Defenders of the Big Brother surveillance state think we should accept it when our rights have been violated because the world is a safer place for it. June 19, 2013
Surveillance, repression and violence don't protect us from a dangerous world. On the contrary, they help make the world much more dangerous. June 12, 2013
Barack Obama and his administration have maintained and even escalated the Bush-era practices of lying, spying and expanding government powers. May 29, 2013
Barack Obama's willingness to give ground to Republicans while kicking the Democrats' base in the teeth has come into particularly sharp focus. May 15, 2013
It's no accident that inequality has grown to staggering levels--capitalism is organized to make the rich super-richer. So what's the alternative? May 6, 2013
The sensationalism and scaremongering of the political and media establishment is part of their drive to tighten the grip of the security state. April 25, 2013
The Obama administration's budget proposal represents a historic assault on one of the government's most popular programs: Social Security. April 10, 2013
Even some Republicans are coming out for marriage equality--yet the New York Times is warning that legalized same-sex marriage is going too far. April 3, 2013
Millions of people--women and men--want to take a stand against sexual assault and victim-blaming that are all too common in this society. March 21, 2013
Happy days are here again...if you happen to be a corporate executive or Wall Street parasite. But for the working majority, it's a scramble to get by. March 13, 2013
The Supreme Court may overturn a critical part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act--but that's only the latest threat to African Americans' right to vote. March 6, 2013
The partisan battles in Washington hide a bipartisan agreement--that there is no alternative to austerity, and the only differences are over the scale. February 27, 2013
