Alan Maass When miners’ lives come last The deadliest mine disaster in more than 25 years has exposed once again that the coal industry's priority is on profits before people.
Adam Turl The struggle for SIU’s future The struggle for the future of higher education is heating up at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, where students are battling cuts and fee hikes.
Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf Let Caster run Caster Semenya showed up to race in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in late March, and shamefully, officials wouldn't let her run.
Joe Feeney Philly nurses hit the picket line Nurses at Temple University Hospital are on strike against management's demand for a gag rule to silence criticism of the hospital.
Phil Aliff Coming home to another battle When U.S. soldiers leave the fighting behind, they come home to another war--one symbolized by the shocking unemployment levels among vets.
Interview: Bilal Jadou Separated by the apartheid wall A Palestinian man explains what it's like to be separated from his community because he lives on the wrong side of Israel's sprawling apartheid wall.
Halston Chapman, Juan Macias and Alex Schmaus Why is SFSU fining activists? Students who occupied a building at San Francisco State last December are being made to pay a fine--to cover the administration's bill for police.
Mark Steel Does Labour want to lose? The only explanation for the British Labour Party's disastrous behavior recently is that its been paid off to throw the coming election.
Readers’ View Unprepared for flooding in R.I. After two days of intense rain in late March, Rhode Island received a wake-up call over the disastrous state of its infrastructure.
Readers’ View Democracy in our movements The politics of impatience--disparaging the majority for not being "revolutionary" enough--is a politics that is inherently undemocratic.
