27+ min ago The admin's letter threatened "involuntary reduction" if faculty didn't voluntarily accept termination, adding, "the severance package under an involuntary program would not be as substantial as the package offered through the voluntary option." The voluntary severance package includes a payout…...

51+ min ago Four immigrants died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody during a four-day period last week, all of them in detention facilities run by private prison companies. Three died in prisons run by GEO Group and one in a prison…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago The knowledge of how to make fire rather than relying on the exploitation of naturally occurring fire marked a key development in human cultural evolution. The controlled use of fire was a key part of the development of human technology…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago On December 22, 1975, the First Congress of the ruling Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) concluded in Havana. The five-day event, attended by over 3,100 delegates, marked the formal "institutionalization" of the Cuban Revolution, moving it from rule by Fidel Castro's revolutionary decrees…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago In the latest lawless and dictatorial act organized by the Trump administration, the board of trustees of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. , owned and operated by the federal government, voted Thursday to change the venue's name…...

2+ hour, 13+ min ago On Friday, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that Tesla CEO Elon Musk should keep a 2018 pay package valued at $150 billion despite deliberately misleading shareholders and violating securities laws in obtaining it. The ruling sent Musk's wealth surging to $749 billion, putting…...

4+ hour, 18+ min ago Juveniles in Baltimore's Youth Detention Center were forced to endure weeks without central heating after the facility's system malfunctioned between late November and mid-December. The facility's 60 detainees, all under the age of 18, were forced to use thin hospital blankets as…...

6+ hour, 3+ min ago This is an Open Letter responding to several harsh criticisms of Socialism AI posted by Professor Tony Williams in the comments section of the WSWS. This is an Open Letter responding to several harsh criticisms of Socialism AI posted by…...

9+ hour, 21+ min ago Statistics South Africa's latest Poverty Trends report covering the period from 2006 to 2023 reveals the scale of social devastation in South Africa, underscoring the failure of a capitalist system administered by the African National Congress (ANC) for over three decades. Absolute…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago Jacobin magazine, the unofficial publication of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), published an article last week condemning "constant and relentless denunciations" from the political left, in particular, socialist criticism of Democratic New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. The article,…...