Readers' Views

  • One story from “Generation Debt”

    I've worked hard, been creative, gotten an education and even tried to start a business, but at every turn, I have found nothing but hassle and hardship.

  • Freaks, geeks and class on TV

    Two excellent now-cancelled shows available on DVD are worth checking out for the way they explore class in America.

  • Views in brief

    We need facts about health care costs | Wealth is behind KennedyCare | More ways they don’t count inflation | The National Open Antiwar Conference

  • Making D.C. a police state

    In early June, Washington, D.C., police set up checkpoints throughout the working-class neighborhood of Trinidad, in the name of curbing violence.

  • Punishing those with addictions

    People with addictions to drugs face especially harsh oppression under the capitalist system.

  • Views in brief

    How they prey on Generation Debt | Does the movement scare away vets? | The battle in SEIU in context | Hollow words from Bush on Memorial Day | Why we should fight to impeach Bush

  • Behind the statistics on inflation

    Some clarification is needed in discussing the ways in which government statistics minimize the inflation rate.

  • Disabled rights and the attack on abortion

    Disability theorists who waver about abortion when a fetus with a disability is involved do a disservice to women by helping to roll back the right to choose.

  • The role of marriage and the family

    Whether or not individuals emulate the values of "traditional patriarchal marriages," the nuclear family endures because of its usefulness to the ruling class.

  • Behind the far right's victories in Europe

    Members of far-right parties have been voted into local and state assemblies in several recent European elections.

  • Indiana Jones and the Red Scare

    It is interesting to note a couple aspects of the recent Indiana Jones film that are somewhat progressive.

  • Recycled right-wing views on hunger

    When it comes to the global food crisis, the mainstream media tends to reinforce the misconception that not enough food is produced in the world.

  • Views in brief

    The murder of Curtis Osborne | Mistaking tactics for principles | Kennedy's health care hypocrisy | Gay marriage and “conformity” | An anti-choice law that violates women

  • Was Archie Bunker a middle-class fantasy?

    All in the Family provided a concentrated look at many of the changes taking place in society in the 1970s.

  • An innocent man facing execution

    Anyone who has read about the case of Greg Wright has to admit that he was wrongly convicted, yet he has been given an execution date of September 9.

  • Views in brief

    Stern is leading SEIU over a cliff | Socialist Worker should support Sheehan | Why did Clinton pander to racism? | Marriage is a patriarchal institution | A cheap shot at Ted Kennedy

  • When "tradition" covers for bigotry

    There are some issues that are complicated in politics, but whether to support the right to same-sex marriage isn't one of them.

  • Applied according to race and wealth

    The Georgia death machine is back up and in operation after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that lethal injection is not cruel and unusual punishment.

  • Views in brief

    Support Al-Jazeera English | Revolutionary responsibilities | Give Iron Man its due | Archaeology has come a long way

  • A senseless death in a Texas prison

    It's absolutely absurd that the prison system is structured in such a way as to make people worse after they enter prison.

  • Defending the right to marry--or not

    While we should unequivocally support the right to marry, many gay couples reject marriage as an option for all sorts of valid reasons.

  • Impact of decades of racist backlash

    Consciousness has changed a great deal in the U.S. thanks to the struggles of the civil rights movement, but racism still has a strong effect.

  • Which side are you on?

    The left should stand unapologetically in support of the right to same-sex marriage, regardless of any critiques of the state, religion and monogamy.

  • Answering "no" to high-stakes testing

    Students and teachers in a couple cities have begun to take a stand against time-consuming and wasteful high-stakes testing.

  • No need to gloss over disagreements

    It would be a mistake to equate a defense of Rev. Jeremiah Wright from the media attack on him with agreement on questions like the roots of racism.