Ban discrimination against the unemployed
President Obama's American Jobs Act contains an important provision outlawing discrimination against the unemployed.
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.
European workers have nothing but chains to lose
Shying away from political union now means the collapse of the Euro, the common market and the growth and economies of scale it promises.
Troy Davis and the new abolitionists
In the fight to save Troy Davis's life, a new abolitionist movement is born.
Votes and vetoes: Palestine at the UN
This week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is taking the Palestinian people's case for statehood to the United Nations.
Destroying the Postal Service in order to save it?
The big lie seems to be working. Most Americans now believe that the U.S. Postal Service is on the verge of a financial collapse.
Hyatt workers strike in four cities after two years without contract
More than 90 percent of the unionized early shift in Chicago's Hyatt hotels showed up for picket duty instead of work this morning.
Scab herding: corporate organized crime
One of the worst kinds of theft is stealing a person's job. You not only rob a person of their income, their sense of wellbeing, and their dignity, you also rob their family and children.
Millions make change
The initiatives and actions of the American people were an essential ingredient in the progressive-democratic thrust in the 1930s and 1960s. The same is true today.
