Lee Sustar From labor’s hope to lesser evil? Union leaders are straining to motivate members who are unenthusiastic about voting for the Democrats this fall.
Interview: Helena A U.S. activist in occupied Palestine A U.S. activist describes her experiences in the West Bank, where demonstrations always carry the risk of arrest--or worse.
Adam Sanchez A choice that isn’t on the table It's time to turn the hard choices we've been presented with to solve the crisis into one simple one: tax the rich.
John Pilger Murdoch and the BBC What do Rupert Murdoch's right-wing media empire and the renown and respected BBC share? A servile attitude toward power.
Russell Pryor and Nicholas Rushin Don’t frack with Pittsburgh There is growing popular discontent in the Pittsburgh area over the rapid expansion of a new form of natural gas drilling known as "fracking."
Elizabeth Schulte Proud to be his enemy Glenn Beck is an idiot, and his rant about socialists, including the publishers of this Web site, proves it. But no one should doubt that he's a dangerous idiot.
Roundtable Voices of Venezuela’s struggle Venezuelan socialists discuss their views on the contradictions and prospects of the Bolivarian process as the struggle reaches a crossroads.
Doniella Maher The for-profit university scam While state colleges and universities are facing tough times at every level, one sector of the higher education system is doing quite well--for-profit universities.
Dave Zirin and Damian Smith Linda McMahon’s body count Imagine if someone ran for the U.S. Senate on the strength of their experience as CEO of a big company--but their employees kept ending up dead.
Readers’ View Remembering the coup in Haiti Nineteen years after the Cédras military bandits resumed power in Haiti, a woman's group occupied the streets in Port-au-Prince to mark the occasion.
