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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Death panels, euthanasia, abortion: health care fiction and facts
Death panels. Euthanasia. ACORN. Abortion. Immigrants. An insurance industry-backed right-wing smear campaign wants to inject these highly emotional terms into the health reform debate in order to scare people into opposing a major overhaul of the broken health insurance system.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Protect Democracy, End the Coup in Honduras, an Interview
What really is at stake is a return to the period when there were episodic military coups in the region which brought into power military regimes which were very repressive towards workers, peasants and poor people, where they were actually murdering thousands of people.

Friday, July 10, 2009
New Science Oriented Radio Show Aims at Working-class Audience
Are you a Discovery channel junky? If so, a new radio show hosted by renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson will hit the spot. Tyson has teamed up with Comedy Central's Lynn Koplitz for a new science-based radio talk show called Star Talk.

Monday, June 15, 2009
Super-majority Supports Obama's Health Reform Plan
Sixty-two percent of Americans support President Obama's plan for healthcare reform, according to a new ad from Americans United for Change. Recent polling on which the ad relies also shows that almost three in four believe that healthcare reform should include a choice of private and public options.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Can Capitalism Last?, An Interview with Daniel Rubin
(1 comments) I wanted to have something that would be useful in answering the question, "What is Marxism?," a book that would be useful for classes, study groups and schools, and also for those who wanted to answer that question by reading on their own, and hopefully to some extent reaching those who might just be curious about Marxism.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Obama at Buchenwald Buries Reagan Past
(1 comments) President Obama is back from his trip abroad. It was a remarkable tour, during which he spoke of peace, democracy and progress in Egypt, and then, in Germany, he confronted some of the greatest crimes against humanity ever perpetrated, crimes that were the direct result of fascism and war.

Thursday, May 28, 2009
Light at the End of the Unemployment Line? (May 28th)
March 27th marked the 100th day since the passage of President Obama's economic recovery act. To observe the occasion, the administration released a report on the progress of the stimulus package and the economic recovery since.

Friday, April 17, 2009
Does Rick Perry Want to be an American?
(2 comments) It's unclear whether or not Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) wants to be an American.

Thursday, April 2, 2009
Obama and Afghanistan: Now Is Not the Time for Silence
Over strong criticisms from many in its antiwar constituency, the Obama administration last week announced a second increase in the number of US troops in Afghanistan.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Specter Can Kiss His Job Goodbye
In what amounted to little more than a cowardly flip-flop, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter (R), yesterday (Mar. 24) announced he would side with big banks and corporations like Citigroup and Wal-Mart against working Americans.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Employee Free Choice Act Promotes Democracy
The Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would remove harsh barriers to joining labor unions, was introduced in Congress, Tuesday March 10th. Supporters of the bill say there are two simple but vital reasons for passing the bill into law: improve democratic rights and boost the economy.

Saturday, January 10, 2009
US Economic Crisis: Fundamental Changes Needed
Employers cut 524,000 jobs in the months of December, the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed Friday, Jan. 9th. Altogether the jobless rate jumped to 7.2 percent, the highest in 16 years.

Saturday, January 10, 2009
What Dick Cheney's Revision of History Says About Ultra-right Ideology
(1 comments) Dick Cheney tried to re-write history this week. Surprised? Well, no. But the subject he tried to revise and the way he did it gives a snapshot of the mindset of the ultra right and its disastrous policies. Cheney told a reporter this past week that no one could have predicted the financial crisis.

Monday, January 5, 2009
Bush a Socialist? Don't Make Me Laugh
The Republican Party is lashing out again. This time at itself. Several media sources recently reported that at an upcoming Republican National Convention meeting a resolution has been submitted that accuses George W. Bush of promoting socialism through the Wall Street bailout.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Symbolism and the Inaugural Prayers
With his apparently obsessive effort to demean LGBT people and to devalue their struggle for equality, Rick Warren symbolizes a deep and abiding homophobia...

Thursday, December 18, 2008
Some Reflections on "Dignitas Personae"
Mixing up science and religion usually does no credit to the cause of scientific understanding. The latest instruction from the Vatican on bioethical issues is a case in point.

Friday, October 31, 2008
John McCain: An Oily Maverick
With nine straight months of job losses, declining incomes, collapsing in consumer spending, rising in home foreclosures, and a contraction of the GDP, recession sees most working families preparing for the worst. But one group of people has continued to do just fine. Outstanding even.

Friday, October 24, 2008
New Mexico Republicans Illegally Obtain Voter Registration Documents
Voting rights groups demanded a criminal investigation this week into whether or not New Mexico's Bernalillo County Clerk's Office released confidential voter information to Republican Party operatives in violation of state privacy laws.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
God Wants Evil Doers to Die, Says Kansas Abortion Ideologue
The 2008 presidential has officially sunk to a new low. In addition to widely reported incidents of racist attacks, a new e-mail circulated by a leading anti-choice activist in Kansas, however, has turned such threats and smears in a new direction.

Friday, October 10, 2008
Is Gov. Sarah Palin Short-changing Alaska's National Guard?
Should Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin do less campaigning and more governing? Some veterans of the Alaska National Guard returning home from the war zone may think so.

Monday, October 6, 2008
Does Sarah Palin Want to be an American Citizen?
(1 comments) Sarah Palin is attacking Barack Obama for "palling around with terrorists," twisting media accounts to falsely connect Obama with the Weather Underground figure Bill Ayers.

