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14 October 2008
Fires
claim lives of seven in New York City
13 October 2008
Hard winter ahead
US heating and power costs to rise, utility cutoffs to follow
11 October 2008
Widespread
public support for teachers strike in Detroit, Michigan, suburb
6 October 2008
In the eye of the storm
New York City workers condemn Wall Street bailout
27 September 2008
California:
foreclosures and homeless on the rise
24 September 2008
As economic crisis deepens, rich get richer
Forbes publishes list of 400 wealthiest Americans
18 September 2008
US:
Unemployment and poverty grip New York State
Victims blamed in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike
15 September 2008
Texas
hit hard by Hurricane Ike
4 September 2008
High
fuel prices impoverish New York City taxi drivers
3 September 2008
US
Gulf Coast deals with aftermath of Hurricane Gustav
1 September 2008
Hurricane
Gustav threatens New Orleans, Gulf Coast
30 August 2008
Three
years since Hurricane Katrina
27 August 2008
Census
report shows rising poverty in US
4 August 2008
The
politics of community service in the US
28 July 2008
Bush
administration seeking to block regulation of workplace toxins
25 July 2008
San
Diego, CA: "America's Finest City" not immune to social
crisis
24 July 2008
Bridge
collapse at Indiana casino construction site injures workers
23 July 2008
Bush:
'Human life is precious'--EPA: 'Less than you might think'
21 July 2008
Four
workers dead in Texas crane disaster
19 July 2008
“Measure of America” report documents social
decay of the United States
US ranks 42nd in life expectancy
18 July 2008
"Equality is not good"
Barney Frank and the putrefaction of American liberalism
9 July 2008
Chicago
families face mounting economic hardship
4 July 2008
New
York court dismisses case against former stock exchange head
25 June 2008
US
housing figures and other data: A picture of rapidly growing
social misery
23 June 2008
Flooding
in US Midwest: A disaster created by capitalism
23 June 2008
21 June 2008
20 June 2008
19 June 2008
New
York City spends $2 billion on stadiums while slashing public
funds
18 June 2008
US:
Officials warn of more levee breaks as Midwest flooding spreads
17 June 2008
US:
CEO pay sets new record as economy tanks
16 June 2008
Kids Count report
Living conditions worsen for US children
14 June 2008
US:
Heavy flood damage as rivers rise in upper Midwest
Six workers killed in construction of Las Vegas "CityCemetery"
9 June 2008
US:
FEMA trailers caused at least 17,000 illnesses among Katrina
survivors
6 June 2008
Record
numbers using food stamps in Ohio, Michigan
29 May 2008
Sharp
increase in mental illness among US troops during 2007
13 May 2008
More
than 20 killed as tornadoes strike the southern US
17 April 2008
In
midst of recession, multi-billion-dollar paydays for US hedge
fund managers
10 April 2008
Despite
spreading recession, US CEOs rake in huge pay raises
7 April 2008
Ten die in western Pennsylvania house fire Gas
had been cut off since May 2005
Hundreds of homeless forcibly evicted from Southern
California refuge
2 April 2008
US
food stamp use projected to swell to record levels
27 March 2008
Washington
again forecasts ruin for Medicare and Social Security
26 March 2008
Social
inequality leads to gap in US life expectancy
25 March 2008
New
York's premier library to be renamed for billionaire Wall Street
speculator
21 March 2008
Widespread
flooding hits the US Midwest
13 March 2008
New
York City crane collapse kills at least four
10 March 2008
Suicide
rate at 25-year high for middle-aged Americans
7 March 2008
America's
"Fortunate 400" control vast wealth
19 February 2008
Largest
beef recall in US history reveals compromised food supply
13 February 2008
Recent
tornadoes in the Southern US: both a natural and social disaster
9 February 2008
US:
Six dead, dozens injured in Georgia sugar plant explosion
7 February 2008
Tornadoes
kill at least 54 in Southern US states
1 February 2008
On the French Riviera
Top West Virginia judge vacations with coal boss appealing legal
verdict
18 January 2008
US:
Oregon refunds over a billion tax dollars while programs suffer
