Song and struggle: “Bravely Comrades, In Step”
The struggle for socialism is international and constantly evolving. Socialist music is the same. "Bravely Comrades, In Step" is a good example.
Jim Crow move over, the Wisconsin GOP is here
Voters will for the first time be required to show photo identification this summer in recall elections seeking to unseat several Republican legislators.
Mitt Romney's Mexican roots
If the nation were to deny the children of immigrants birthright citizenship, as some GOP legislators believe we should, could Mitt be deported?
What will it take to pass a jobs program?
The failure to enact a big enough economic stimulus is the biggest reason the country's in this mess. Obama and the movement that led to his election were too young; the victory was too new and fragile.
Backbone: Schneiderman investigates Wall Street
Backbone. That is part of what's been missing over the past few years. Significantly, that may be about to change.
Should Cuba send SEAL team to Florida?
Was the killing of Osama bin Laden justified? The questions remain: What is terrorism? Who are terrorists? And how does one best oppose them?
"Chinese Massacre" dramatizes little-known history
Playwright Tom Jacobson takes a Howard Zinn-like "people's history" look at Los Angeles, revealing a little-known pogrom against L. A.'s then-200 inhabitants of Chinese ancestry.
The battles that must be won
Re-electing Obama in 2012, preserving unions and public services, defeating racism, advocating for LGBT rights, fighting for a massive jobs program and ending the wars overseas are must win battles.
"Carancho": Film noir that can't get much darker
We know what corruption and film noir look like, though, and "Carancho" is a fine example.
Common and hip hop are as American as apple pie
Conservative media pundits and Republican extremists deliberately used Common's invitation by the White House to condemn the Obama administration.
