National

  • Eleven-year-old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, distraught from being called "fag" and "girlie," became the latest young victim of homophobia when he took his own life. April 24, 2009

  • Now isn't the time to cheerlead Obama because those who oppose him on the right are knuckle-dragging lunatics. Now is the time to agitate. April 23, 2009

  • If the president can dedicate hundreds of billions to bank bailouts, he certainly has the power to offer real help to the unemployed and those losing their homes. April 22, 2009

  • Different political approaches are emerging inside the LGBT struggle over what our aims should be--and how we should fight to achieve them. April 21, 2009

  • The barbaric practice of imprisoning people for no other crime than falling into debt is making a comeback in 21st century America. April 20, 2009

  • In a blow to the hopes of his supporters, a federal court once again denied Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis a new trial. April 20, 2009

  • With their Tax Day "tea parties" this week, conservatives tried their hand at populism in the hopes of drumming support for their discredited cause. April 17, 2009

  • Among the terrible incidents of shooting violence in the headlines, there's increasingly a common thread--the devastating effects of the economic crisis. April 16, 2009

  • Nathson Fields has fought nearly a quarter of a century for justice, after one of Illinois' most corrupt judges sent him to death row. April 16, 2009

  • As Barack Obama prepares to weigh in on immigration reform, Bay Area activists are proposing progressive legislation of their own. April 15, 2009

  • Both are occupied by U.S. energy corporations, and while it's oil in one case and coal in the other, the consequences are strikingly similar. April 15, 2009

  • Marijuana is one of the safest and most widely used drugs--and has proven its value as a medicine. So why are the Feds still cracking down? April 15, 2009

  • Protest erupted after it was revealed that bookseller Amazon had stripped sales rankings from LGBT titles in a crusade to "exclude 'adult' material." April 14, 2009

  • Fahad Hashmi has been held in a solitary hell for two years as another American Muslim victim of the "war on terror." April 13, 2009

  • Activists and supporters of equal-marriage rights celebrated a huge victory this week, as Vermont became the fourth state to recognize same-sex marriage. April 10, 2009

  • In a little over a month of organizing, we won an important victory at Seattle Community Colleges when classes slated to be cut were reinstated. April 10, 2009

  • CCNY students will take action April 22 with the message: We are walking out today so we don't have to drop out tomorrow. April 8, 2009

  • The campaign to defend a Northeastern Illinois University professor under fire for speaking out has gained strong support. April 8, 2009

  • Same-sex couples across Iowa and around the U.S. celebrated April 3 after the Iowa Supreme Court overturned a state law banning gay marriage. April 7, 2009

  • The election of the first Black president marked a historic blow against racism, but Black America is facing the brunt of the economic crisis. April 3, 2009

  • The federal government is carrying out a crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border--and more violence and repression will be the inevitable result. April 2, 2009

  • The federal agency in charge of making sure workers get the minimum wage and overtime rarely gets around to investigating employer abuses. April 2, 2009

  • The media spotlight on the tributes to four slain Oakland police officers shouldn't obscure how a broken system was at the root of the tragedy. March 30, 2009

  • We propose that only when corporate executives repay the trillions their institutions have received from federal bailouts will they be eligible for pay raises. March 26, 2009

  • Well-known activist Van Jones will be Barack Obama's "green jobs czar"--but his appointment raises old questions for the left about how to win change. March 25, 2009