Roger Annis Five years of occupation Five years after a paramilitary coup in Haiti that toppled Jean-Bertrand Aristide, international intervention has meant more poverty and instability.
Paul D’Amato Refusing to be ruled over My experience as a teenager, and I suspect that of many socialists, was that as I first became aware of the world's injustices, I found my way to anarchism first.
Comment Teachers put to an unfair test Standardized testing in public schools is warping students' learning process--and it gives administrators a stick to beat teachers and their unions.
Gary Lapon UMass speaks out against hate The publication of a right-wing newspaper at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has galvanized the campus opposition.
Readers’ View Turning an egg into a “person” The race is on to see which group of state legislators can turn back the clock on women's rights first--by giving fertilized eggs the same rights as people.
Readers’ View Views in brief Tax the rich and make them pay | Fearing for my health | Prospects for rebuilding the left | An unfair portrayal of the Church | We need better nursing home care
Lance Selfa What the Washington insiders don’t get The era of conservative dominance in Washington has run aground, but the purveyors and defenders of the right-wing agenda remain in high places.
Rebekah Ward A victim of Georgia justice Wesley Nelson is one of the many people whose lives have been torn apart by racial bias and prejudicial sentencing in the criminal justice system.
Dave Zirin The U.S. v. Barry Bonds After seven years, millions of dollars and countless ruined reputations, the government's case against Barry Bonds is virtually worthless.
Scott Johnson The strange evolution of “intelligent design” The new book Critique of Intelligent Design traces today's debate over creationism to centuries-old discussions of materialism.
