Editorial The double-digit jobs disaster The Obama administration put bankers' bailouts and more spending on the Pentagon before coming to grips with unemployment.
Ian Steinman, Melissa Cornelius and James Illingworth Staff and students strike at UC campuses A three-day strike and protest by students, staff and faculty began November 18 at campuses in the University of California system.
Stanley Howard More than a botched execution We live in a society where there are more regulations for euthanizing animals than there are for executing human beings.
Dahr Jamail and Sarah Lazare Where will they get the troops? As Washington debates a new surge of troops to Afghanistan, an overstretched military is struggling to meet its deployment numbers.
Dave Zirin Time for a sports fan coalition The owners of pro sports teams have gotten public funds for far too long. They have an obligation to hear what we have to say.
Readers’ View Making future reform even harder Current proposals for health care reform will make insurance companies even richer, and that money will flow back into American politics.
Readers’ View Glee’s shallow stereotypes While the TV show Glee appears to be about diversity, it sinks to the worst tokenism by keeping its "different" characters on the margins.
Readers’ View What we share with animals Like any other struggle, the key is not to focus on how the oppressed are different from their oppressors, but how are they similar.
Dennis Kosuth Public hospitals under the knife Budget cuts and layoffs in Chicago's Cook County will reduce access to an already overburdened public health care system.
Arundhati Roy Mr. Chidambaram’s war The flat-topped hills and mountains of Orissa in southeastern India are being sold off to multinational mining companies for the bauxite they contain.
