The Writers Guild of America (WGA) secured a tentative agreement with the major Hollywood studios and streaming companies on September 24, ending its nearly five-month-long strike, reports Malik Miah.
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Members of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) are striking against major US-owned car manufacturers, as they negotiate for lost wages and conditions and job security in a radically changing industry, reports Malik Miah.
Cancer victim Henrietta Lacks鈥 family reached an out of court settlement with聽medical company Thermo Fisher聽Scientific in the United States on August 2, related to the unauthorised use of her cervical cancer cells in medical research since the 1950s, reports Malik Miah.
A 16-year-old boy died in a Wisconsin sawmill while states loosen 80-year-old child labour laws, aiming to bring in super exploitable child labour, especially in non-unionised industries, reports Malik Miah.
The controversial decision by United States President Joe Biden鈥檚 administration to send cluster munitions to Ukraine has drawn widespread condemnation, report Barry Shepherd and Malik Miah.
Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) 鈥 representing 160,000 actors across the United States 鈥 went on strike on July 14, joining writers on the picket lines, reports Malik Miah.
The United States Supreme Court upheld, on June 30, a century-old Mississippi law used during the 鈥淛im Crow鈥 segregationist era to deny Black people in the state the right to vote, reports Malik Miah.
A ruling by the far-right super majority on the US Supreme Court has聽falsely asserted that the United States is and has always been a 鈥渃olour-blind鈥 country, writes Malik Miah.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Washington DC on June 21, reports Malik Miah, receiving a royal welcome despite his right-wing, anti-Muslim and anti-democratic policies.
Secret United States government documents leaked onto social media platform Discord reveal how the US and its military is striving to reestablish hegemony 鈥 targeting adversaries and pressuring allies, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
Title 42 of the United States鈥 immigration law expired on May 11, but refugees and migrants will notice little difference, writes Malik Miah.
Film and TV writers began their strike on May 1 in Hollywood and New York, to demand a living wage and job security聽amid an聽explosion in profits in the streaming era, reports Malik Miah.
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