Readers’ View Are police really under fire? The March 21 killings of four Oakland policemen have triggered many speeches about the risks faced by police.
Sherry Wolf To win gay marriage, we need a divorce LGBT activists need to slap the Democrats with divorce papers and organize independently if we want to win equal marriage and other civil rights.
Holly Lewis Refusing to go to Afghanistan A soldier at Fort Hood is refusing to deploy to Afghanistan--and being as public as possible about it, in the hopes of inspiring others to follow him.
Jeremy Scahill Return to the scene of a crime The new special UN envoy to Haiti is Bill Clinton--whose policies as president in the 1990s systematically destabilized the country.
Mark Steel This MP brought to you by... Can there ever have been a time when so many people were so furious with the members of Britain's parliament?
Alan Maass A day to rally for Troy Davis Thousands of people across world rallied in support of Georgia death row prisoner Troy Davis in an international day of action.
David McCarthy Fighting for justice for Oscar One hundred protesters came out to witness preliminary hearings in the trial of ex-BART officer Johannes Mehserle for killing Oscar Grant.
Elizabeth Schulte Can socialism be voted into power? The right's uproar about Barack Obama and socialism raises the question: Are elections a more practical and peaceful way to get a socialist society.
Interview: Saadia Toor Behind the nightmare in Swat More than 1 million people have fled the Swat region of Pakistan as the Pakistani military, under pressure from the U.S., carries out a scorched-earth assault.
Adrienne Johnstone Reformers in SF teachers’ union make gains A reform group in the San Francisco teachers union took 41 percent of the vote for top union positions in an election marked by low turnout.
