The massacre at Ishaqi, Iraq
U.S. troops entered the house and killed the civilians before calling in the airstrikes. Autopsies showed all had been handcuffed and then shot.
The horror in Guatemala
We today should be as angry and indignant as if this had happened yesterday; if we are not, it could happen again.
Creationists, flat earthers and deficit hawks
It's worth asking how the proponents of deficit-reduction - be they congressional Republicans or "deficit hawks" within the Obama administration - think that lower deficits will lead to increased growth and job creation in an economy mired in a severe slump.
Drug industry sells misleading ads - to doctors
82 percent of the ads placed by drug companies in medical journals violate the Food and Drug Administration's regulations on truthfulness and risk disclosure.
A tip for Joe the machinist: Watch your back
A Labor Day reflection: Corporate America no longer even pays lip service to the importance of encouraging hard work and skill.
Rick Perry and the push for American theocracy
Recently there has been an increasing push to further inject a right-wing version of Christianity into the governance of the nation.
Hoping for an audacious jobs proposal Mr. President
As we approach Labor Day, 2011, the three biggest concerns on the minds of the American people are jobs, jobs and jobs.
Michigan Republicans cut welfare and twist Bible
Michigan's Republican dominated state Legislature passed a lifetime limit on welfare benefits expected to cast 11,000 families off the welfare rolls on Oct. 1 - including more than 29,700 children.
Millions make change
The initiatives and actions of the American people were an essential ingredient in the progressive-democratic thrust in the 1930s and 1960s. The same is true today.
Labor board rule changes help defeat employer delay tactics
By now, there's been publicity - and lots of management propaganda - about proposals by the National Labor Relations Board to change some rules.
