Nicole Colson A new fishing expedition Three activists targeted in the September FBI raids will be forced to testify--or face time in prison on contempt charges.
Brian Tierney Hotel workers rising up Washington, D.C., hotel workers are displaying the kind of militancy that could help breathe life into the labor movement.
Dave Zirin It’s about more than football The NFL owners' push to extend the season by two games--in spite of increasing injuries on the field--is a sticking point in contract negotiations.
Comment Will the ER doors close to the poor? I see the consequences of a broken public health care system every day--and Barack Obama's deficit commission wants to make things worse.
Danny Katch Why do we bother with elections? Now that we know what the deficit reduction commission was planning, it's clear that Republicans would have won even if they lost on November 2.
Eamonn McCann The banks that bankrupted Ireland The Republic is going down the tubes--which probably shouldn't be a surprise given the crooks who've been running the place.
Alan Bean An insult against our history School students in Arlington, Texas, will have a holiday in May, but it won't bear the name of César Chávez.
Readers’ View The view from inside Teach for America For all the talk of "equality," those at the helm of the school reform movement are concerned with creating an education system that produces profit.
Readers’ View Stirrings of a new LGBT movement Two recent protests in Trinidad and Tobago may show the beginnings of a movement for LGBT rights in the country.
Eric Ruder Does socialism exist in the world today? For decades, the world has been presented with two models of "existing socialism," even though neither has lived up to socialism's promise of human liberation.
