National Two single-payer health care activists explain why they took part in a sit-in at insurance company Cigna's offices in Chicago on October 8.
October 19, 2009 : Sherry Wolf The National Equality March for LGBT rights was such a success because we struck a chord with a new generation of budding activists.
October 16, 2009 : Brian Tierney Anger erupted in Washington, D.C., schools after nearly 400 teachers and other workers were abruptly laid off five weeks into the new school year.
October 15, 2009 : Howard Zinn I was shocked when I heard Barack Obama was given the Nobel peace prize--until I recalled that Wilson, Roosevelt and Kissinger had all won.
October 14, 2009 : Jesse Hagopian The Obama administration has a lot to say about ending youth violence in the wake of the beating death of a Chicago teen, but does it have any solutions?
October 13, 2009 : Jeremy Scahill Some lawmakers are beginning to push back against the double standards used to attack the community organization ACORN by going after real corporate criminals.
October 13, 2009 : Eric Ruder Some 200,000 people flooded Washington, D.C., filling the streets with rainbow flags and a festival-like atmosphere as part of the fight for LGBT civil rights.
October 12, 2009 : Carter Pagel The state of Texas is refusing to listen to pleas of innocence from another man--even as it prepares to pump lethal chemicals into his body.
October 12, 2009 : Matt MacKellar A Chicago family threatened with eviction is celebrating after community members rallied to their defense and forced authorities to intervene on their behalf.
October 12, 2009 : Elizabeth Schulte Like the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, today's movement for LGBT equality didn't appear overnight. It's been shaped by decades of organizing.
October 9, 2009 : Leela Yellesetty The city of Seattle is ratcheting up the war on its most vulnerable citizens. But the homeless and their supporters are standing up to the attack.
October 6, 2009 SocialistWorker.org asked activists around the country to say what this week's National Equality March for LGBT rights means to them.
October 6, 2009 SocialistWorker.org asked activists from around the country to say what the National Equality March for LGBT rights means to them.
October 5, 2009 : Bob Quellos Chicago officials and the city's business elite mourned the defeat of their bid for the 2016 Olympics, but residents can now breathe a sigh of relief.
October 5, 2009 : Marlene Martin It took more than two decades for prosecutors to finally admit the truth--that Ronnie Kitchen and Marvin Reeves were innocent men.
October 5, 2009 : Elizabeth Schulte It was no surprise when Glenn Beck went on the attack after an incriminating video of ACORN workers surfaced--but then Congress joined in.
October 2, 2009 : Jen Roesch So-called "crisis pregnancy centers" prey on women looking for options--in order to bully and terrorize them against having an abortion.
September 30, 2009 : Ann Coleman The same right-wing forces that pushed Proposition 8 in California are behind a referendum in Maine to take away marriage equality.
September 30, 2009 : Bob Quellos A fellow Chicagoan and opponent of the city's bid for the 2016 Olympics appeals to Barack Obama to consider the cost of winning the Games.
September 29, 2009 : Dr. Andy Coates A member of Physicians for a National Health Program talks about what’s been missing from the health care “reform” debate in Washington.
September 28, 2009 : Liliana Segura What happened to Romell Broom in Ohio's execution chamber should send chills down the spines of those who think lethal injection is a humane way to kill people.
September 28, 2009 : AFSCME Local 3299 We want UC to stop spending millions on raises for executives and new buildings, and prioritize students, faculty and workers.
September 28, 2009 : Adriano Contreras By building the National Equality March, we can set an example of why a genuine independent grassroots movement is the best way to fight back.
September 24, 2009 : Elizabeth Schulte The important thing about Joe Wilson's outburst isn't that it was bad etiquette, but that it symbolizes the racism and intolerance of the Republican right.
September 23, 2009 : Brian Napoletano The stubborn refusal of Democrats to hold the Bush administration responsible for torture offers a sobering reminder of what they represent.
September 22, 2009
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