National : William Robinson A professor describes how he has been under attack and facing possible sanctions after speaking out against the Israeli attack on Gaza.
June 16, 2009 : Gary Lapon As part of health care "reform," the Democrats are considering taxing workers' health benefits--and giving up on 100 percent coverage.
June 15, 2009 : Elizabeth Schulte The Supreme Court's decision to reject a challenge to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy was aided and abetted by the new Obama administration.
June 11, 2009 On June 2, Gov. Rick Perry oversaw the 200th execution carried out during his eight years as governor of Texas.
June 11, 2009 : Gilbert Achcar Barack Obama's speech in Cairo doesn't represent a dramatic change in foreign policy, but a return to the mainstream after eight years of George W. Bush.
June 10, 2009 : Ashley Simmons More than 5,000 same-sex marriage supporters from across California gathered in Fresno May 30 for the Meet in the Middle for Equality rally.
June 10, 2009 : Nicole Colson The murder of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has exposed the ugly truth about the fanatical opponents of a woman's right to choose.
June 9, 2009 : Anthony Papa Prosecutors and Republican lawmakers who tried to stop reforms to New York's Rockefeller drug laws are now trying to repeal the reforms.
June 9, 2009 : Elizabeth Schulte The stories of the women who depended on Dr. George Tiller for late-term abortions in the direst of circumstances expose the lies of the right.
June 5, 2009 : Nicole Colson The suicide of a Guantánamo Bay detainee offered a stark reminder that the Obama administration has yet to keep its promise.
June 5, 2009 : Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank The Democrats under Obama have unleashed a slew of anti-environmental policies that would have enraged conservationists during the Bush years.
June 5, 2009 SocialistWorker.org asked a group of activists and writers for their views on the movement for marriage equality, and where it should go next.
June 3, 2009 : Candice Bernd Five founders of the Holy Land Foundation were given outrageously harsh prison sentences for the "crime" of providing aid to needy Palestinians.
June 3, 2009 : Marlene Martin The tough-on-crime era ushered in more punitive approach to prisoners that included the little-noticed defunding of prison education programs.
June 2, 2009 : Nicole Colson The four men accused of plotting to bomb synagogues and shoot down military planes seem to have been lured to participate by an FBI informant.
June 1, 2009 : Nicole Colson Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider in Kansas who for decades has been a target of anti-abortionists, was shot to death as he attended church.
June 1, 2009 : Elizabeth Schulte Conservatives are in an uproar over Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court. But maybe it's liberals who should be concerned.
May 29, 2009 : Lee Wengraf An estimated 5.3 million Americans are legally barred from voting for no other reason than that they have been convicted of a felony.
May 28, 2009 The mood was angry and defiant at protests around the country after the California Supreme Court upheld the Prop 8 ban on gay marriage.
May 27, 2009 : Jenn Stuart and Matt Camp Five men who worked for a charity face prison after U.S. prosecutors and a federal judge allowed outrageous violations of normal court procedures.
May 27, 2009 : Sherry Wolf LGBT activists need to slap the Democrats with divorce papers and organize independently if we want to win equal marriage and other civil rights.
May 26, 2009 : Alan Maass and Helen Redmond Despite bold promises from Barack Obama and the Democrats, the prospects for genuine health care reform in Washington seem to be shrinking by the day.
May 21, 2009 : Jesse Hagopian Seattle public school officials went above and beyond for Teacher Appreciation Week--by rewriting our contract and sending layoff notices to 173 of us.
May 20, 2009 : Nicole Colson The people who shouted loudest over the jailing of an American journalist in Iran are silent about the U.S. military's detention of reporters.
May 20, 2009 : Martina Correia People around the world are rallying to defend Troy Davis, who faces the threat of execution in Georgia despite new evidence of his innocence.
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