A minimum program for a progressive majority
This is a framework of principles that left forces could use to unite majorities in competitive battles at, primarily, the local and state levels.
Socialist and journalist Carl Bloice dies at 75
Carl Bloice focused his daily and weekly and monthly journalistic production on economics, on the struggle for equality, on youth, especially African American, Latino and Asian youth in his hometown, on internationalism.
Pastors for Peace under attack by IRS
The Pastors for Peace initiative to build a future for the poor and disadvantaged based on solidarity, peace and cooperation between peoples is in jeopardy.
Senate curbs filibusters in blow against GOP "pirates"
On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Democrats, fed up with endless Republican obstructionism, voted to end filibusters on nearly all presidential nominees.
Austerity debate remains unresolved after shutdown drama
There was one victory the neo-Confederate Republicans can claim that even the old Confederacy could not: the ability to shutdown the federal government, a symbol of their supreme distaste for both union and democracy.
Shutdown: New phase in a very American coup
They didn't wear jackboots, but the shutdown of government by an extremist faction of the Republican Party can only be described as a new phase in a very American coup.
GOP strategy: Tune out, turn off, drop out
The antics of GOP Senator Ted Cruz are only the latest example of an effort to pull the political discourse further to the right.
Supreme racism tramples democracy in voting rights
The 30-year project of the Republicans and ultra-conservatives to crush civil rights took a qualitative leap forward when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in a 5-4 decision announced on June 25.
IRS "scandal" may not be so scandalous after all
One of the numerous "scandal" stories in the news this week is the revelation that the IRS supposedly "targeted" conservative political groups for special attention and tax audits.
The Second Amendment and racism
The Second Amendment continues to provide cover for racism just as its original intent was to protect slavery.
