Issue 668 | April 4, 2008
: Brian Jones Martin Luther King was assassinated 40 years ago in the midst of a struggle that he saw as part of the next stage for the civil rights movement.
: Patrick Cockburn Journalist Patrick Cockburn explains the background to the eruption of renewed combat in Iraq and what it means for the future.
The country's largest corporation is trying to steal from a former employee who is now severely disabled.
Mumia Abu-Jamal suffered a setback in his struggle for justice when a federal court upheld his murder conviction and refused him a new trial.
PacifiCare's refusal to pay for his cancer treatment could have been the end of the story. Instead, Nick Colombo's brother was determined to fight.
The crackup of the storied Wall Street firm Bear Stearns has provided an object lesson in the double standards of American capitalism.
Despite the presence of hundreds of antiwar veterans telling their story, the U.S. corporate media chose to ignore Winter Soldier.
The Service Employees International Union and California Nurses Association are locked in a dispute over a nurses' organizing drive in Ohio.
Members of the CNA marked the end of a 10-day strike against the Sutter Health network with a San Francisco rally.
Reversing Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget cuts will require a united struggle of students and faculty, built from the grassroots up.
Oregon a new lottery. A winning "ticket" means you will be one of 10,000 people to qualify for a state health care program for the poor.
Hillary Clinton's "antiwar" message includes the racist assertion that the U.S. has given Iraqis "the precious gift of freedom."
John McCain's "second job" | Slashing teachers' jobs in Calif.
Zaragosa Vargas' book Labor Rights Are Civil Rights tells the hidden history of Mexican-American workers.
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