Racism: pollutant that serves GOP, Wall St interests
Racism is the most persistent and pernicious form of division in our country. It creates a fault line in the labor and people's struggles that, if not overcome, irredeemably weakens them.
GOP's empty rhetoric on Obama's immigration record
A record 400,000 people are being deported each year under Obama, who took a minor step to protect immigrants. Now Republicans are accusing him of treason.
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.
GOP insincerity shows when it comes to the environment
Private sector jobs are important, but our democratic rights are more important.
Does the GOP hate women?
Even though they're afraid to utter the W word, it's pretty easy to see what their views are on issues concerning the majority of voters.
President Obama's jobs plan in context
Obama's American Jobs Act is better than we expected, and although it does not do enough, it should be supported while pushing for more and better proposals.
Choosing common sense over lunacy
Millions were horrified when the tea party audience shouted "yeah" and cheered at the suggestion that a sick man with no health insurance should be allowed to die.
The Republicans' intergalactic adventures
The GOP presidential candidates proffered a free-market fairy tale straight from their alternate universe.
Herman Cain’s peculiar politics
Perhaps in an effort to show off his conservative potential, Cain has made a string of controversial comments.
Elizabeth Warren falls on her sword
Elizabeth Warren represented the moral opposite of the decadence in Wall Street that nearly ruined, and may yet ruin, the whole nation.
