NFL - the untold story
I'm sure that some folks sitting in front of their TVs watching the Super Bowl last week were wondering, "Why does the little working-class town of Green Bay have an NFL franchise?"
The roots of Tucson
The violence in Tucson is also not an isolated incident. According to the last figures issued by the FBI, there were 8,336 victims of hate crimes committed by 6,225 people in 2009.
Coming to terms with the Confederacy
Some groups want to remember the Confederacy "the right way." Whatever can they mean?
Martin Luther King Jr. and the attack on public workers
As we celebrate the life and historic contributions of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, public workers are under fierce attack across the country.
CPUSA condemns Arizona shootings, incitement
The Communist Party USA issued the following statement Jan. 9 unequivocally condemning the shootings in Arizona and the ultra-right, anti-government political atmosphere.
Lincoln's fiery trial was America's too
Book review: Eric Foner's "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery."
Which way forward for the left
After the midterm election, there is a vigorous debate taking place among left and progressive people about which way forward. Here is a contribution from Communist Party leader Jarvis Tyner.
Richard Nixon’s tapes and the psychology of division
New tapes from the Nixon White House show Nixon's pathologic prejudices against virtually every ethnic group, particularly his crude anti-Semitism.
Death penalty, shot through with racism, cannot be fixed
Justice John Paul Stevens say capital punishment is "shot through with racism, skewed toward conviction, infected with politics and tinged with hysteria." It's past time to end the practice.
“Secession balls” in 2010?
There were two stories about the beginnings of the Civil War this week: Georgia acknowledges slavery, while neo-Confederates ignore it.