17 January 2008
Kentucky
faces budgetary crisis, shortfall in state pension funds
5 January 2008
US
poor and uninsured suffer substantially worse health outcomes
3 January 2007
New
York City: With hunger on the rise, food banks supplies running
low
29 December 2007
US
mayors' report: Hunger and homelessness intensify in US cities
27 December 2007
Record
Christmas bonuses on Wall Street
20 December 2007
Record
inequality in the US: Billions for Wall Street bosses as workers'
share of income shrinks
15 December 2007
US:
Baseball steroid report--reflection of a diseased social order
13 December 2007
Ice
storm leaves half million without power in Central US
8 December 2007
Food
prices rise, living standards fall for US families
7 December 2007
Collapse
of California's housing market reveals underlying social inequality
26 November 2007
The filthy rich: Forbes lists America's top
400 for 2007
20 November 2007
On eve of Thanksgiving holiday
Food banks running out of supplies in Detroit
US veteran population: a mounting social catastrophe
19 November 2007
Student
volunteers and the Katrina recovery: Some reflections after visiting
New Orleans
13 November 2007
Poor
planning compounds problems as drought plagues Southeast US
7 November 2007
Majority
of Southern US public school students are poor
6 November 2007
US
consumer safety head opposes strengthening agency's powers
1 November 2007
"Big
Tobacco" cuts arts funding in New York City
29 October 2007
One-third
of Americans live with "extreme stress"
16 October 2007
Social
inequality in US hits new record
4 October 2007
Five
dead in Colorado hydroelectric plant fire
18 September 2007
Closing
of Monroe, Michigan, factory marks the end of a way of life
7 September 2007
Top
US hedge fund managers earn 22,255 times pay of average worker
6 September 2007
New York's Deutsche Bank fire deaths
Scapegoating of firefighters exposes official corruption and
hypocrisy
31 August 2007
New Orleans: a scene of devastation and blight
Hurricane Katrina two years on--Part 2
30 August 2007
US
census report shows falling earnings, rise in uninsured
29 August 2007
Hurricane Katrina two years on
Part 1: New Orleans--A city in social and economic distress
28 August 2007
Ohio
floods: another example of America's failing infrastructure
27 August 2007
Recent
tax data shows widening gap between rich and poor in US
21 August 2007
Flooding
displaces thousands in US Midwest
20 July 2007
New
York City: steam pipe blast kills 1, injures dozens
13 July 2007
"From
the streets to the suites": NAACP holds annual convention
in Detroit
6 July 2007
Record
flooding forces thousands to evacuate in central US
29 June 2007
US:
Northwest Airlines cancels flights amid pilot shortage
21 June 2007
US:
Nine firefighters perish in warehouse fire in Charleston South
Carolina
16 June 2007
Deadly
fire kills five children in Pittsburgh home
11 June 2007
US:
CEO pay climbs to "stratospheric heights"
1 June 2007
Michigan Democrats, Republicans agree on deep cuts
Massive deficit still looms
26 May 2007
Poverty,
dilapidated housing behind rash of deadly fires in US cities
22 May 2007
Mother
three children perish in Detroit house fire
Detroit-area hospital shake-up fueled by drive for
profit
16 May 2007
Pizza for the homeless
US: Condemned man's last request denied by state, realized by
public
12 May 2007
Michigan
Democrats prepare to slash social spending
11 May 2007
After
the storm: a New Jersey town struggles to recover
9 May 2007
Kansas
tornado recovery hampered by dispatch of National Guard to Iraq
3 May 2007
Two
New York City transit workers killed in less than a week
Infant mortality rates rising in US
Southern states hardest hit
23 April 2007
Study
details US junk food industry's targeting of youth through TV
ads
30 March 2007
2005
US income figures: top 10 percent had largest share of national
wealth since 1928
19 March 2007
Homeless
in the US: Underfunded and brutalized
16 March 2007
Mass
outpouring of support for victims of New York City fire
12 March 2007
Grief,
shock and anger over New York fire that killed 10
New Yorkers speak out about Bronx House Fire:
"It's like the devil is running the country."
