The Supreme Court has confirmed the U.S. legal system's ongoing hypocrisyin the treatment of the Cuban Five. The court on June 15 made public a list ofwhat cases it will hear during its coming term—and the appeal of theCuban Five

It was a coup. Even the New York Times, one of the most influential andauthoritative voices of the ruling class in the United States, used this wordto describe how the Republican Party, with two disaffected Democrats, tried toseize control of

Thousands of Haitians from all over North America traveled to Miami June 5and 6 to spend hours paying tribute to Rev. Gérard Jean-Juste. They camefrom Orlando, Fla., Boston, New York, Washington, Chicago, Atlanta andMontreal.

Holding a banner calling for "Jobs & Human Needs, Freedom,Equality, Peace," a multinational group of women led a spirited marchthrough downtown Providence, R.I., on June 12 to the site of the NationalMayors Conference.

In Britain and Ireland it's called a redundancy and in South Africait's called a retrenchment, but a layoff by any other name is still alayoff. On June 11 the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa issued astatement announcing a

On May 7 and 8, African-American reporter Kathy Wray Coleman was tried inMunicipal Court in Cleveland on trumped-up charges of resisting arrest, sounding afalse alarm, disrupting court proceedings and aggravated disorderly conduct. Ajury found her not guilty on all except

The Tea Partiers are at it again. Having failed on tax day to mobilize"grassroots" support for cutting taxes on the wealthy, RushLimbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Newt Gingrich and company have found a newreason for existence. They're bound and determined