Issue 667

  • Wall Street or homeowners:
    Column: Sharon Smith

    Guess who's getting a bailout?

    The crackup of Bear Stearns ended with a bailout for Wall Street. But millions of homeowners will pay for the crisis Wall Street made. March 28, 2008

  • José Luis Buenrostro-Gonzalez, 1992-2008

    Shot down by Oakland police

    Police claim that 15-year-old José Luis Buenrostro-Gonzalez pointed a weapon at them. But eyewitnesses and his family tell a different story. March 28, 2008

  • Column: Lance Selfa

    The making of a scapegoat

    If Rev. Jeremiah Wright used angry rhetoric, perhaps it's because there's still a lot in American society to be angry about. March 28, 2008

  • Analysis: Lee Sustar

    Getting by with a little help from their Fed?

    Can the Federal Reserve Bank save the U.S. economy? That's the hope and prayer of growing numbers of Wall Street executives. March 28, 2008

  • Analysis: David Whitehouse

    Tibet's new resistance to Chinese repression

    Tibetan protests against Chinese repression have escalated into a series of confrontations in Tibet and three neighboring provinces. March 28, 2008

  • Editorials

    The new debate about racism

    Barack Obama's speech has put the issue of racism back in the center of mainstream U.S. politics for the first time in decades. March 28, 2008

  • Justice denied again for Troy Davis

    The Georgia Supreme Court isn't going to let the truth stop the state from executing an innocent man. March 28, 2008

  • What really happened in 10,000 B.C.?

    The way films like 10,000 B.C. depict early societies sheds a lot of light on how human history is mangled. March 28, 2008

  • Sing a song of hypocrisy

    It's an election year, and that means we're being treated to the lame misappropriation of popular music as campaign "theme songs." March 28, 2008

  • Five long years for the people of Iraq

    In my 13 years as a human rights activist, the moment that has impacted me the most was five years ago while protesting the Iraq war. March 28, 2008

  • American Axle

  • Long Beach teachers face debate over union

    Long Beach school officials are trying to capitalize on Arnold Schwarzenegger's manufactured budget crisis by declaring a fiscal freeze. March 28, 2008

  • Sutter nurses back on picket line

    Some 4,000 members of the California Nurses Association began a 10-day strike against the Sutter Health network at eight Bay Area facilities. March 28, 2008

  • The George Jackson story

    Black August, a film about prison activist George Jackson released on DVD, presents a prodigious indictment of the U.S. judicial system. March 28, 2008

  • Views in brief

    Candidates discover workers | Socialists should vote Obama | Exploiting King for business | Sexism isn't "yesterday's news" March 28, 2008

  • News and reports

    Protesting five years of war | Rhode Island budget cuts March 28, 2008

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