Jon Van Camp and Brian Ward UNITE HERE targets Columbia Sussex Some 100 workers and supporters turned out to tell Columbia Sussex Corporation to stop union busting in Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Schulte Why the right wanted to destroy ACORN The community organization ACORN helped thousands of people keep their homes and escape poverty, so the right wing took a hit out on it.
Peter Lamphere Will the UFT stand up to Bloomberg? New York officials are demanding harsh new concessions from the United Federation of Teachers amid union elections.
Eamonn McCann How the church aided abuse It's not that Catholic officials rejected the idea of reporting child abuse to secular authorities--it's that the thought will not have occurred to them.
Brian Lenzo Double standards on terrorism Federal authorities arrested members of a radical Christian terrorist cell last week, but you won’t hear them described like that.
Alexander Billet A rebel to the end The posthumous release of Johnny Cash's American VI, makes it hard to imagine another artist able to greet death with such graceful defiance.
Readers’ View A lesson from ACORN’s demise ACORN's galling end should spur the left to discuss ways to respond with political vigor to the next attack that the right launches.
Readers’ View War and meaning in “The Hurt Locker” I actually felt Kathryn Bigelow's film The Hurt Locker to be pro-war, even while it graphically depicted some of war's more gruesome realities.
Editorial When Wall Street loves reform Despite the hopes of some, the passage of the health care bill is not a sign that Washington has embraced a new era of progressive reform.
George Yorgos The struggle intensifies in Greece As bankers and politicians debate a possible rescue for the debt-crippled Greek economy, workers are sending a message that they won't pay for the crisis.