9 March 2007
New
York City fire tragedy kills eight children, one adult
5 March 2007
US
severe poverty highest in three decades
2 March 2007
The
JetBlue fiasco: Private profit vs. the public interest
23 February 2007
Seven
die in Pennsylvania house fire
13 February 2007
Police
stops skyrocket in New York City
12 February 2007
"It's
lonely out in space ": The desperate astronaut and the unreality
of official American life
10 February 2007
Lack of affordable housing has deadly consequences
Tornado strike kills 20 in Central Florida
8 February 2007
US
Federal Reserve chairman issues warning on social inequality
5 February 2007
Safety improvements stall since Sago disaster
New year begins with more coal miners' deaths in US
1 February 2007
Deadly
house fire in Petersburg, Virginia: the human cost of social
inequality
22 January 2007
The
Gates Foundation and the rise of "free market" philanthropy
22 December 2006
Christmas cheer for Wall Street executives Goldman Sachs boss gets $53.4 million bonus
19 December 2006
Wall
Street awards itself billions in Christmas bonuses
12 December 2006
60 million Americans living on less than $7 a day
US income figures show staggering rise in social inequality
6 December 2006
A Christmas disaster for Illinois households
Illinois Democratic Party allows January 1 power rate increase
29 November 2006
Demise
of US rail system highlighted by DC-area bridge fault
6 November 2006
The
slide into poverty--an increasing likelihood for workers in Detroit's
suburbs
2 November 2006
Another five US coal mine deaths in October
Bush appoints mine safety head during Senate recess
16 October 2006
"A nine-figure fortune won't get you much mention
these days"
Forbes publishes list of 400 richest Americans
9 October 2006
Home
foreclosures soar in US
6 October 2006
Sale
of New York City housing complex highlights social polarization
15 September 2006
US:
Defense and oil company executives reap windfalls from Iraq war
6 September 2006
Letter
from a Mississippi resident on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
5 September 2006
US:
Chicago fire kills six children
5 July 2006
Job
slashing at Heinz Foods and the role of private equity firms
in corporate restructuring
2 August 2006
Letters
on the Queens and St. Louis blackouts
28 July 2006
US: FEMA slashes emergency assistance for future disaster
victims
Family payments to be cut from $2,000 to $500
26 July 2006
Power
grid fails in face of California heat wave
Record heat, violent storms beleaguer US cities
150,000 in St. Louis still without power
25 July 2006
The
Queens blackout: the brutal human costs of Con Ed's drive for
profit
22 July 2006
Doctor
and nurses arrested in Katrina-related deaths
20 July 2006
Bush
administration sells off public forests to energy companies
30 June 2006
Letters
on Warren Buffett's philanthropy
27 June 2006
The
philanthropy of Warren Buffett
9 June 2006
US
Senate majority backs windfall for the rich through repeal of
estate tax
3 June 2006
Families
of coal miners killed in Kentucky disaster protest exclusion
from hearing
24 May 2006
Lack
of oxygen supplies killed three in Kentucky mine disaster
23 May 2006
Independent panel report on Hurricane Katrina
Cost-cutting and poor planning behind New Orleans levee failures
22 May 2006
Slaughter in US coal industry continues Five miners killed in Kentucky explosion
20 May 2006
Reports
expose myth of upward social mobility in US
10 May 2006
West
Virginia hearing continues cover-up of Sago Mine disaster
Relative of Sago miner, rescuer denounce whitewash
6 May 2006
Corporate America's best and brightest:
The "unwritten rules" of Raytheon's William Swanson
3 May 2006
Washington
renews demand for cuts to Social Security, Medicare
2 May 2006
Life
and work in a UK care home
1 May 2006
Rent
hikes to hit New York public housing tenants
24 April 2006
Pension
cuts and inequality wiping out retirement for American workers
19 April 2006
The
very rich in America: "The kind of money you cannot comprehend"
15 April 2006
Detroit
mayor demands city's poor foot bill for garbage pick-up
12 April 2006
CEO
pay in US continues its relentless climb in 2005
31 March 2006
US:
Plan to drive homeless out of downtown Richmond, Virginia
28 March 2006
US
home foreclosures on the rise
21 March 2006
Bush
administration refuses to collect penalties for mine safety violations
20 March 2006
Attack on public housing tenants
New York to impose fees on poor to cover budget deficit
15 March 2006
Kentucky
mine operators gear up for a coal revival
10 March 2006
National
Day Labor Study exposes exploitation of day laborers
9 March 2006
Hunger
in America: 25 million depend on emergency food aid
Deregulation of coal industry behind fatal accidents
in US mines
2 March 2006
Federal
Reserve report documents widening inequality in US
25 February 2006
Bush
administration shields corporations from safety rules, lawsuits
24 February 2006
Financial Times columnist
warns about social inequality in US
13 February 2006
Billionaire
investor demands General Motors slash jobs, health care, pensions
30 January 2006
Diabetes
in the US: a social epidemic
16 January 2006
US
living standards in 2005 continued downward trend
13 January 2006
Wall
Street grabs $21.5 billion in bonuses
3 January 2006
West
Virginia explosion traps 13 coal miners
23 December 2005
Christmas in New York
Billions in bonuses for Wall Street execs; mayor denounces "selfish"
transit workers
14 December 2005
Three
months after the Katrina disaster: New Orleans left for dead
1 December 2005
Staggering
death rate for youth in Chicago juvenile justice system
30 November 2005
50,000
Katrina evacuees without permanent housing FEMA to stop paying
hotel bills
One earthquake could leave two-thirds of Californians
without drinking water
24 November 2005
Report:
Steep decline in Illinois workers' income
10 November 2005
As
jobs and wages decline Wall Street bonuses expected to soar again
in 2005
9 November 2005
St.
