National

The floodgates were opened to private control over education in Los Angeles with a school board vote to authorize opening up over 250 schools to bidding. August 31, 2009

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey revealed his contempt for poor and working-class people in a recent article about health care reform in the Wall Street Journal. August 31, 2009

After languishing in prison for 33 long years for a crime he didn't commit, renowned political prisoner Leonard Peltier has again been denied parole. August 27, 2009

The right wing may be dominating the national debate on health care, but the scale of the crisis means there is still massive sentiment for real reform. August 27, 2009

A battle over women's access to abortion services is raging in Kentucky--and supporters of women's right to choose are organizing to fight back. August 26, 2009

Immigrants are being locked away in ICE and non-ICE facilities in growing numbers--and the Obama administration is only making matters worse. August 25, 2009

While students and teachers were told to sacrifice, Peralta Community College District administrators raised salaries and misused college funds. August 25, 2009

After 28 years in prison serving time for a crime he always maintained he did not commit, Mark Clements has finally won his freedom. August 24, 2009

The government has denied parole for Native American activist Leonard Peltier--one of the country's longest-serving political prisoners. August 24, 2009

A registered nurse describes how, by including insurance companies in the White House health care reform plan, Obama has included the main problem in the solution. August 20, 2009

With an unprecedented Supreme Court decision on August 17, death row inmate Troy Davis will finally get the day in court he's been fighting for. August 19, 2009

Business and the right-wing media have mobilized racist, right-wing rabble at health care "town meetings"--but Obama's pro-corporate policies gave them space to do it. August 17, 2009

Why is Billy Tauzin, president of a drug industry group, making deals with the Obama administration on health care reform? August 13, 2009

The passage of California's Proposition 8 sparked a new movement for same-sex marriage rights, but as one recent summit showed, there is a debate among activists about which way forward. August 12, 2009

The newest version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act promises legal protection for LGBT people, but the future of this legislation is far from certain. August 11, 2009

The idea that the criminal justice system can be used to protect vulnerable communities and force bigoted elements within society to change is, unfortunately, wrong. August 10, 2009

The arguments that raged half a century ago in the lead-up to the founding of Medicare echo through to today's debate over health care reform. August 6, 2009

An organizer with the Baltimore Algebra Project discusses the struggle to make quality education a right for every student. August 5, 2009

A leader of Physicians for a National Health Program explains why the health care proposals being debated in Washington will make the crisis worse. July 30, 2009

A Seattle homeless community is asking for solidarity as it tries to keep from being evicted from the latest of many locations. July 30, 2009

The "doomsday" budget with cuts of 50 percent in social programs didn't pass in Illinois--but those that did go through are still devastating. July 29, 2009

ABC invited Barack Obama's former doctor to a televised White House forum on health care--only to discover Dr. Scheiner supports single-payer. July 29, 2009

Instead of raising taxes on the rich, California lawmakers chose to steal resources from programs to help students, children, the elderly and the poor. July 28, 2009

As it prepares to lay off more than 2,000 teachers, LA school officials may open hundreds of schools to takeover by charter school operators. July 28, 2009

A leader of the American Indian Movement in the 1970s talks about the struggle for Native rights and the importance of the Leonard Peltier case. July 28, 2009