Obituary: Don Cornelius The power of soul Don Cornelius, the creator of Soul Train, died this month, after providing a TV stage to decades of Black musicians.
Readers’ View Two more heroes of Black history In honor of Black History Month, I'd like to briefly highlight two Black socialists, Lucy Parsons and A. Phillip Randolph.
Readers’ View The historical evidence for Jesus The simplest explanation of the available evidence is that there was a historical Jesus whose life was the basis for the later myths.
Eric Ruder Capitalism versus democracy The attacks on the Occupy movement send an unmistakable message: You have the right to free speech--but try to use it, and we'll do all we can to stop you.
Danny Katch and Deepa Kumar Islamophobes in blue New York City cops were shown a racist film as part of "training"--a sign of the depths of anti-Muslim bigotry in the NYPD.
Alessandro Tinonga The backlash against Occupy Oakland Oakland's politicians, police and media are on the attack against Occupy--and activists are responding with a discussion about what's next.
Sherry Wolf The racism of Equality The Equality Forum's plans to honor Israel for its purported advancement of LGBT civil rights amounts to pinkwashing.
Alex Schmaus SF activist falsely accused Activist DeBray "Fly Benzo" Carpenter faces up to four years in jail after police attacked him for videotaping them.
Julie Keefe Disrupting an auction in NYC Activists gathered in Brooklyn's courthouse to raise their voices against a public auction of foreclosed homes.
Corrie Westing Occupy confronts the bigots Two dozen Occupy Chicago and other activists braved freezing cold to oppose the anti-choice "SpeakOut Illinois" conference.
