War is not the answer for Libya
President Obama needs to stand up against the warhawks, by moving toward a quick cease-fire in Libya.
Public workers are US
Under the guise of "fiscal responsibility" the tea party GOP extreme right at both the federal and state level is wielding a two-edged sword aimed at the heart of the black and Latino community's economic life.
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.
What Frederick Douglass tells us about today
Frederick Douglass was one of the great people’s leaders of the 19th century. And yet his towering intellect and multifaceted political experience have been insufficiently appreciated.
Death penalty, shot through with racism, cannot be fixed
Justice John Paul Stevens say capital punishment is "shot through with racism, skewed toward conviction, infected with politics and tinged with hysteria." It's past time to end the practice.
“Secession balls” in 2010?
There were two stories about the beginnings of the Civil War this week: Georgia acknowledges slavery, while neo-Confederates ignore it.
Nelson Mandela's conversations - a review
"Conversations with Myself" provides the clearest glimpse yet into the mind of a man who is by nature private and reserved.
Time to end stop-and-frisk policing
Crime rates have dropped, but the unconstitutional, and therefore criminal, harassment of black and brown youth is on the increase. This racial profiling is anti-worker. It must be stopped.
Ginning up racism: its winners and losers
Why do so many white people embrace this poison that is so harmful to their well being, why are so many so strident, why are so many so ready to accept the most far-fetched racist pronouncements?
Noted scholar and activist Dr. Ron Walters dies at 72
Dr. Ron Walters, a distinguished scholar and civil rights movement activist, died last week from cancer at the age of 72.
