Adam Sanchez No to shared sacrifice Politicians across the country have calling for "shared sacrifice" to justify cuts for us--while the rich are being let off the hook.
Mark Clinton and Elizabeth Clinton Standing up for Palestine at UMass Palestinian rights activists turned out to counter a pro-Israel rally called by the Student Alliance for Israel in the Amherst Common.
Ream Kidane Exposing Israel’s war crimes The horrors of Israel's war on Gaza were brought home to Rochester at a meeting featuring Ismail Mehr from the American Medical Mission to Gaza.
Lee Sustar Has the economy gone over the edge? The great American jobs wipeout continues with no end in sight, as the financial meltdown continues and the entire world economy unravels.
Jesse Hagopian Invest in metal bars or kids? The writer Mark Twain once noted, "Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end, you lose at the other."
Matt Camp Winter soldiers testify in Texas Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, plus family members and activists, came together for a Winter Soldier event in Austin, Texas.
Dave Zirin Barry Bonds makes the government blink Faced with entering a court of law with a losing hand, the U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco has delayed the case of The U.S. v. Barry Bonds indefinitely.
Readers’ View Kicked out after falling ill An example of the need for a universal health care and a moratorium on foreclosures recently came to the doorstep of a home in a suburb of Cincinnati.
Readers’ View Fighting to reclaim Maine for us The corporations and the rich have long thought of Maine as their playground, and the people who live and work there as quaint relics of the past.
Interview: Haidar Eid Massacre in slow motion A resident of Gaza City describes conditions after Israel's 22-day war--and the message Palestinians want to send to the emerging global solidarity struggle.