Louis: 'urban revitalization' targets the homeless
8 November 2005
Tornado
kills 22 in US Midwest
22 October 2005
US
auto union goes to court against its own members
17 October 2005
Los
Angeles: city of the stars becomes US homeless capital
14 October 2005
Social
inequality reaches new heights in California
5 October 2005
Home
heating costs to break records in US
2 September 2005
One-third
of Detroit's population lives below poverty line
1 September 2005
A
million more Americans living in poverty
Studies link CEO compensation to fraud, mismanagement
13 August 2005
More
US children in poverty and poor health
26 July 2005
Homeless
die in Arizona heat wave
20 July 2005
A
tale of two classes
16 July 2005
Hunger
in California's Central Valley: rising poverty in leading food-producing
region
American Samoa: factory owner jailed for 40 years
over "human trafficking"
4 July 2005
Atlanta
officials continue campaign against the homeless
27 June 2005
Supreme
Court upholds government land grabs for developers
15 June 2005
Bush
administration begins to privatize the skies
14 June 2005
US:
Five children killed in Philadelphia house fire
9 June 2005
Highest
Wall Street pay tops $1 billion a year
8 June 2005
Record
number of US millionaires
1 June 2005
US
child poverty on the rise--statistics mask depth of crisis
21 May 2005
The
two Americas: Ronald Perelman's $1.45 billion and the fate of
Sunbeam's workers
12 May 2005
CEOs paid to live in second homes as: Bush administration slashes funds for public housing
9 May 2005
US:
Kentucky Derby--'high rollers' and social misery
19 April 2005
Detroit borrows $1.2 billion from Wall Street
US cities face crushing debt burden
14 April 2005
The
orgy continues: American CEOs pocket billions more in pay and
perks
No pension crisis for US corporate bosses
6 April 2005
Nevada: Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository stalled
Government altered data on environmental dangers
31 March 2005
Reality
television and the American reality that produces it
25 March 2005
Deadly
explosion at Texas oil refinery part of a broader pattern
22 March 2005
The
dysfunctional society: US billionaires on the rise--roads, bridges
in decay
17 March 2005
The
media, the entertainment industry and Michael Jackson
8 March 2005
US:
bonuses for CEOs soared in 2004
26 February 2005
Town
hall meeting on Social Security: Michigan Democrat seeks to contain
popular anger
10 February 2005
Poor,
distraught and desperate: Oregon man threatens suicide on floor
of state Senate
4 February 2005
New
York subway fire exposes city's social and political crises
2 February 2005
Detroit
mayor rides in luxury as city decays
28 January 2005
Eleven
dead in southern California train derailment
27 January 2005
Two
reports expose social conditions in Oregon
24 December 2004
Louisville,
Kentucky: sharp rise in emergency food requests
20 December 2004
US:
federal pension insurance program edges toward bankruptcy
17 December 2004
Hungry
and homeless ranks swell in US cities
16 December 2004
A
New York City parable: Pale Male, the red-tailed hawk
15 December 2004
Letters
on "The Scott Peterson case: a new American tragedy"
11 December 2004
The
Scott Peterson case: a new American tragedy
6 December 2004
Study
details economic distress facing Oregon workers
3 December 2004
America's
super-rich look forward to a merry Christmas
3 November 2004
As
Oregon's economy "recovers," hundreds of thousands
go hungry
20 October 2004
Greyhound
bus lines: stranding America's poor in pursuit of profits
28 September 2004
Democrats
back fourth Bush tax cut for wealthy, business
31 August 2004
US
census figures show rise in poverty, uninsured
3 August 2004
US:
record numbers in prison and on parole
14 July 2004
Bill
Cosby blames parents for US society's ills
10 July 2004
Supreme
Court gives HMOs immunity from damage suits
8 July 2004
Summer
job prospects for US teenagers worst in 58 years
15 June 2004
New
York City: Second immigrant construction worker killed in two
weeks
28 May 2004
New
York City: Immigrant worker killed in construction collapse
26 May 2004
Huge
rise in prisoners serving life sentences in the US
13 May 2004
US
prison boom creates an Orwellian world
30 April 2004
Baby, adoptive parents dead
The social roots of a Detroit tragedy
1 April 2004
Pay
soars for Wall Street CEOs
13 February 2004
Oregon
faces deep cuts in schools, health and safety
Anatomy of a fraudulent "grassroots" campaign:
Citizens for a Sound Economy in Oregon
5 February 2004
Hypocrisy
and right-wing politics fuel furor over Super Bowl episode
3 February 2004
Poisoning for profit: Book exposes US corporate cover-up
of toxic pollution
Part 2
2 February 2004
US:
Homeless die in frigid weather
Poisoning for profit: Book exposes US corporate cover-up
of toxic pollution
Part 1
7 January 2004
Nearly
half of New York City's homeless are children
27 December 2003
Behind the economic "recovery"
Hunger and homelessness in US continue to rise in 2003
11 December 2003
New
York City seeks to limit liability in Staten Island ferry disaster
3 December 2003
Letters
on the Michael Jackson case
