Alan Maass Hungry in the world’s richest country The number of Americans vulnerable to hunger grew sharply to 49 million in 2008--or about one in every six men, women and children living in the U.S.
Rachel Cohen Police break up UC occupations Police cracked down on protests and occupations at campuses across California in a clear escalation of force against a growing movement.
Sherry Wolf To Riki, with respect LGBT activists should work to provide a safe and welcoming environment for our intersex brothers and sisters to come out and join us.
Nihar Bhatt No sweats victory over Russell Anti-sweatshop activists scored a major victory at Russell Athletic when the company was forced to reinstate 1,200 workers fired at a Honduras factory.
Dave Zirin Ski jumping and democracy If you oppose discrimination and support equality, you need to care about women's ski jumping and the Olympics.
Laura Brady Organizing the fight against executions Howard Zinn spoke to a packed audience of 900 people in an event that capped the Campaign to End the Death Penalty's convention.
Elizabeth Schulte Playing politics with women’s lives The Stupak Amendment added to the House health care bill is the latest in a long history of the Democratic Party's betrayals of women's rights.
Todd Chretien Struggle heats up in California Nearly 2,000 students from University of California campuses converged on UCLA to confront officials as they voted for a huge tuition hike.
Equality Across America Vigils for a hate crime victim The gay victim of a terrible crime in Puerto Rico will be honored at vigils held around the country.
Lee Sustar Imprisoning a fighter for justice Civil liberties lawyer Lynne Stewart has been ordered to report to prison despite cancer surgery scheduled for December 7.
