Новости за 11.02.2016

The fall of Lee Baca, once labeled “Sheriff of the Year,” underscores the fact that American police departments function essentially as criminal enterprises.

In seeking to undermine the UN’s opinion, the Guardian simply parrots the line of the British and Swedish governments.

Tolstoy’s titanic novel has received a new adaptation by the BBC and is now airing in numerous countries.

After his embrace of torture and “a hell of a lot worse” during last Saturday’s debate, the Republican frontrunner has now advocated assassination, targeting North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un.

The government’s attempt to bury the protracted 1MDB scandal last month has floundered amid damaging new revelations.

Forgacs workers were escorted off the job following the completion of a takeover by Civmec, as part of a sweeping restructuring of the industry.

Fifteen died and more than 160 were injured in the 2013 blast.

Communities within Appalachia and the Rust Belt region are particularly hard hit by opioid abuse.

Once again Feinberg is offering his services as a “fixer,” this time for the US government and giant trucking corporations, to strip workers of hard-earned pensions.

In this video, retired truck drivers and delivery workers discuss the plans to slash their pensions by as much as 75 percent.

The intervention by SEP Assistant National Secretary Lawrence Porter provoked considerable discussion about the class issues in the water disaster, the Democratic Party and racial politics.

Numerous health experts concerned that Flint River water was the source of the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak were thwarted by state water authorities.

The American Federation of Teachers is seeking to divert opposition into fruitless appeals to state Democrats and Republicans—the very forces seeking to dismantle public education.

DPS students use Michigan “Count Day” to emphasize their fight to defend their teachers and the right of all young people to a decent education.

Jobs are being destroyed in every sector, amid growing global economic turmoil.

Yellen broadly hinted that the Fed would hold off on a further increase in its benchmark federal funds interest rate when its policy-making Federal Open Market Committee meets again in mid-March.

Merkel was once again in Ankara on Monday. This time, political and military collaboration against Russia was at the heart of the talks.

Sanders does not speak for the working class, but for a section of the ruling class and political establishment that views the growth of social opposition with fear and is seeking some way of containing it.

NATO leaders agreed on Wednesday to expand the alliance’s military infrastructure and troop deployments all along Russia’s western frontier