On Dec. 13 outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown commuted the death sentences of all 17 prisoners sentenced to be executed in the state. “I have long believed that justice is not advanced by taking a life, and the state should…
Thousands marched in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, Oct. 17, the latest in months of protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry amid Haiti’s deep political, economic and social crisis. With Washington’s backing, Henry became prime minister in July…
In a victory for South Carolina death row prisoners and opponents of the death penalty, Richmond County Court Judge Joselyn Newman issued an injunction Sept. 6 that bars the state from executing inmates by firing squad or the electric chair.…
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt ordered prison authorities to carry out the execution of death row prisoner James Coddington at the state penitentiary in McAlester Aug. 25. He did so after denying an Aug. 3 recommendation of clemency from the state…
NEW YORK — More than 30 years after he was convicted, Steven Lopez, the sixth co-defendant in a 1989 frame-up trial of five youth, who became known as the Central Park Five, was exonerated July 25 in the New York…
PHILADELPHIA — “You’re on the ballot! And good luck!” Larry Otter, the Socialist Workers Party’s lawyer in Pennsylvania, told Chris Hoeppner, the SWP candidate for U.S. Congress from the 3rd District, and the Militant Aug. 9. “Despite moves by state…
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania state authorities are laying the groundwork to deny ballot status for Chris Hoeppner, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Congress in Philadelphia’s 3rd District. A national effort is being launched by the SWP to prepare for…
Ignoring opposition by a united labor movement, the Ukrainian parliament is taking advantage of Moscow’s invasion and martial law conditions, which ban strikes and protests, to pass anti-labor laws long sought by the country’s bosses. Crafted by the capitalist government…
An unprecedented number of executions were set by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals July 1, looking to put to death 25 of the state’s 43 death-row prisoners starting this August through 2024, almost one death per month. Dates were…
Four teachers’ unions in Ghana, West Africa, went on strike July 4 after the government refused to pay teachers and nonteaching staff a cost-of-living allowance of at least 20% of their wages. Annual inflation in the country is now 27.6%.…
