demonstration marked a spontaneous and largely independent outpouring of anger against the ...
Canada’s ‘newspaper of record’ calls for Canada to wage Afghan war beyond 2011
By John Mackay, December 31, 2008
The Globe and Mail is mounting a campaign for the country’s political elite to once again defy public sentiment and extend the Canadian Armed Forces’ intervention in Afghanistan beyond the current...
US: Economic stress drives rise in child abuse and domestic violence
By Kate Randall, December 30, 2008
Social service agencies across the US are seeing growing numbers of domestic violence and child abuse cases as the economic crisis deepens.
US: Homelessness on the rise in San Francisco
By Marge Holland, December 29, 2008
Local charities in the San Francisco Bay Area are seeing a sharp increase in those without shelter or food, as well as a change in the composition of the needy.
House fire in Philadelphia kills seven
By Naomi Spencer, December 29, 2008
An intense house blaze has claimed seven lives in a working class neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Rates of hospital-acquired infection rising in Canada
By John MacKay, December 29, 2008
A study, based on a survey of Canadian hospitals, has found that hospital-acquired infection rates continue to rise and that for want of funding, infection-control programs continue to fall well short...
California: Budget crisis hits state employees with layoffs, unpaid furloughs
By D. Lencho and Dan Conway, December 27, 2008
California’s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has used the state’s budget crisis as justification for ruthless attacks on state employees, including layoffs and unpaid furloughs.
Canadian Auto Workers union embraces “bailout” and further concessions
By Keith Jones, December 24, 2008
The leadership of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union has welcomed last week’s twin auto bailouts—that announced by the Bush administration and the “Canadian” bailout mounted by the federal ...
GM closes plants in Wisconsin and Ohio
By Jerry White, December 24, 2008
Tuesday was the last day of work for 2,200 General Motors workers at the Janesville, Wisconsin plant and for 1,100 workers at the GM plant in Moraine, Ohio.
