Wadner Pierre More empty promises for Haiti Despite promises of aid from UN envoy Bill Clinton, the hurricane-ravaged city of Gonaïves is still waiting for international assistance.
Dave Zirin Boxing’s month from hell In July, death visited the sport of boxing like a plague, shocking even the most callous observers.
Readers’ View BART turns its back on the community BART General Manager Dorothy Dugger has continued to ignore the demands of community activists and BART workers.
Readers’ View Debating health care reform in LA About 1,000 people turned out to a town hall meeting called by Congressman Adam Schiff to discuss health care reform.
Readers’ View Should the left call for Taliban victory? If anti-imperialists intend to wait around for a resistance movement that agrees with us on every issue, we'll be waiting a long time.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Right-wing thugs and corporate “reforms” Business and the right-wing media have mobilized racist, right-wing rabble at health care "town meetings"--but Obama's pro-corporate policies gave them space to do it.
Lee Wengraf Washington fuels Africa’s crisis Barack Obama has chastised African leaders for mismanagement, despite the fact that decades of U.S.-backed neoliberal policies are to blame.
John Pilger Summer reading for activists Some books can help us make sense of extraordinary times and resist our "training" to make war.
Adam Turl and Alan Maass The recovery is here! (for Wall Street, that is) The mainstream news is filled with happy talk about economic recovery--but that's not the reality for those of us who aren't Wall Street executives.
Editorial The ugly truth of racial profiling If a famous African American academic can get hauled off to jail in minutes, what chance do working-class and poor African American men have?
