Is this about immigration?
What's really behind the sudden and righteous-sounding call from the senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, to change the 14th Amendment to the Constitution?
Hitch-22: When the left moves right
In lining up with Bush on the war in Iraq, the former Nation columnist shocked the left, and his militant atheism has inspired animosity on the right. Still, in his memoir Hitchens comes off as a man of principle.
GOP goes after kids and Constitution
A key amendment to the U.S. Constitution is in the cross hairs of a frightening Republican campaign.
Sherrod, Obama, and the strength of roots
How would members of the Obama administration have reacted to racist pressure from the Deep South in the early '60s?
Of lynch mobs and lawsuits, immigration reform today
As the summer marches on, the possibility that a comprehensive immigration reform law be passed before the November elections is more and more problematic.
Is Rand Paul a racist?
Is Rand Paul, a: prejudiced, b: a chauvinist, c: a racist?
A dubious immigration proposal
Senate Democratic leaders have presented an outline for an immigration reform bill, but many will find it wanting.
Arizona immigration law: A civil rights catastrophe
The signing last week by Arizona's Republican Governor, Jan Brewer of SB 1070 should be a signal for action by everybody who cares about human and workers' rights.
Hidden from history: Communists and civil rights
Recently I've been watching reruns of Eyes on the Prize--the old PBS documentary about the history of the civil rights movement--and a thought keeps barging in that wasn't there when I first saw it back in 1987: Why doesn't the Communist Party get some air time in this program?
Black History video celebrates change-making movements
Video celebrates Black History Month with interviews of two Southern California participants in the great social movements for democracy and equality.
