Readers’ View Views in Brief Why unions still matter | Why Obama alone isn't to blame | Circumcision not an answer to HIV | Unions can't do the work for us | Leaving out an alternative in Calif.
Interview: Samuel Farber Where is Cuba headed? A veteran socialist talks about the meaning of the Cuban government's announcement that it will lay off 500,000 workers from state jobs next year.
Sherry Wolf Too high a price for our rights By adding "don't ask, don't tell" to a war spending bill, the Democrats are trying to corral LGBT people into supporting war funding.
Statement Neither one deserves our votes Educators in California are facing a rotten choice in the governor's race between a rampaging Republican and a dithering Democrat.
Mario Cardenas Riding for immigrant freedom Immigrant rights Freedom Riders formed a caravan through the Chicago suburbs--to draw attention to anti-immigrant policies.
Chance Lunning Minn. Jimmy Johns workers unionize Members of the newly founded Jimmy Johns Workers Union made history when they filed for a National Labor Relations Board union election.
Elizabeth Schulte Bought and paid for During the worse recession in decades, Washington political leaders--Republicans and Democrats alike--are still raking in the corporate cash.
Editorial Hijacking the DREAM Act Democrats have cynically added a proposal for limited legalization of undocumented youth to legislation to fund the Pentagon war machine.
Brian Lenzo Heroic Mott’s strike ends with concessions After four months on strike, workers at the upstate New York plant held off demands for wage cuts, but accepted other concessions.
Joe Cenker Gainesville’s victory over bigotry More than 300 residents came out to protest the Dove World Outreach Center's planned "International Burn a Koran Day."
