Native Americans gather to support the Sanders campaign
I'm hoping that Native Americans are going to be able to directly ask questions of the presidential candidates.
Amend Constitution to add a right to vote
On Aug. 6, the Voting Rights Act will mark its 50th anniversary.Now it's time to demonstrate against the concerted campaign to undermine it.
Charleston, the Republican right, and the lessons of Martin Luther King
Few people are claiming that there was anything random or mysterious about the brutal murder of nine innocent African American people in Charleston.
Why I support Bernie Sanders
Bernie is dealing with real issues: control the 1 % has over the country, power of money in elections, massive disparity between the ultra-rich and millions who live in poverty.
As Bernie Sanders draws 10,000, socialism draws 47 percent
Not since the days of Eugene Debs' bid for the presidency from his prison cell has a socialist candidate garnered so much attention and support.
A monumental contradiction
Washington, D.C., memorials invariably quote some of the masterpieces of our heritage, a reminder of the values that ground the American experiment in democracy.
Obama uses N-Word to make point about not using N-Word?
It is a matter of recognizing and struggling against racism in all of its various forms, particularly its institutional features.
Michelle Obama's deeply moving words
At the graduation ceremony of Tuskegee University, Michelle Obama spoke of the racial barriers facing African Americans and encouraged them to overcome discrimination.
Drawing a line in the sand on TPP is a mistake
I am opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, as well as the enabling legislation being debated in Congress.
Memo to Mayor Emanuel: System needs fixing, not the kids
It was corporate decisions and pro-corporate government policies that led our city's children into catastrophe.
