America\'s Brutal Society
7.3 million in the US prison system
By Kate Randall, March 4, 2009
A study released this week by the Pew Center on the States delivers a staggering statistic: 7.3 million Americans―or 1 in every 31 adults―are in the nation’s prison system. This figure includes ...
Over ten thousand public school students homeless in Chicago
By Alexander Fangmann, February 17, 2009
The deepening economic crisis is taking its toll on Chicago-area students, with thousands forced to leave their homes and enter into a variety of precarious and temporary living arrangements.
Retired GM worker speaks on freezing death of 93-year-old Michigan man
“They want profits or you die”
By Jerry White, February 5, 2009
Lyle Roussey, a retired General Motors worker from Michigan, spoke to the WSWS after attending last week’s funeral for Marvin Schur, who froze to death in his home after the city cut off his electri...
World Court rules US execution of Mexican national defied international law
By Kate Randall, January 23, 2009
The International Court of Justice in The Hague has ruled that the United States breached the court’s order and violated an international treaty when a Mexican national was executed last year in Tex...
US: Economic stress drives rise in child abuse and domestic violence
By Kate Randall, December 30, 2008
Social service agencies across the US are seeing growing numbers of domestic violence and child abuse cases as the economic crisis deepens.
US: Homelessness on the rise in San Francisco
By Marge Holland, December 29, 2008
Local charities in the San Francisco Bay Area are seeing a sharp increase in those without shelter or food, as well as a change in the composition of the needy.
Hunger mounts in the US
By Tom Eley, December 20, 2008
As the economic crisis deepens, its human toll is becoming more evident. A new survey of food charities in the United States has revealed a dramatic increase in hunger.
Hunger and homelessness grow across US cities
By Oliver Richards, December 18, 2008
Both the number of homeless and the demand for emergency food assistance have increased substantially in US cities, according to the findings of the most recent survey from the US Conference of Mayors...
The rise and fall of Highland Park, Michigan
December 6, 2008
The WSWS interviews Kurt Metzger, Director of the Detroit Area Community Indicators System, about the rise and decline of Highland Park, Michigan.
Death of Detroit firefighter: victim of a city’s social decay
By Lawrence Porter, November 25, 2008
On Friday, November 21, a funeral service attended by close to 3,000 people was held for Detroit firefighter Walter Harris, who died fighting a fire in an abandoned home on the city’s east side.
Thousands mourn Detroit Firefighter
November 25, 2008
Thousands of firefighters from across the United States and Canada joined family members and many concerned residents of Detroit last Friday, November 21, to mourn the death of Walter Harris a much-lo...
Florida teen charged as adult in school shooting death
By Ed Hightower, November 21, 2008
A 15-year-old Florida teenager is being held in police custody and faces murder charges following the shooting death of a fellow student at a Fort Lauderdale high school last Wednesday, November 12.
