Cuyama Valley, California Jan. 13. Multiple fires erupted across Los Angeles on Jan. 7 prompting mass evacuations. As of Jan. 13, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection​​ (CAL FIRE) has not contained the fires’ spread. In less than a week, the fires destroyed 23,000 homes and killed at least 24 people. Los Angeles’s…

Philadelphia The Save Chinatown Coalition, representing over 245 organizations, and the overwhelming 70% of Philadelphians polled in 2024 who opposed plans by the 76ers basketball team to build an arena in Center City, has cause to celebrate. The Philadelphia Inquirer leaked the news Jan. 12 that an agreement was reached for the team to remain…

John Catalinotto, managing editor of Workers, interviewed European journalist and writer Alex Anfruns regarding his book, “Niger: Just Another Coup or the Pan-African Revolution?” and the events of the past year in the Sahel. John Catalinotto: You decided to write a book about the events in the African Sahel in the last year and the…

A network of former intelligence operatives has woven itself into the fabric of right-wing alternative media, amplifying anti-Muslim scare narratives that appear aimed at countering a noted decline in conservative support for Israel since October 7, 2023. Central to this effort is Sarah Adams, a figure promoting conspiracies about a supposed Palestinian-linked Al-Qaeda plot against…