
Jews, the civil rights movement, Israel: hot topics in Open HIllel tour
In each of the campuses where they refused Open Hillel's request that we vets be permitted to speak, the Open Hillel students arranged alternative campus venues.

Ohioans protest as Kasich announces his campaign for presidency
Ohioans fed up with John Kasich's pro-1 percent policies came out in droves to protest their governor as he announced his bid for the Republican nomination for president

Brave activists who broke into FBI office in '71 remembered
I was the Washington correspondent of the Daily World and received a packet in the mail of top secret FBI documents exposing the surveillance of tens of thousands of law-abiding people.

Today in history: The Americans with Disabilities Act signed 25 years ago
It was dedicated activism that accomplished these measures so that the benefits of living in a modern society can be accessed by millions more people.

Walker offers rightwing policies tried and tested in his Wisconsin lab
Wisconsin stands as the actual laboratory of failure for Republican ideology and pain for the people.

Los Angeles does it again: $15 an hour!
The nation's largest local government voted to raise the minimum wage for county employees and workers employed in the unincorporated areas -- 1.2 and 1.6 million workers.

Unionists, retirees to lead mass pro-Medicare rallies on July 30
Unions also want to use the rallies to again push for "Medicare for all," namely government-run single-payer national health insurance.

Justice for Tamir Rice dealt legal blow ahead of civil rights conference
An Ohio appeals court declined to force the arrest of the Cleveland police officers involved in the murder of 12-year old Tamir Rice.

Scam videos try to destroy Planned Parenthood - again
An individual with ties to far-right video scammers has launched a new video attack on Planned Parenthood.

San Diego gathering features the worst of American politics
Most of what's wrong with American politics today is on display from now through the weekend in a downtown hotel in San Diego.

