Readers’ View Racism’s impact on women athletes That Caster Semenya is being singled out is not only about gender, but also deeply connected to the reality that she is a Black woman as well.
Readers’ View Views in brief Money for health care, not war | Don't lump Hezbollah and the Taliban | Why the National Equality March? | Feeling betrayed by Obama | Lessons of the Minneapolis strike
Laura Durkay Desperate for health care The hundreds lined up at Los Angeles' famous Forum arena for free medical services exposed the staggering inadequacy of the current system.
Sarah Knopp LA’s charter school giveaway The floodgates were opened to private control over education in Los Angeles with a school board vote to authorize opening up over 250 schools to bidding.
Amy Muldoon Let them eat (organic) cake Whole Foods CEO John Mackey revealed his contempt for poor and working-class people in a recent article about health care reform in the Wall Street Journal.
Dave Zirin Caster Semenya stands tall The Western media's handling of the story of Caster Semenya, the 18-year-old South African runner, has been at best simplistic--and at worst repellent.
Phillip Molnar NYC mobilizes for LGBT march Over 300 people gathered in Central Park's Delacorte Theater in New York City to build support for the October 11 National Equality March.
Lance Selfa Myth of the liberal lion Ted Kennedy is being remembered as a liberal stalwart--but also as a bipartisan dealmaker ready to set ideals aside. Those were always two sides of the same coin.
Lee Sustar On strike for health care justice Workers at Chicago-based SK Hand Tools are walking the picket line to force management to reinstate health insurance that was canceled in May.
Paul D’Amato How history is made There's a misconception that Marxists believe history follows a predetermined course as a result of economic laws, which human beings can't affect.
