National

"What is a Black man's life worth in Atlanta?" Derrick Boazman asked a crowd of 200 people who gathered for a rally to end police shootings. May 19, 2009

The D.C. City Council approved a bill recognizing same-sex marriages from other states, but Congress could still block the measure from becoming law. May 18, 2009

D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee is a media darling for her zealous mission to lay blame for the crisis in public schools at the feet of teachers. May 14, 2009

The guessing game is on about who will replace Justice David Souter, but there are bigger questions worth asking about the Supreme Court. May 12, 2009

A union worker at UC-Berkeley has been illegally detained by ICE, but his family, friends, and union sisters and brothers are fighting back. May 12, 2009

Eight people disrupted a Senate hearing on health-care reform to demand to know why Congress won't consider proposals for a single-payer system. May 8, 2009

An anti-coal movement activist explains what activists can do to start shutting down some of the 600 coal plants in the U.S. May 8, 2009

Attention is settling on the possible role of the factory farming system in the swine flu outbreak--specifically, a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods. May 6, 2009

Spend an afternoon in Fresno's Tent City, and you'll hear the stories--about losing out in the busted economy and the bonds of solidarity among working people. May 5, 2009

Whatever disappointments people have about Obama, the dust hasn't settled on this new era, and there's a feeling we have room to fight for our demands. May 5, 2009

My students would blush at the litany of half-truths that Washington lawmakers use to justify a budget that cuts $800 million from public schools. May 4, 2009

Barack Obama's approach to the banking crisis has been even more generous to Wall Street than George W. Bush. May 4, 2009

The Obama administration is effectively marginalizing the issue of Palestine, and unfortunately setting the stage for renewed Israeli assaults. May 1, 2009

The Bush administration torture memos give the grisly details of a sick system, but it's not the first time the U.S. government carried out such barbarism. April 30, 2009

A lot of the people who said let's wait, Obama was given a huge mess and he needs time are now asking what we're going to do to get action from him. April 30, 2009

Barack Obama's election was part of a shift from an era of conservative dominance, and that evolution is likely to continue, independent of what Obama does. April 29, 2009

Twenty years ago, five innocent men were arrested in the Central Park Jogger case. After years behind bars, they are still fighting for justice. April 29, 2009

The president of the Oakland Education Association explains why she opposes Barack Obama's plans for school "reform." April 29, 2009

Millions of people saw Barack Obama as the obvious choice on environmental issues, but there are already signs his administration won't take the kind of action that's needed. April 28, 2009

A moratorium on the death penalty was about to be ratified into law--until conservative Democratic legislators maneuvered to maintain death row. April 28, 2009

At present, you would still define Obama as a centrist, but I think there's some wiggle room where forces on the left need to be pushing. April 28, 2009

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on whether English language learners will have the same access to public education as other students. April 27, 2009

Despite his unprecedented support in the African American community, Barack Obama has had very little to say about issues directly affecting Blacks. April 27, 2009

Having won the helm in the midst of a hurricane, Barack Obama is steadfastly steering the ship of state on the same catastrophic course as his predecessor. April 24, 2009

The media are reporting that Obama is open to prosecuting Bush administration officials for sanctioning torture, but that's not exactly what he said. April 24, 2009