Republicans should get their story straight
The right wing, in its assault on working people, is full of contradictory statements.
Poem of the week: Nizar Qabbani’s “The Old World is Dead”
This unnamed verse, written in 1970, seems as if it could have been written yesterday in half a dozen nations - and in some U.S. states as well.
The greatest recovery?
Corporate executives have extracted record profits by sabotaging the recovery on every front - eliminating employees, repressing wages, withholding investment and shirking federal taxes.
Capitalism sucks: more loyal to profit abroad than jobs at home
Prospects for U.S. workers in the post-recession economy are grimmer than ever.
Reflections on Friday's protest in Madison
The aches in my bones from yesterday's rally in Madison, Wisconsin, were welcomed aches.
Snyder budget means more pain for Michigan workers
The budget reduces business taxes by $1.8 billion. This deficit-creating proposal is made up for by increasing taxes on seniors and families by $1.7 billion.
"American Idol" makes comeback in 2011
After an unimpressive season last year "American Idol" is making a comeback in 2011 and many of the performances so far have been nothing short of stellar.
Stop the attack on Planned Parenthood
Republicans are trying to wipe out all funding for family planning, and defund Planned Parenthood entirely, in the budget bill to be voted on shortly.
An open letter to free-market patriots
Can you be patriotic if your true and only interest comes down to corporate profit?
Black unemployment, working class unity
The 1930s slogan, "Black and white, unite and fight." is relevant today. General appeals for jobs and relief, for public works jobs and full employment measures have to be combined with targeted job creation in communities where the hardship is the most severe.
