Activism

Black Friday Strike, Greens Join Labor to Take on Walmart

With Black Friday days away, Walmart workers and their allies are gearing up for what they predict will be the largest strike in the retailer's history.

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Broad Coalition Supports Petition to Protect Monarch Butterflies

Monarch butterfly populations have declined over the last ten years. CMD joined scientists and other groups in calling for their protection.

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Richmond Voters Beat Chevron Corporate Coup d' Etat

In Richmond, CA, three seats on the City Council were up for election; the city also stood to elect a new mayor. Nothing unusual in this, perhaps, was it not for Chevron's $3.1 million dollar campaign to highjack the elections, which was first revealed by journalism student and former Center for Media and Democracy reporter, Harriet Rowan in the Berkeley publication Richmond Confidential.

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James O'Keefe Cronies Unveiled in Attempted Sting on CMD

It turned out that CMD hadn't seen the last of the O'Keefe crowd.

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Fight for 15 Gets into the Ring with Taco Bell

At Taco Bell peaceful protesters took the “Fight for 15” directly to the fast food giant.

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Paid Sick Days for Six Million Californians to Become Law

When Governor Jerry Brown signs Assembly Bill 1522, California employees no longer have to face the excruciating dilemma: go to work sick or get fired?

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Water Rights March in Detroit

On Friday, July 18, thousands of people marched through downtown Detroit to call attention to a major public health crisis as the city shuts off the water for residents who are behind on their bills.