Editorials The Democrats' proposal for a "public option" is so scaled back that it's barely public--and it can hardly be called much of an option.
November 3, 2009 The National Equality March was a powerful call for LGBT equality--and an inspiring glimpse of what futures struggles against injustice can be.
October 21, 2009 The National Equality March in Washington represents a renewal of the kind of activism that's needed on many other issues.
October 9, 2009 The leaders of the Group of 20 are meeting in Pittsburgh for an economic summit that will be an exercise in cheap political theater.
September 25, 2009 Barack Obama's escalation of the war in Afghanistan has parallels with a previous U.S. war that raise the question: Is this Obama's Vietnam?
September 9, 2009 Republicans and conservative Democrats are set to wreck health care reform--and Barack Obama is letting them.
August 25, 2009 If a famous African American academic can get hauled off to jail in minutes, what chance do working-class and poor African American men have?
August 13, 2009 There are increasing calls for a new economic stimulus package, but the Obama administration has a different message for victims of the crisis: Wait.
July 29, 2009 It's hard to imagine a world where the Republican Party wins elections again. But that depends on the performance of Barack Obama's Democrats.
July 14, 2009 The military officers and right-wing forces who ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya have longstanding ties to the U.S. government.
July 2, 2009 In the name of finding "middle ground," Barack Obama and the Democrats are making compromises that the health care industry can be happy with.
June 30, 2009 The health care industry is determined to strangle any proposal in Washington for real reform--and the Democrats are acting as accomplices.
June 18, 2009 The bankruptcy of General Motors marks the end of an era in which U.S. capitalism could claim to offer workers an "American dream" of rising living standards.
June 2, 2009 Everyone expects Dick Cheney to rationalize torture by the CIA and U.S. armed forces. But Barack Obama?
May 20, 2009 The strongest argument for socialism is the simplest--that capitalism is incapable of meeting the needs of the majority of people.
May 6, 2009 Whether the statistics show continued recession or a weak recovery, there's one economic fact no one can dispute--things are a lot worse for U.S. workers.
April 23, 2009 Calls to pull together in the face of the crisis can be heard at all levels of government. But it's workers who will be the ones to "share" the sacrifice.
April 10, 2009 Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's $1 trillion plan to bail out Wall Street with taxpayer money is an even bigger giveway than the Bush administration proposed.
March 24, 2009 Republican complaints about Obama's "socialism" are laughable. But the economic crisis and the new era in Washington are opening up a debate about capitalism.
March 11, 2009 The Obama administration has proposed a federal budget that turns the dogmas of the past period of conservative political dominance on their heads.
March 3, 2009 Sweeping reforms are needed in the face of a devastating economic crisis. But the debate over how to achieve these changes is just beginning.
February 24, 2009 The stimulus bill signed into law by Barack Obama falls short of what's needed to rescue the economy--and of what was expected of Obama in office.
February 18, 2009 Barack Obama promised high ethical standards from his White House. But he's also filling his administration with veteran political insiders.
February 11, 2009 Millions of people jammed into Washington to see history made with Barack Obama's inauguration. What they do now will shape the new era.
January 21, 2009 People who placed their hopes in Barack Obama will be told to be patient and wait on the new president to act. They shouldn't.
January 19, 2009
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