Interview: Michael Schwartz The return of civil war? A surge of violence in Iraq shows the continuing conflicts lying just below the surface--and could shake up U.S. plans to shift forces to Afghanistan.
Jesse Hagopian A dog ate the education budget My students would blush at the litany of half-truths that Washington lawmakers use to justify a budget that cuts $800 million from public schools.
Lee Sustar Blank check for the bankers Barack Obama's approach to the banking crisis has been even more generous to Wall Street than George W. Bush.
Mark Steel The compulsive liars in blue It's not the violence of the police that gives away their true nature, but their compulsive Bart Simpson-style lying.
Elizabeth Schulte The story of May Day Although May Day was founded to honor a U.S. labor struggle, few workers in this country know its origin, because our history is largely untold.
Alan Maass Happy birthday to us! When SocialistWorker.org started publishing daily on May Day one year ago, we couldn't have guessed how right the time was to raise our voice.
Robert Wallace The NAFTA flu If we are going to place responsibility where it belongs, North America's new influenza is a result of how agribusinesses have organized pigs and poultry.
Haidar Eid The complicit silence continues The Obama administration is effectively marginalizing the issue of Palestine, and unfortunately setting the stage for renewed Israeli assaults.
Amy Hagopian Truth is the way to peace Many Armenians were disappointed when President Obama failed to use the word "genocide" in a statement last week.
Readers’ View Free speech and protest Some liberals and leftists are rushing to defend right-wing speakers after recent protests on the grounds that protesters were violating "free speech."
