Readers’ View Giving Democrats progressive cover The reality is that Democrats are pursuing a pro-business, anti-working class agenda, and trying to cover it with nice phrases.
Lance Selfa and Alan Maass The myths they’ll spin about Election 2010 SocialistWorker.org examines some of the factors in the election and what they tell us about U.S. politics--inside the Beltway and outside it.
Arundhati Roy Inciting mob anger against me The novelist and global justice activist is facing harassment and threats of violence for her support for justice in Kashmir.
Sarita Flores Standing up against Fox’s hate Some 200 people turned out for a demonstration in New York City against Fox News and other purveyors of hate.
Leela Yellesetty Jim Crow in today’s courts Two Washington state Supreme Court justices put their racism on full display with their claims that minorities commit more crimes than whites.
Dahr Jamail The “cure” that kills in the Gulf Gulf of Mexico residents have been hit with unexplained illnesses in the wake of BP's widespread use of toxic dispersants.
Readers’ View Make the Bengals pay their share Sports franchises should be paying their fair share in taxes. Instead, Cincinnati is closing health care clinics to pay a poorly performing NFL franchise to stay.
Nicole Colson The war on WikiLeaks The latest secrets revealed by WikiLeaks show the terrible legacy of the U.S. war on Iraq--but U.S. political leaders are trying to shoot the messenger.
Randy Childs Social justice or an attack on LA teachers? A proposed legal settlement to limit teacher layoffs in some heavily minority schools in LA is being exploited by school "reformers" for their own ends.
Scott McLemee Why should politics be polite? The Jon Stewart rally this weekend is bound to draw young people filled with unhappiness about the world, but its anti-ideological spirit is a dead end.