1 December 2003
Michael
Jackson's tragedy
The Michael Jackson case: the New York Times
piles on
26 November 2003
On
"State scapegoats parents, workers in New Jersey child welfare
scandal"
18 November 2003
US:
State scapegoats parents, workers in New Jersey child welfare
scandal
8 November 2003
Michigan:
Two construction workers killed when crane hits electrical wire
5 November 2003
Atlantic
City, New Jersey: 4 workers killed, 21 injured in construction
collapse
New York City officials scapegoat captain in Staten
Island ferry disaster
29 October 2003
17,000
violent deaths in Detroit--the social meaning of a horrifying
statistic
Hunger deepens in the Northwest US
28 October 2003
Criminalizing the victim
New York City: Children die in house fire, mother charged for
being at work
18 October 2003
When
baseball turns ugly--Chicago Cubs fan vilified following ballpark
incident
30 September 2003
NYSE's $188 million man forced out
Grasso and Wall Street's "governance" crisis
25 September 2003
US:
Millions still without power a week after Hurricane Isabel
22 September 2003
Studies
document housing disaster for millions in US
13 September 2003
US:
More than 1 million more in poverty in 2002
9 September 2003
$140
million cash payout for New York Stock Exchange CEO
14 August 2003
An
American city: Benton Harbor and the social crisis in the United
States
Class, race and the social problems in Benton Harbor:
interviews with city residents
13 August 2003
Growing
national "pushout" crisis US "school reform"
throws students into the street
9 August 2003
Pontiac
Michigan: Immigrant mother and five children perish in house
fire
29 July 2003
Bush
attack on overtime pay passes House
15 July 2003
Rally
against police brutality held in Benton Harbor, Michigan
12 July 2003
Benton Harbor, Michigan: A socialist strategy to oppose
police brutality and inequality
Statement of the WSWS and Socialist Equality Party
11 July 2003
One
week in America: workplace shootings, murder-suicides, killing
spree plot
21 June 2003
Ten years since the Mack Avenue fire
Housing crisis deepens in Detroit
19 June 2003
Rioting
in Michigan town exposes social tensions
One-third of US children born in 2000 at risk for
diabetes
4 June 2003
Two
police killings underscore class tensions in New York City
3 June 2003
US:
CEO pay continued upward spiral in 2002
28 May 2003
Court
ruling on fare hikes exposes New York's class divide
7 May 2003
Record
number of US children in extreme poverty
26 April 2003
CEO resigns over secret executive pay deal
American Airlines unions push through concessions after change
at top
11 March 2003
New
York transit management raises fares
26 February 2003
US:
Bethlehem Steel to terminate health and insurance benefits for
95,000 retirees
25 February 2003
Corruption and greed in the name of "civil rights"
Jesse Jackson and the Chicago dance club tragedy
15 February 2003
"We are not animals, we are human beings":
Record numbers swamp New York City's homeless shelters
5 February 2003
Homeless,
poor freeze in US cold wave
Financial crisis staggers California
Governor outlines draconian budget cuts
25 January 2003
Coal
mine explosion kills three in West Virginia
US Senate upholds Bush aid to air polluters
15 January 2003
Bush
tax cut provides billions for the wealthy
3 January 2003
New
US pension rules to cut benefits for millions of retirees
31 December 2002
Los
Angeles businesses press for expulsion of downtown homeless
7 December 2002
US
home foreclosures hit highest level in 30 years
27 November 2002
Two
New York City transit workers killed in 72 hours
2 November 2002
Unemployment
benefits running out for over 3 million US jobless
14 September 2002
Alabama
miner speaks on 2001 explosion that claimed 13 lives
13 September 2002
September
11--exploiting grief to prepare for war
22 August 2002
Media silence on background to the Pennsylvania mine
disaster
Occupational hazards kill thousands of US workers every year
14 August 2002
US
welfare "reform" forces more children to separate from
their parents
13 August 2002
Youth
commits suicide in New York City homeless shelter
13 July 2002
Southern
California: record poverty and industrial decay
12 July 2002
Millions of poor US families face utility shutoffs
"We live in America ...but it's like a Third World country"
3 July 2002
New
York court defends inferior education for working class youth
13 June 2002
US
welfare bill attacks the poor
8 June 2002
Two decades of rising inequality
Recession intensifies social polarization in the US
3 June 2002
Death on the tracks
New Jersey couple's suicide highlights failure of US "drug
war"
13 May 2002
Pensions benefits slashed for US workers
Companies channel retirement funds into the stock market
11 May 2002
Recession
and welfare reform increase hunger in US
10 May 2002
Enron
defrauded California out of billions during energy crisis
29 April 2002
Budget gap grows to $5 billion
New York City mayor wants even bigger cuts
22 April 2002
American
college students graduate with record levels of debt
6 March 2002
Appeals
court overturns New York police torture convictions
