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