Anuradha Mittal Choices no one should have to make The sensationalism of food riots and people taking to the streets has people talking about something that has been impacting nearly half of humanity.
Derek Ide Third volume of the revolution With the release of his third album, hip-hop artist Immortal Technique continues his scathing indictment of U.S. society, from gentrification to the music industry.
Lee Sustar Mugabe’s murderous crackdown A savage attack by President Robert Mugabe on his political opponents turned Zimbabwe's presidential election into an empty charade.
Interview: Rob Will The death row resisters A Texas prisoner describes the struggle against repression and the death penalty organized inside the belly of the beast.
Paul D’Amato Open to capital but not labor U.S. politicians and employers have always used anti-immigrant laws not so much to prevent the entry of all immigrant labor, as to control it.
Elizabeth Terzakis A disaster caused by the free market The Economist called the world food crisis a "silent tsunami," but it is not a natural disaster, and there's nothing silent about the response to it.
Candace Cohn The Democrats embrace Big Brother New federal legislation on domestic surveillance sets back hard-fought free speech, civil rights and privacy protections--with bipartisan support.
Nicole Colson Socialism offers the alternative Some 1,000 activists turned out to Socialism 2008 for a weekend of revolutionary politics, debate and entertainment.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Misrepresenting the Black community Barack Obama's Father's Day speech ignored the underlying and decades-old sources of the problems facing Black neighborhoods.
Camille White-Avian California’s new era of same-sex marriage A crowd of hundreds met the first same-sex couples to be married in California after their ceremonies with shouts of joy.
