Brian Jones Two leading Black members of Congress are accused of violating ethical standards--but the biggest scandals in national politics are perfectly legal.
August 18, 2010 What happened to Shirley Sherrod highlights the explosive nature of the politics of race and racism in the U.S. today.
July 26, 2010 Anyone who spent any time with Howard Zinn knows of his tremendous generosity of spirit, and of course, his legendary humor.
February 5, 2010 A conservative Web site accused the "people's historian" of perpetrating a distorted "version" of history, but it's the truth that they're scared of.
December 16, 2009 At a fancy gala thrown by the Harlem Success Academy, I heard charter school supporters use the legacy of civil rights struggles to sell privatization.
November 13, 2009 If there's any idea worth rethinking, it's Whole Foods CEO John Mackey's claim that our needs are best met through the unfettered free market.
September 3, 2009 There may be differences within the limits of "mainstream" ruling-class thinking, but figures like Obama would never challenge those limits themselves.
July 29, 2009 Hubert Harrison, the Black socialist from the turn of the 20th century, was many things: author, editor, public speaker, educator and activist.
July 6, 2009 Wealthy proponents of charter schools claim they want to advance racial justice--even as public schools become more segregated.
April 30, 2009 They're often called utopians, but Marx and Engels were the first to bring socialism down from the clouds and explain how it could be established in the real world.
March 4, 2009 Marx's Marxism is the theoretical product of his practical efforts to build a movement for change, and his observations of struggles taking place around him.
February 25, 2009 In the last 150 years of U.S. history, you can't point to a generation whose most active, radical layers have not been drawn to the ideas of Karl Marx.
February 16, 2009 In the final years of his life, Martin Luther King presented a radical critique of U.S. society and campaigned for fundamental and far-reaching change.
January 19, 2009 Public housing residents in New York City scored a small but significant win because of their determination to speak out.
January 12, 2009 The plan to balance New York City's budget includes closing 19 community centers in public housing projects in all five boroughs.
December 19, 2008 In the dense crowd on 125th Street celebrating Barack Obama's election, I heard three words repeated, like a mantra, "WE did this! WE did this!"
November 6, 2008 The Republicans may be galvanizing a hard-core racist base, but the attacks on Barack Obama are causing a backlash among wider numbers of people.
October 21, 2008 After decades of railing about "personal responsibility," U.S. officials are seeking $700 billion for a handout--er, sorry, a "bailout" for Wall Street.
September 23, 2008 A victory in the courts might send strikers at the Kingsbridge Heights Rehabilitation Center back to work. But one striker, Audrey Smith-Campbell, will never return to that nursing home or any other.
August 19, 2008 The idea that Blacks need to focus on personal responsibility, echoed by Barack Obama, distracts from the question of social responsibility.
July 18, 2008 A closer look at a "small school" success story in New York City reveals the need for more staff, more funding and higher teachers' salaries.
July 9, 2008 Half a century after the Supreme Court ruled segregated schools unconstitutional, they still exist--not on the fringe, but as the normal, accepted mode in U.S. schools.
June 17, 2008 Barack Obama's success shows the American population has become more progressive, but it won't mean the end of racism and discrimination.
May 21, 2008 According to Judge Arthur Cooperman, the three New York City police officers who killed Sean Bell weren't guilty of anything.
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