Supreme Court Ruling

Women’s Rage: My Body, My Choice

May 8, 2022 UNAC Editor Abortion, Resistance, US Politics, War on the Poor

by Ann Montague and Lisa Leonard, published on Socialist Action, May 5, 2022 The leaked draft opinion by a majority of Supreme Court Justices supporting overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision has fueled the anger of women across the country. Furious women immediately surged the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to denounce the court’s intention to overturn half[…]

Evictions Threaten Millions of U.S. Workers

September 18, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Labor, Public Health, War on the Poor

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, September 13, 2021 Between 2 and 4 million households, out of 80 million rental households, will lose their homes due to evictions in the next two months, according to a survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. This is four times as many as would typically occur nationwide throughout an entire calendar year. (Washington[…]

Supreme Court Decision Expands LGBTQ Job Protections To All 50 States

July 6, 2020 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles, LGTBQ

By Ann Montegue, published on Socialist Action, June 24, 2020 On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court by a wide 6-3 margin immediately expanded job protections to LGBTQ workers in 23 states where none had existed. Over the past decades, some states had included bans on employment discrimination. Many union contracts included protections. But in those 23 states few workers[…]