by Billy Wharton Walmart is not exactly making fast friends in New York City. As the biggest of big-box stores attempts to settle a new branch in the city, community and labor groups are lining up to oppose them. Labor unions have already spoken loudly, contesting Walmart at the City Council hearings. Gay rights groups have joined the struggle more recently, accusing the company of using “antiquated... 

by Andrea Pason and Billy Wharton, co-chairs Socialist Party USA March 9, 2011 -It has just been reported that Wisconsin Republicans have approved the provision in Governor Scott Walker’s Budget Repair Bill that strips public employees in Wisconsin of their collective bargaining rights. Collective Bargaining is necessary to the functioning of trade unions and is a right that should be held by every... 

by Billy Wharton New statistics issued by the New York Police Department (NYPD) place the city at the top of the list of civil rights violators in the U.S. The department’s controversial policy of “Stop and Frisk,” or UF-250, produced more than 600,000 police stops in 2010. Police claim this policy has resulted in a drop in crime, while civil rights advocates see it as a tool for racial profiling...