National

  • Lives left in limbo

    The decision to close nearly 50 Chicago schools is having an especially destructive impact on special needs students.

  • Seattle bans the box

    The Seattle City Council voted unanimously to prevent employers from requiring job seekers to disclose a criminal record.

  • Stripping schools to the bone

    Days after finalizing the closure of 50 schools, Rahm Emanuel and his handpicked board are pushing for deep funding cuts at even more schools.

  • Native pride is forbidden here

    When a Native American student tried to wear an eagle feather--a symbol of honor--at her graduation, she was fined for it.

  • Leaving justice out of immigration "reform"

    Bipartisan immigration legislation being discussed in Congress is packed with border militarization and overwhelming obstacles to legalization.

  • New York cops see us as human prey

    Some New York City police think of their job as hunting people like they would animals–and they have T-shirts to prove it.

  • The disappeared

    After the September 11 attacks, the Bush administration conducted a silent and far-reaching war on people of Arab descent.

  • The military's ugly secret

    The shockingly high level of sexual assault in the military is getting media attention--but the causes of the epidemic aren't.

  • The National Spying-on-you Agency

    The shadowy National Security Agency has been exposed to the light of day, showing the vast extent of U.S. government spying, at home and abroad.

  • One big "Gang of Hate"

    Immigration legislation proposed by the "Gang of Eight" U.S. senators falls far short of what our movement deserves.

  • A dangerous nun

    Megan Rice, an 83-year-old Catholic nun, is facing up to 20 years in prison for her work to promote nuclear disarmament.

  • Why I won't take pride in Menino

    When I heard that Mayor Thomas Menino was elected grand marshal of the Boston Pride Parade, I was disappointed.

  • Can teachers beat the Chicago bully again?

    People across Chicago are fed up with Rahm Emanuel's corporate agenda and bullying tactics. So what needs to be done to deal him another defeat?

  • On trial for exposing war crimes

    More than 1,000 people gathered at Fort Meade in Maryland to protest the court-martial of whistleblower Bradley Manning.

  • She must be released now

    Supporters are continuing their fight to win Lynne Stewart's immediate release from prison so she can be treated for cancer.

  • Immigrants need not apply for Obamacare

    The Obama health care law will discriminate against the undocumented and recent immigrants when it kicks in next year.

  • Unions against Keystone XL

    One voice has been conspicuously absent from reports about the Keystone pipeline project: Canadian workers who oppose it.

  • Low-wage America strikes back

    Cities around the country are witnessing a kind of labor action seen only rarely in the U.S. for decades--non-union, low-wage workers on strike.

  • Let them eat...nothing at all

    Republicans and Democrats are agreed on an amendment to bar certain ex-prisoners from ever receiving food assistance.

  • Why are they pushing out a veteran teacher?

    The president of the Concord Teachers Association explains how parents, students and fellow teachers are fighting for her job.

  • Scouts have a long way to go

    The Boy Scouts finally dropped its ban on gay youth--but left anti-LGBTI discrimination against adults in place.

  • Prisoners neglected to death?

    After a series of prisoner deaths, New York's attorney general is investigating a for-profit medical provider to correctional facilities.

  • Solidarity confronts calamity

    The tornadoes that struck Oklahoma led to selfless acts by ordinary people--and public relations stunts by corporations.

  • Juveniles left waiting to die

    Young offenders sentenced to life without parole are being told they will never amount to any good--and will die in prison.

  • No one had to die in Oklahoma

    The fact that most schools in Oklahoma don't have storm shelters shows how the system prepares for disasters--it doesn't.