Sudan protesters call for replacement of Al Bashir regime
Protests are growing in the Sudan in response to the announcement that fuel subsidies will be discontinued.
Workers of the world are uniting
Last week IndustriALL, a new global union, was formed in Copenhagen, Denmark. It represents 50 million workers in 350 unions from all over the world.
Tom Morello documentary chronicles unity and “rebel songs”
Tom Morello has provided words of encouragement and a rocking soundtrack to the Occupy movement and the struggles of workers and oppressed everywhere.
Snapshots of the super rich and the rest of us
CEO pay at America's seven largest banks averaged 100 times the median U.S. household income in 1989 -- and over 500 times that median in 2007.
Today in history: Musicians targeted in anti-Communist witch-hunt
On June 22, 1950, renowned musicians/performers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Lena Horne, Pete Seeger and Artie Shaw were labeled as suspected "Communist sympathizers" in the infamous publication "Red Channels."
Pass the Student Loan Forgiveness Act
Financial Aid Office, Business Office, Bursar: those are just some of the names that college students dread when it comes time to pay tuition.
Greed and the pain in Spain
The European Union's response to the economic chaos gripping the continent seems a combination of profound delusion, and what British a reporter called "sado-monetarism" -- endless cutbacks, savage austerity, and widespread layoffs.
Fish gotta swim and George Will gotta lie
I find the rant against governmental regulatory power bizarre, though not surprising. Will has a lot of - I'll be polite - nerve to complain about regulatory overreach
