Jamilla El-Shafei Anti-labor contempt in Maine Maine's anti-union Gov. Paul LePage ordered the removal of a public mural that celebrates the state's labor history.
Roundtable Lessons from the War Zone During the mid-1990s, the struggle of workers at A.E. Staley in Decatur, Ill., became the center of a labor upsurge in the central Illinois "War Zone."
William G. Shepherd Eyewitness at the Triangle On the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire that killed 146 workers, we reprint an eyewitness account of the tragedy.
Gary Lapon The anti-Muslim scapegoaters The bigots who seek to exploit economic and social uncertainty to spread a message of hate and fear against Muslims must be confronted.
Khury Petersen-Smith Why is the U.S. afraid of Malalai Joya? U.S. audiences want to hear Afghan women's rights and antiwar activist Malalai Joya, but the Obama administration is denying her a visa.
Omar Barghouti I wish you Egypt It is time for the world's people, particularly the most exploited and downtrodden, to reclaim control over our common destiny.
Nicole Colson Blaming an 11-year-old victim How do you make an unspeakable act of sexual violence against an 11-year-old worse? Imply that she was "asking for it."
Andrea Hektor Protesting the “Heavy Haul” A struggle is building against a new tar sands refinery in Alberta, Canada--and the Big Oil's shipment of massive equipment to the site.
Eric Ruder and Sam Bernstein Protesting eight years of war Hundreds of people attended demonstrations in Chicago and Seattle on the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Readers’ View End the nuclear renaissance now It isn't just natural disasters that threaten the 104 U.S. nuclear plants--it's also the inevitability of an error because of cost-cutting and the profit motive.
