U.S. role in assassination of Iranian scientist

The targeted assassination of top Iranian physicist and nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on Nov. 27, and Donald Trump’s immediate approving Tweet, confirm the determination of U.S. and Israeli rulers to sabotage every possible effort for peace or normalization of relations with Iran or the region. Iranians mourn Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Tehran, . . .

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Biden’s appointees aim to restore pre-2016 Washington

Even as #45 continues to bring lawsuits in a desperate attempt to reverse the vote that should eject him from the White House on Jan. 20, the government office controlling expenses released funds allowing President-elect Joe Biden to appoint staff and nominate officials.  Reps. Ilhan Omar and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez start . . .

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Philly Nurses Strike: ‘If nurses are out here, something is wrong in there’

In early November, members of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals (PASNAP) in four Philadelphia area hospitals voted to walk out if hospital administrators did not agree to their contract demands. The 2,500 nurses at Mercy Fitzgerald, St. Mary’s Medical Center, St. Christopher’s for Children and Albert . . .

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COVID-19 in Oregon: Prison laundry workers at greatest risk

Portland, Ore. In November, three Oregon prisons — Two Rivers, Salem, and Snake River — reported the state’s highest rate of workplace COVID-19 infections. Oregon prison laundry, 2017. By Oregon law, prisons are workplaces. All prisoners are forced to work a 40-hour week. On Nov. 23, Snake River reported 518 . . .

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Crímenes de lesa humanidad: ¡Acusamos de genocidio!

El viernes 20 de noviembre, se diagnosticaron más de 200.000 casos nuevos de COVID-19 en los EE.UU. ¡En solo ese día! Desde que el virus comenzó a viajar por el país a fines de enero, al principio sin ser detectado, más de 260.000 personas han muerto en los EE.UU. y . . .

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