Issue 699 | June 19, 2009
: Jeremy Scahill and Anthony Arnove Antiwar authors Jeremy Scahill and Anthony Arnove analyze the record of the Obama administration on foreign policy after five months in office.
: Petrino DiLeo Wall Street is reviled throughout the country for wrecking the economy--but it's still getting its way on legislation in Congress.
: Nicole Colson The murder of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has exposed the ugly truth about the fanatical opponents of a woman's right to choose.
: Elizabeth Schulte The Supreme Court's decision to reject a challenge to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy was aided and abetted by the new Obama administration.
: Ashley Simmons More than 5,000 same-sex marriage supporters from across California gathered in Fresno May 30 for the Meet in the Middle for Equality rally.
: Lee Sustar Iranian politics is being transformed by mass protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's dubious claim that he won re-election.
: James Illingworth and Alan Maass As elsewhere in Europe, elections in Britain dealt a crushing blow to the governing Labour Party and gave the far right some crucial breakthroughs.
: George Galloway Earlier this year, we brought an aid convoy across Europe and northern Africa, and into Gaza. And now, we're doing it again, this time from the U.S.
The health care industry is determined to strangle any proposal in Washington for real reform--and the Democrats are acting as accomplices.
: Sherry Wolf Forty years ago, a police raid on a New York City gay bar, the Stonewall Inn, sparked nights of rioting--and the start of a new LGBT movement.
: Eric Ruder One frequent objection to socialism is the belief that any effort by workers to democratically control society invariably ends in dictatorship.
Some 300 demonstrating teachers, parents and students gave Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson an "F" at a June 3 protest.
If ever there was a workplace that needed a union, it's Wal-Mart, and if ever there was a time for such a union, it's now.
Some 2,500 union members and community activists marched in Portland, Ore., on June 7 to protest cuts in public services.
Some 200 custodians and supporters protested the University of Washington Board of Regents June 11.
A California judge ruled that former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle will stand trial for murder for killing Oscar Grant III.
Jeannette Grey and Tiffany Jimenez were thrown to the ground, beaten with nightsticks and verbally abused by New York City cops.
Racist images posted on Facebook sparked a march of 300 African American students in Berkeley, Calif.
Rhode Island is the last state in New England to prohibit gay marriage--but activists are determined to change that.
Supporters of single-payer health care joined protests in more than 50 cities on May 30 in a National Day of Action for Single Payer Health Care.
: Todd Chretien Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's plan to present Barack Obama with another book got me thinking about what I'd recommend.
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