The President of the United States has sent armed Federal Police agents into cities and threatens to send them across the country to suppres...

As protests continue to sweep Minneapolis and St. Paul over the police killing of George Floyd, police have arrested a significant numbe...

The Democratic Party Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, called for the National Guard to be deployed to the city. At the same time, Nation...

Essentia Health is far and away the largest employer in Duluth, MN. It’s sprawling main campus is a neighborhood unto itself, and its cli...

On May 25, an unarmed Black man, George Floyd , was murdered by Minneapolis cops. In a video shot by a bystander, Floyd is heard saying,...

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the meat industry hard in the United States. Ten thousand workers, who have to work shoulder to shoulder in ...

Protests continue to call for the reopening of the economy, with demonstrations in Michigan, Massachusetts, Texas, California, and other...

Early this week Tyson Foods announced it will be closing its meat processing plant in Madison, Nebraska indefiently due to a COVID-19 ou...

The current response of the cities and states to the corona crisis is not surprising. They are taking small initiatives to ameliorate th...

All eyes are on essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic, as individuals, companies and even the federal government make a poin...

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, parts of Africa, South East Asia, and the Middle East are facing another plague. A dangerous outb...

The Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is a massive facility. It boasts that all by itself it processes up t...

Since early April the Duluth Building Trades have been picketing the O’Reilly Auto Parts store on Hwy. 53 in Hermantown.   O’Reilly is bu...

An anti-quarantine protest organized by rightist groups in Michigan on April 15 drew a large crowd to the state capitol in Lansing. Waving ...

April 26 marks the 34th anniversary of Chernobyl, the worst nuclear disaster in history. By some estimates, the ruins of the Chernobyl reac...