A leader of Physicians for a National Health Program explains why the health care proposals being debated in Washington will make the crisis worse. July 30, 2009
There are increasing calls for a new economic stimulus package, but the Obama administration has a different message for victims of the crisis: Wait. July 29, 2009
Instead of raising taxes on the rich, California lawmakers chose to steal resources from programs to help students, children, the elderly and the poor. July 28, 2009
Honest discussions about racism have become so anathema in U.S. politics that its existence is denied even in obvious cases like Henry Louis Gates' arrest. July 27, 2009
Proposed legislation that would make it easier to join unions is dead--killed off by Corporate America while organized labor was paralyzed by inaction. July 23, 2009
The "withdrawal" of U.S. troops from Iraqi cities is part of the redesign of an ongoing occupation, carried out for both American and Iraqi consumption. July 22, 2009
Our Viva Palestina convoy was finally allowed into Gaza for just 24 hours to bring badly needed humanitarian supplies. We made the most of the time. July 20, 2009
As it prepares to lay off more than 2,000 teachers, LA school officials may open hundreds of schools to takeover by charter school operators. July 28, 2009
"Common sense" says that there isn't enough to go around, and this is what accounts for famines and poverty in the world. But common sense is wrong. August 3, 2009
Workers at a Bronx cookie factory won their jobs back after nearly a year on strike--but they face a new struggle to keep their plant from closing. July 20, 2009
When residents of 2789 Harrison in San Francisco realized their landlord wanted to push them out, they came up with a plan of resistance. July 28, 2009
Supporters of Nativo Lopez gathered at his arraignment in Los Angeles to protest this attack on the immigrant rights leader and the movement. July 29, 2009
Hundreds of activists turned out to protest when the Westboro Baptist Church paid a visit to Seattle to spew its antigay, racist and anti-Semitic filth. July 15, 2009
