Higher education for the 1% or for all? Let’s discuss
What is the latest in the struggle for educational access? Join us for a teleconference conversation with United States Student Assoc. Pres. Tiffany Dena Loftin, Jun 18.
What is the future for voting rights in America? Let’s discuss
What is the future for voting rights in America? Join us for a teleconference conversation with Jarvis Tyner, July 16.
“Jackson, hell yes:” Chokwe Lumumba elected mayor
The right wing's Southern strategy can only be defeated by a progressive Southern strategy.
The left needs to stop self-marginalizing
For too long the left has not been a major player on our political scene. But that could well change in the coming decade.
Defense argues Bradley Manning motivated by “humanist” beliefs
As the Bradley Manning trial begins this week, it has become clear Manning's motivation is the keystone of the government prosecution.
Cancer patients more likely to go bankrupt
Cancer patients are twice as likely to file for bankruptcy as people without cancer, a study in Washington State has found.
Obama proposes end to "state of perpetual war"
In a speech at the National Defense University yesterday President Barack Obama declared the nation must move away from the "state of perpetual war" that has existed since 9/11.
In response to school closures, a new movement is born
A new national movement for education justice has been born all across the country, to defend public education from those who would destroy it.
New York veterans chart a way forward
Veterans of the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan wars gathered last Saturday at a local New York Area Veterans for Peace conference.
Senate judiciary committee approves immigration bill
The bill was supported by a bipartisan group of eight senators (the "Gang of Eight").
