Mergers harm democracy
AT&T announced its intentions to buy T-Mobile. What is to be expected from such a mega-merger?
Tucson's Cesar Chavez march says "Save ethnic studies"
Tucson came out to celebrate the legacy of Cesar Chavez.
Poem of the week: Marge Piercy and workers of the world
Marge Piercy's writing almost always focuses on working class women and wide-ranging social concerns including a lifelong commitment to progressive social change.
AFRICOM and the Libya War
Many African nations, including especially South Africa, expressed qualms about AFRICOM.
Near disaster at airport fitting tribute to Reagan’s legacy
Do you remember Ronald Reagan and the air traffic controllers' strike of 1981? That was the year Reagan destroyedthe Professional Air Traffic Controllers' Organization.
Triangle fire: then and now
While walking through the Evergreen Cemetery recently, located in Ridgewood Brooklyn, I came across a section dedicated to eight unidentified young women who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire on March 25, 1911.
Have women come a long way? Yes and no
Young women talk about how they have benefited from the struggles of their mothers' and grandmothers' generation, and the new and old challenges they face today.
Is democracy inherent in socialism?
That's how it should be, but, as history teaches, socialism is democratic only if we make it so.
Banker’s deficit solution: work longer with less pay and half the benefits
Many children were working in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory when fire broke out. Such conditions, if Republicans have their way, may again become commonplace.
