Is full employment possible under capitalism?
By last count, approximately 12 million Americans were officially unemployed. Of those, 4.7 million have been jobless for 27 weeks or longer.
Lincoln, Obama and the sweep of history
With a stroke of a pen the Union government outlawed the enslavement of 4 million people. The truth was that the war was not going well for the North and they had to pass the Emancipation Proclamation in order to win.
The Second Amendment and racism
The Second Amendment continues to provide cover for racism just as its original intent was to protect slavery.
Systemic violence and mass shootings
While we mourn the victims of the heinous shootings in Newtown, Conn., it is important to pause for a moment to reflect on what this violence means.
The passing of Russell Means was a loss for the world
Indian rights activist Russell Means passed on after a magnificent life of struggle to better the lives of American Indians.
Working class loses a leader: George Edwards, activist every day
The working class and people lost a great leader, activist, and fighter for justice and equality this past week.
Eric Hobsbawm, great Marxist historian who kept his cool
I was saddened to hear of the death of Eric Hobsbawm, one of the great Marxist historians writing in the English language of my lifetime.
The mailman wonders: Whose history are we taught?
It's funny what you don't learn in school. Funny is the wrong word. Actually it's quite sad.
The truth about teacher tenure
A fight over teacher tenure is now raging because so-called education reformers have set their sights on destroying public education under the guise of saving it.
