: Alan Maass A deadly Israeli attack on a United Nations school where hundreds of Gazans had taken refuge has dramatized the barbarism of Israel's war.
: Todd Chretien A video of an Oakland police officer shooting a man in the back as he lay prone on the ground is beginning to stir national outrage.
: Adam Turl Working-class youth urgently need unions in these hard economic times--and labor needs young workers in order to revive.
: Sam Farber Cuba's government has a reputation as an uncompromising supporter of national liberation movements, but the actual record is more mixed.
: Phil Gasper Contrary to the propaganda that Palestine was "a land without people," the formation of Israel depended on the expulsion of the Arab population.
: Haidar Eid A resident of Gaza City describes the savage onslaught by Israeli forces--and analyzes the larger political context in which the offensive is taking place.
: Eric Ruder The Israeli military has stormed into Gaza with thousands of troops and tanks, inflicting a new round of death and suffering on the Palestinian population.
Supporters of a University of Massachusetts student who defended himself from racist attackers crowded into his pre-trial hearing.
: Mike Marqusee There is one sad, near certainty about 2009: the war in Afghanistan will grow bloodier, more brutal and more dangerous to the region.
Wiretaps implicating Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich provide a window into the way government really works in the "world's greatest democracy."
A 25,000-strong protest in New York City is the latest in a series of determined protests around the U.S. against Israel's assault.
: Ashley Smith and Eric Ruder The national convention of the main U.S. antiwar coalition left a number of questions unanswered about the movement's future.
: Workers' Left The resilience of the youth protest movement can only be understood as the result of the solidarity it enjoys among a majority of people in the country.
The South Korean government has arrested leading members of a movement to protest for food sovereignty and democratic rights.
: Emmanuel Santos A partial default on Ecuador's foreign debt comes amid heated social struggles that pit a reformist president against indigenous movements.
Workers at two Contra Costa County hotels are fighting attempts to curtail union standards, including increases in health care costs.
A rally and march in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn marked the fatal beating of Ecuadorian immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay.
University of California at Berkeley students organized a teach-in in response to racism directed at Palestinians on campus.
Students at New York City's New School ended a 30-hour occupation after winning a number of their demands for greater democracy.
Despite a steady snow, CUNY students and faculty joined forces with transit workers in New York City to protest budget cuts.
The Mormon Church played an instrumental role in getting California's Prop 8 passed. But the church has faced opposition in the past--from athletes.
U.S. and Israeli officials have twisted and distorted the facts beyond all recognition to justify the war on Gaza.
: Anthony Arnove Harold Pinter, who died in December, will be remembered not only for his path-breaking theater, but his outspoken dissent against war and oppression.
Some predictions for international highlights of the new year...if justice were to prevail in the world.
The plan to balance New York City's budget includes closing 19 community centers in public housing projects in all five boroughs.
He thought he'd be welcomed as a liberator, but Bush is despised to the point where a man throwing shoes at him is an instant national hero.
What's easier for an African American male: Becoming president of the United States or an NCAA Division I football coach?
The American Catholic Church faces the abyss in John Patrick Shanley's new film Doubt.
: Nicole Colson A new book explains how access to healthy food--something that should be a basic human right--is instead used as a tool for profit.
: Scott Johnson If you're tempted to go see the remade The Day the Earth Stood Still, think again--you're better off renting the 1951 classic.
: Todd Chretien In a world of war and crisis, the need for fundamental change has never seemed more urgent. But what choices do we have to make a new future?
Here in Philadelphia, we've seen a victory in the mini-movement that sprung up to organize against proposed budget cuts.
It's going to be a lean Christmas in Wilmington, Ohio, for anyone connected to the shipping company DHL.
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