Readers' Views

  • Working harder for less in the end

    When I work harder, it puts more money in the bosses' pockets--but the slight bit more they pay me ends up hurting me in the end.

  • More cuts in the aftermath of Irene?

    Hundreds of thousands were left without power after Hurricane Irene--but Republicans want to cut FEMA's budget.

  • Advice to a grocery store customer

    A customer at the store where I work recently decided to impart a bit of "wisdom." Here's what I wish I could have said back to him.

  • The winner in Libya is undetermined

    The anti-Qaddafi rebellion in Libya benefited from NATO support, but that doesn't mean it has lost its way or is a stooge of imperialism.

  • Support the Central Michigan strikers

    The administration at Central Michigan University is misrepresenting the truth to force faculty strikers back to work.

  • The culture warriors take their aim

    It's worth keeping in mind how the case of the West Memphis Three was used by the right to demonize youth culture.

  • Discrimination at Nephew's bar

    In July, activists held a rally to protest a discriminatory dress code at Nephew's bar in San Marcos, Texas.

  • Views in brief

    Obama's Afghanistan escalation | Throwing a generation away | No surprises from Obama | Vanishing civil rights

  • A false accusation of anti-Semitism

    A debate in Germany's Left Party over accusations of anti-Semitism is being used to marginalize left-wing voices.

  • When "recovery" means "austerity"

    For many Americans, the supposed jobs "recovery" is just another bend in a spiral of unemployment and under-employment.

  • A good start from Save Our Schools

    The Save Our Schools march showed that teachers are losing their fear--and that is a dangerous thing for the corporate reformers and their lackey politicians.

  • How the right fueled Breivik’s hate

    Many on the right share Anders Breivik’s antipathy for a society based on cross-cultural tolerance and understanding.

  • A world of extremes at Pine Ridge

    The Oglala Lakota people on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, one of the poorest areas of the U.S., are going to suffer no matter what politicians in Washington decide to cut.

  • The world that created Breivik

    Anders Breivik is, in every way, a child of a world in which neoliberalism and Islamophobia is the official policy of many Western governments.

  • Blaming a mother for a tragedy

    Raquel Nelson, an African American mother, was convicted by an all-white jury after her son was killed by a hit-and-run driver.

  • A fake solution to the obesity crisis

    A recommendation in the Journal of the American Medical Association to put obese children in foster care smacks of racism and paternalism.

  • Views in brief

    Words from a Pelican Bay hunger striker | Obama's attack on Social Security | Harvard's anti-Trotsky bias | ANSWER, McKinney and Qaddafi | A more nuanced picture of war and rape

  • Our walk against sexual assault

    Some concrete demands, offered in solidarity, can help take the SlutWalk movement against rape and sexual assault forward.

  • The two parties agree on austerity

    The problem with the budget talks is not just Obama's sellout to the Republicans, but the whole program of the Democrats.

  • Supporting Pelican Bay hunger strikers

    Our brothers at the Pelican Bay State Prison security housing unit are on hunger strike to protest the inhumane conditions they endure.

  • Fighting for a South Side trauma center

    I'm part of a youth group organizing to bring a trauma center back into Chicago's Woodlawn community after 23 years without one.

  • Spreading struggle in the squares

    Discussions are surfacing in New Orleans and other cities about initiating the "liberation square" movement in this country.

  • Views in brief

    What is happening at Fort Calhoun? | Weiner's lies brought him down | For an end to the death penalty | Time for action against Wall Street

  • San Jose's drive to austerity

    San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is proposing a "Fiscal and Public Safety Emergency" and a November ballot measure attacking public-sector workers.

  • A plea from an innocent man

    I was falsely convicted and sentenced to death in late 1996, and I need your help in exposing California's false justice system.