27 February 2002
New
York City mayor slashes public services
11 February 2002
Deaths
in US capital highlight homelessness crisis
14 January 2002
US
Supreme Court ruling limits disabled workers' rights
3 December 2001
Millions
hungry in US
29 November 2001
Hunger
and homelessness on the rise in New York
26 November 2001
One
in three jobless workers in US lack health insurance
9 November 2001
Income
report highlights vast inequality in the US
30 October 2001
Five workers killed in New York City construction
accident
Mayoral candidate's brother accused of safety violations
23 October 2001
Crisis
facing immigrant workers in New York exacerbated by attacks
28 September 2001
State
of emergency declared after acquittal of Cincinnati cop who shot
youth
27 September 2001
Alabama
mine blast kills thirteen
31 August 2001
"Ending
welfare as we know it" spells poverty for millions of America's
working poor
24 August 2001
Eight
million removed from US welfare rolls since 1993
13 August 2001
Homelessness
skyrockets in New York
10 August 2001
The
NFL meat grinder: US pro football player dies in training camp
3 August 2001
Another
Florida teenager receives harsh adult prison sentence
13 July 2001
Reports
highlight inequality and insecurity in America
6 July 2001
14-year-old
dies in Arizona, latest casualty of "boot camps"
5 July 2001
The
Cincinnati riots and the housing crisis in the US
Homeless advocates discuss shortage of affordable
housing in Cincinnati
2 July 2001
Texas
mother drowns children: Andrea Yates and "family values"
26 June 2001
The Cincinnati riots: social inequality in the Queen
City
Part two of a series
15 June 2001
Oregon
welfare applicants told to dig through trash to save money
9 June 2001
Five
homeless people froze to death in US capital last winter
26 May 2001
Fallout
from energy deregulation continues: Californians hit by sharp
rise in electricity rates
24 May 2001
The Cincinnati riots and the class divide in America
Part 1: gentrification and police repression
University of Cincinnati sociologists describe conditions
that triggered recent riots
8 May 2001
Proposed
cutbacks at the Smithsonian research center in Virginia provoke
protests by scientists
5 May 2001
US
regulatory commission sanctions profit-gouging by energy suppliers
to California
2 May 2001
Bonanza
for US top executives continues despite falling corporate profits
11 April 2001
Internal
Revenue report: fewer rich Americans are paying taxes
10 April 2001
Another
Detroit shopper killed in confrontation with security guard
29 March 2001
California
to hike electricity rates by 40 percent
New York: Forced labor program for tenants
14 March 2001
Rolling blackouts continue
in US's largest state
What underlies the energy crisis in California?
14 March 2001
US
has highest childhood poverty rate of industrialized countries
Reports document the impact of US welfare reform
13 March 2001
Bush
tax cut campaign piles lie upon lie
How Bush's tax cut plan favors the rich
28 February 2001
US
executive compensation rose 16 percent in 2000
22 February 2001
New
York City homelessness at highest level in more than a decade
13 February 2001
California
energy crisis continues as state moves to bail out utility firms
12 February 2001
Pontiac,
Michigan shelter to close emergency center
30 January 2001
Pontiac,
Michigan police raid homeless shelter
18 January 2001
Blackouts
hit California as energy crisis deepens
The case of Battery Park City
How New York politicians scuttled plans for low-cost housing
15 January 2001
US
families forced off welfare face struggle for basic necessities
12 January 2001
Another
result of deregulation: natural gas prices soar in the US
8 January 2001
House
fire in Delaware claims the lives of 11 members of one family
28 December 2000
Edison threatens blackouts
Electrical utilities hold California hostage
27 December 2000
US
mayors report increasing hunger and homelessness in American
cities
18 December 2000
Detroit house fire claims three more lives
Defective fire hydrants hamper rescue efforts
6 December 2000
Six
children die in Detroit house fire: faulty fire-fighting equipment
sent to scene of blaze
27 October 2000
Study
finds largest US corporations avoiding billions in taxes
11 September 2000
"Housing a Growing City"
Report documents modern mass homelessness in New York City--Part
2
9 September 2000
"Housing a Growing City"
Report documents modern mass homelessness in New York City--Part
1
26 August 2000
The
Firestone recall: new evidence implicates Firestone and Ford
in tire failures
16 August 2000
Democratic
convention highlights social divide in Los Angeles and America
11 August 2000
US
wildfires worst in 50 years
10 August 2000
US
federal probe into United Auto Workers extortion scheme
29 July 2000
US
Congress pushes tax windfalls for the wealthy
24 July 2000
Heroin
overdose deaths on the rise in the US
14 July 2000
Study
shows New York workfare program is eliminating union jobs
13 July 2000
Police,
media smear Detroit man killed by security guards
8 July 2000
Thousands
protest killing of Detroit man by mall security guards
