Candice Bernd Feeding children is not a crime Five founders of the Holy Land Foundation were given outrageously harsh prison sentences for the "crime" of providing aid to needy Palestinians.
Craig Johnson Midwest antiwar activists meet The Midwest Campus Antiwar Network conference at the University of Cincinnati brought together activists from the region.
Editorial An auto giant falls and workers pay the price The bankruptcy of General Motors marks the end of an era in which U.S. capitalism could claim to offer workers an "American dream" of rising living standards.
Chuck Stemke Sit-in for gay marriage in S.D. The day after the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, San Diego activists staged a five-hour sit-in to demand marriage licenses.
Jeremy Scahill The U.S. threat to journalists The U.S. military has attacked and killed journalists in wars around the globe--and continues to unjustly imprison some.
Marlene Martin What happened to prison education programs? The tough-on-crime era ushered in more punitive approach to prisoners that included the little-noticed defunding of prison education programs.
Readers’ View Don’t hide the facts about LGBT rights Why are some prominent same-sex marriage groups promising to not teach kids about LGBT rights in response to critics?
Readers’ View Appointment disappointments Recent appointments by the Obama administration illustrate how out-of-touch status quo politicians are from people's needs.
Nicole Colson Operation Entrapment The four men accused of plotting to bomb synagogues and shoot down military planes seem to have been lured to participate by an FBI informant.
Nicole Colson Murdered for defending women’s rights Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider in Kansas who for decades has been a target of anti-abortionists, was shot to death as he attended church.
