America's Brutal Society
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.
Hunger mounts in the US
By Tom Eley, December 20, 2008
As the economic crisis deepens, its human toll is becoming more evident. A new survey of food charities in the United States has revealed a dramatic increase in hunger.
Hunger and homelessness grow across US cities
By Oliver Richards, December 18, 2008
Both the number of homeless and the demand for emergency food assistance have increased substantially in US cities, according to the findings of the most recent survey from the US Conference of Mayors...
The rise and fall of Highland Park, Michigan
December 6, 2008
The WSWS interviews Kurt Metzger, Director of the Detroit Area Community Indicators System, about the rise and decline of Highland Park, Michigan.
Thousands mourn Detroit Firefighter
November 25, 2008
Thousands of firefighters from across the United States and Canada joined family members and many concerned residents of Detroit last Friday, November 21, to mourn the death of Walter Harris a much-lo...
Death of Detroit firefighter: victim of a city’s social decay
By Lawrence Porter, November 25, 2008
On Friday, November 21, a funeral service attended by close to 3,000 people was held for Detroit firefighter Walter Harris, who died fighting a fire in an abandoned home on the city’s east side.
WSWS speaks with family members of Michigan fire victims
By the, November 1, 2008
WSWS reporter D'Artagnan Collier spoke to family members and a teacher of one of the victims of the fire in Highland Park, Michigan which killed four people on Wednesday, October 22.
Detroit residents denounce social decay in fire deaths
October 30, 2008
The following video is part of a series by the World Socialist Web Site reporters on the dire social conditions prevailing former auto production centers in Detroit.
US federal appeals court stays Troy Davis execution
By Kate Randall, October 25, 2008
A federal appeals court in Atlanta, Georgia issued a stay of execution on Friday for death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis.
US Supreme Court denies Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeal for new trial
By Hiram Lee, October 20, 2008
The US Supreme Court has denied Mumia Abu-Jamal's appeal for a new trial. A well-respected journalist and political activist, Abu-Jamal was convicted in 1982 of murdering Philadelphia police officer D...
US Supreme Court clears way for execution of likely innocent death row inmate
By Kate Randall, October 16, 2008
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear the appeal of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis. The case against Davis, convicted in the 1989 killing of an off-duty Savannah police office, has gain...