Study shows how New York City cut its welfare rolls
5 July 2000
New study shows the results of US welfare "reform"
One third of Milwaukee, Wisconsin children growing up in working
poor families
17 June 2000
Detroit
blackout reveals crumbling infrastructure in US cities
14 June 2000
An
American tragedy born of poverty: the death of an unemployed
mother in Detroit
12 million young adults in the US lack health insurance
13 June 2000
US
House votes to eliminate inheritance tax
1 June 2000
Danger
signs ignored before fatal pier collapse in Philadelphia
24 May 2000
Suspended
Ohio middle school student crushed to death in homeless shelter
elevator
29 April 2000
US
states use welfare "reform" to finance tax breaks for
the wealthy
28 April 2000
Michigan
school shooting: a tragic consequence of US welfare "reform"
Half of US bankruptcies caused by medical problems,
new study finds
26 April 2000
Homelessness
in a Rocky Mountain Colorado city--a growing problem
25 April 2000
Census data show impact of Wall Street boom
Working poor on the increase in New York City
22 April 2000
Poor
in US more likely to face tax audits
11 April 2000
New
York welfare offices recruit potential strikebreakers
5 April 2000
Growing
crisis of affordable housing
for the poor in the US
3 April 2000
Leaked
CIA report says 50,000 sold into slavery in US every year
30 March 2000
Phillips
Petroleum plant explosion: the latest in a series of deadly accidents
at Houston facility
24 March 2000
Mental
illness and the American dream: Part 1 and Part
2
23 March 2000
New York denies asthma treatment to homeless children
Federal class action lawsuit filed
7 March 2000
California:
a case study in inequality
One dead, two missing in Virginia auto parts plant
explosion
25 February 2000
"Who
Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?": US television hits
bottom, for now
22 February 2000
The impact of social polarization in the US
Study shows higher cardiac death rates in major cities, rural
South
12 February 2000
Patients
and health care advocates in Michigan protest Medicaid cuts
9 February 2000
University
of Michigan study shows decline in net wealth for poor, minorities
in the US
7 February 2000
Mayor
Giuliani's budget targets New York City teachers, public employees
4 February 2000
OECD
study highlights widespread and persistent poverty in Europe
and America
2 February 2000
US
admits radiation exposure killed nuclear weapons workers
Suicide at Detroit casino--the human cost of legalized
gambling
26 January 2000
Clinton
panel rejects call for mandatory reporting of hospital errors
22 January 2000
Two
homeless men freeze to death in New York City
20 January 2000
US
welfare reform: behind the hype
19 January 2000
New
report documents growing social inequality in the US
12 January 2000
Poverty
and hunger worsen under US welfare reform
8 January 2000
Mercy
Hospital to close on Detroit's east side
21 December 1999
"Reform"
of US tax agency has led to decline in audits of the wealthy
16 December 1999
Two-tier
system in New York City parks
15 December 1999
The
Worcester fire and the social crisis in America
13 December 1999
Clinton
lectures the world on labor standards--but what is the state
of workers' rights in America?
11 December 1999
The Nathaniel Abraham case and the conditions facing
Michigan's children
"Here is this mother begging for assistance and no one
responds"
9 December 1999
Thousands
rally in defense of the homeless in New York
7 December 1999
Six die in Detroit house fire
Firefighters not equipped to cut through home's security bars
2 December 1999
US
Department of Agriculture report shows 10.5 million households
without adequate food
24 November 1999
New
York's mayor calls for police crackdown on the homeless
20 November 1999
Two examples of the social chasm in America
Fed raises interest rates, White House and Congress strike budget
deal
12 November 1999
Five
dead in Flint, Michigan nursing home blast
11 November 1999
Clinton's
photo-op against poverty
9 November 1999
Michigan
begins random drug testing of welfare recipients
30 October 1999
New
York City forces homeless to work or face eviction from shelters
19 October 1999
One-quarter
of New York City's population lives below the poverty threshold
7 October 1999
Census reports highlight inequality, stagnating living
standards
44 million Americans lack health insurance
New York City reports outbreak of West Nile virus
4 October 1999
US
agency charges New York City with violating civil rights of workfare
participants
28 September 1999
North
Carolina hurricane flooding-the manmade component of a natural
disaster
21 September 1999
A
New York story: different worlds for the children of the rich
and the poor
Workers poisoned for decades at Kentucky nuclear weapons
plant
10 September 1999
Further
evidence of the impact of welfare reform--2.7 million US children
living in extreme poverty
9 September 1999
Signs
of decay on America's Labor Day 1999
31 August 1999
US
bosses' pay is 400 times the average worker's
26 August 1999
Three
years of US welfare reform: hunger grows, poverty deepens
