Gary Lapon Our equality on trial A lawsuit challenging California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriages is coming to a head in a federal courtroom.
Eamonn McCann Drug squad vigilantes in Derry The vigilante anti-drug group Republican Action Against Drugs has shot 15 people in Northern Ireland in the last 18 months.
Petrino DiLeo A “get out of jail free” card for Wall Street It's clear that Wall Street and its army of lobbyists won the battle to keep financial reform legislation from making any real changes at the big banks.
Arun Gupta Mythmaking about the flotilla You might have thought Israel was the aggressor in its assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, but the U.S. media was ready to set you straight.
Paul D’Amato Tecumseh and a united Indian resistance The Shawnee leader Tecumseh is perhaps the best-known advocate and orator for a coordinated Indian struggle to resist white settlers' westward expansion.
Dave Zirin The new opium of the people? A recent essay by Terry Eagleton on the nature of sports suggests, wrongly, that those of us who love them must also be hoodwinked.
Readers’ View Helping each other out of the dark The actions of the Chicago Transit Authority--or better put, its inaction--during a recent fire on subway system's Red Line, was appalling.
Editorial A license to witch-hunt The Supreme Court upheld a part of the Patriot Act that criminalizes free speech as "terrorism"--and the Obama administration sees this as a victory.
Joe Allen Almost a deadly disaster One of the riders who escaped a fire on the Chicago subway's Red Line last Sunday describes what happened--and why.
Diana Macasa In-secure communities San Francisco's status as a sanctuary city for immigrants has been effectively overturned with the city's implementation of the federal Secure Communities program.
