Recently posted November 20, 2009
: Elizabeth Schulte The Stupak Amendment added to the House health care bill is the latest in a long history of the Democratic Party's betrayals of women's rights.
Nearly 2,000 students from University of California campuses converged on UCLA to confront officials as they voted for a huge tuition hike.
: Equality Across America The gay victim of a terrible crime in Puerto Rico will be honored at vigils held around the country.
: Lee Sustar Civil liberties lawyer Lynne Stewart has been ordered to report to prison despite cancer surgery scheduled for December 7.
: Leighton Christiansen While U of I grad employees didn't get everything we wanted in our contract, we stood strong on the picket line and won our key demand.
The history of the disability rights movement underscores the point that self-determination, not charity, is the key to liberation.
If we want truly equal access for a woman's right to choose, we need to fight for abortion services as part of a publicly funded health care system.
Gaining ground at UPS | A tribute to Chris Harman | The purpose of the death penalty | Wal-Mart never put people first | A Vietnam happening in India
November 19, 2009
: Haidar Eid A Gaza resident asks the president of the United States how he can defend Israel's "security" in the face of the barbarism inflicted on Palestinians.
: Julien Ball After just two days of large, spirited picket lines, administrators at the flagship campus of the University of Illinois threw in the towel.
: Antonino D'Ambrosio The author of two books on Joe Strummer and Johnny Cash explains why he thinks the idea of making music is a rebellious act.
The Men Who Stare at Goats takes an oddly tongue-and-cheek look at the U.S. military's many methods of interrogation.
Nearly 250 protesters from across New York gathered outside an Air Force base near Syracuse to protest the arrival of drone aircraft.
Some 200 people came out in downtown Seattle to celebrate the historic victory of Referendum 71 that confirmed LGBT rights.
November 18, 2009
The Obama administration put bankers' bailouts and more spending on the Pentagon before coming to grips with unemployment.
A three-day strike and protest by students, staff and faculty began November 18 at campuses in the University of California system.
We live in a society where there are more regulations for euthanizing animals than there are for executing human beings.
: Dahr Jamail and Sarah Lazare As Washington debates a new surge of troops to Afghanistan, an overstretched military is struggling to meet its deployment numbers.
The owners of pro sports teams have gotten public funds for far too long. They have an obligation to hear what we have to say.
Current proposals for health care reform will make insurance companies even richer, and that money will flow back into American politics.
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