The dream today
Forty-eight years after his "I Have a Dream" speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would be furious.
Lorenzo Torrez, copper miner, Communist leader, dies at 84
Lorenzo Torrez, leader of the Communist Party, a staunch yet quiet spoken fighter for union rights and Mexican American equality, died New Years Day in Tucson.
What does the U.S. working-class look like these days?
Peoples have been arriving on the North American continent for thousands of years, over land bridges and across oceans, some on foot.
Herman Cain: Defense of bigotry, the ultra rich and the ultra right
Herman Cain's main role is to give a kind of seal of approval to the racism, and bigotry of the Republican Party and he does it well. And right-wing Republican audiences adore him.
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth: A mighty tree for civil rights
Rev. Shuttlesworth's fingerprints are all over the history of the Civil Rights movement and his dogged determination to resist the powers of racism and inequality were legendary.
Elouise Cobell, leader of landmark Native American lawsuit, dies at 65
Cobell is especially honored for her role as the lead plaintiff in a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit charging the U.S. government with cheating Native Americans.
Columbus Day questions
On this Columbus Day, let's consider the discrepancy between how newcomers are celebrated in our history but ostracized in our society.
October 12: Columbus Day, or Day of Tragedy?
If we look to both past and present and take an objective balance of history, the figure of Columbus cannot help but be associated with an extremely tragic toll.
Reader voices: 9/11, 10 years later
Ten years ago, our nation faced what is arguably the greatest test to which our people have faced since the Civil War on our own soil.
Why progressives should not support Ron Paul
Ron Paul has attracted a following that borders on cult-like, but his core policy positions should send progressives running.