New York's asthma rates reveal social disparities
17 August 1999
Hot
nights in the city: New York City's environmental future
12 August 1999
Working
and poor in the United States
11 August 1999
The
number one task of US Congress: how to make the rich richer
31 July 1999
Casino
gambling in Detroit--low-wage jobs and illusions of striking
it rich
30 July 1999
US
Congress nears approval of $800 billion tax cut for the rich
29 July 1999
Poor
and elderly die in US heat wave
24 July 1999
The
death of JFK Jr. and the politics of celebrity
19 July 1999
Media
sensationalism and the Kennedy crash
15 July 1999
California
jury imposes record $4.9 billion fine in GM product liability
case
13 July 1999
Scores
die in US heat wave
10 July 1999
Clinton's
"anti-poverty" tour covers up deepening social polarization
3 July 1999
Clinton's
Medicare plan would undermine universal health insurance for
the elderly
Michigan to begin drug testing of welfare recipients
1 July 1999
Emergency
food providers say child hunger is rising in New York City
30 June 1999
The Forbes 200 list: billions for the privileged
few
23 June 1999
5.2
million young children in US growing up in poverty
2 June 1999
Clinton's
welfare reform has increased child poverty
22 May 1999
Young mother convicted of criminally negligent homicide
in her baby's death
New York authorities victimize the victim
21 May 1999
Wave
of charter bus accidents sheds light on lack of safety regulation
14 May 1999
New
figures show wider than ever pay gulf between US workers and
corporate executives
7 May 1999
The
manslaughter trial of a young New York mother--who are the real
criminals?
31 March 1999
New
York welfare policy claims a second infant's life
26 March 1999
Another
victim of welfare reform: 11-month-old baby dies in Pennsylvania
house fire
17 March 1999
Five million US families without safe and affordable
housing
Changes in housing law will impact the poor and elderly
10 March 1999
Protests
hit Pennsylvania welfare cuts: Thousands face benefits cutoff
as time limit expires
25 February 1999
New York City in the 1990s
Poverty rate soaring among children
10 February 1999
Hunger
and homelessness plague US working families
28 January 1999
US
Supreme Court overturns sampling in Census
23 January 1999
Detroit
Medical Center announces job cuts
22 January 1999
"Out
of Sight, Out of Mind?"
Report on the Criminalization of the homeless in the US
21 January 1999
The
worsening state of working America
20 January 1999
Pennsylvania mother charged in the fires deaths of
her four children
Housing conditions and welfare reform to blame
13 January 1999
Detroit
Medical Center announces job cuts
12 January 1999
Winter storm exposes social chasm in Detroit
City services at standstill one week later
6 January 1999
US
blizzard, cold wave hit the poor
31 December 1998
House
fires during the holidays kill scores of people acrosss the US
Detroit fire death toll at 79:
Blaze kills six children in Detroit working class neighborhood
Detroit firefighter speaks out: "All these kids
do not have to die."
24 December 1998
Detroit
firefighters lack equipment and manpower to adequately fight
fires
19 December 1998
San
Francisco's homeless dying at record rate
9 December 1998
Clinton
to back Social Security privatization
5 December 1998
Utility
shutoff leads to child's death in Detroit house fire
27 November 1998
New
York welfare policy claims an infant's life
28 October 1998
Further criminalization
of the poor in the US
Working class couple charged for the accidental deaths of their
children
16 October 1998
Report
documents growth of social antagonisms in America
William Finnegan's Cold New World:
Grim conditions facing young people in 1990s America
2 October 1998
US Department of Health and Human Services report
The prosperous live longer
29 September 1998
US
Senate bill tightens screws on debtors
1 August 1998
The
Powerball frenzy
and the American Dream
23 July 1998
Killer heat wave in southwest US
Death toll high among immigrants,
elderly
22 July 1998
National Center for Children
in Poverty reports:
One in four US children under six live in poverty
21 July 1998
A
whiff of fascism from New York City welfare chief
11 July 1998
IRS
overhaul will benefit US business and the rich
30 June 1998
Legal case exposes social
chasm in New York:
Immigrant workers sue Donald Trump
21 May 1998
Hospital
spurns dying youth
16 May 1998
Tens
of thousands of children
tried as adults in US
13 May 1998
Housing
in New York City:
a privilege for the rich
9 May 1998
The case of Nathaniel Abraham
Trial delayed as state appeals ruling
on murder confession
7 May 1998
Twelve-year-old faces
murder charges in the US:
The system puts one of its victims on trial
8 April 1998
Pay
soars 38 percent
for US corporate chiefs
28 March 1998
The man and the guinea pigs:
a New York City fable
14 March 1998
Hunger
on the rise in America
6 March 1998
Welfare cuts
increase hunger
and homelessness
25 February 1998
Five-year-old arrested in Florida
on felony charges
19 February 1998
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