Thursday, September 25, 2008
Rescue Me!: What Else Could We Use that Bailout Money For?
For its anticipated $18+ billion share in the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street banks and lenders now being ramrodded through Congress by the Bush administration, the state of Michigan could provide almost 7 million of its residents with free health care.

Sunday, September 14, 2008
McCain's Newest Lobbyist, Lies, and the Issues
John McCain says he wants to reform Washington, but does hiring well-known Republican Washington lobbyist, William Timmons, who has shady ties to the South African apartheid regime, really spell change?

Friday, September 12, 2008
John McCain's 9/11 Lie
We know how George W. Bush lied to the American people about the case for launching an invasion and now nearly 6-year long occupation of Iraq. Millions of Americans cringed when he insisted that Iraq sought to build nuclear and chemical weapons.

Friday, September 5, 2008
John McCain, Sarah Palin and the Politics of Distraction
(1 comments) As moderate elements of the Republican Party melt away from supporting the Bush legacy and John McCain, more and more of the hardcore and extremist forces and voices in the Republican Party have eagerly stepped forward. Sarah Palin is one of those.

Thursday, September 4, 2008
Guaranteed Medical Care for Vets a "Burden," Says John McCain
John McCain is pushing the idea of privatizing veterans' health care. He advanced the idea in recent stump speeches, even after media and congressional investigations in 2007 uncovered how underfunding and privatization of services at some of the country's top military hospitals caused poor care, neglect, and other dangerous conditions for wounded veterans.

Friday, August 29, 2008
Barack Obama Delivers Concrete Proposals for Change
Speaking before a crowd of close to 80,000 people at Denver's Invesco Field and accepting the nomination of the Democratic Party for president, Barack Obama criticized John McCain for supporting and seeking to continue the Bush administration's policies.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Vote Fraud 2008: See the Movie
Most Americans understand that the 2000 presidential election was decided by five Republican Supreme Court Justices rather than voters. This article reviews a new film titled "Free for All!" by John Wellington Ennis that looks at the 2000-20006 elections.

Friday, August 1, 2008
Wal-Mart tells employees to vote against Democrats
(1 comments) Don't think the 2008 elections are important? Wal-Mart does. That's why it's corporate executives are pressuring its supervisory employees to vote against Democrats in the November election, according to a recent article by the Wall Street Journal.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Retirees to McCain: Social Security not a "Disgrace"
Last week, media reports revealed that presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain gets almost $2,000 per month in Social Security checks, a system, he told an audience at a campaign stop earlier this month, which he finds to be an "absolute disgraceful."

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
What's Behind the Drive to War with Iran?
Ill-tempered neo-con extraordinaire, John Bolton, is pushing for war with Iran. On Sunday, June 22, he predicted longingly to FOX News that Israel would wait until after the November 4th general election to launch an attack on Iran.

Saturday, June 21, 2008
Climate Change Intensifying Disastrous Weather in North America, Report Finds
As John McCain campaigns on a pledge of increasing greenhouse gas emissions by launching new offshore oil drilling and refusing to make caps on emissions by big polluters mandatory, new government data indicates that the effects of global climate change, caused by greenhouse gas emissions, are intensifying.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
"Science-based" Legislation Sought in Global Warming Fight
After the failure of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act in the Senate last week, climate change activists are calling for a stronger "science-based" bill that will meet minimum standards needed to maintain a livable climate.

Sunday, June 8, 2008
Obama Campaign Reaches Out to LGBT Community
Praising Sen. Hillary Clinton's long record of fighting for LGBT equality, Obama for America Deputy Campaign Manager Steve Hildebrand extended a warm welcome to LGBT supporters of the New York Senator on a conference call June 6.

Monday, June 2, 2008
John McCain, Lobbyists, and the Media
Suffice it to say more people think born-again Christian Barack Obama is a Muslim than know about John McCain's close relationships with lobbyists who work for corporations that outsource U.S. jobs.

Friday, May 30, 2008
Texas to do Business with Cuba
A trade delegation led by the Texas Department of Agriculture is in Cuba to negotiate a deal between the island country's government and agribusiness in the Lone Star state, according to the Dallas Morning News.

Thursday, May 1, 2008
Multimedia: Labor Says No to Housing Cuts
5-01-08, 7:19 pm NEW YORK - Trade unionists, housing activists, and residents of New York City public housing gathered at City Hall today to protest the Bush administration's proposed budget cuts to the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
John McCain Pushes Plan to Tax Health Care Benefits
John McCain visited Miami Children's Hospital April 28 where he no doubt scared some babies while attempting to kiss them.

Friday, April 25, 2008
Republicans Block Fair Pay
Senate Republicans filibustered a bill Apr. 24 that would have helped women workers achieve pay equity. Republican presidential nominee John McCain expressed opposition to the bill but refused to take responsibility for his position by returning to the Senate to cast his vote on it.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
McCain's Back Door Deals Shatter Ethical Facade
(1 comments) John McCain helped win lucrative land deals worth tens of millions of dollars for a donor who has raised more than $250,000 for McCain's presidential bid, according to a report in the New York Times, Apr. 22.

Thursday, April 17, 2008
ABC News Presidential Debate Scores an "F"
The ABC News-moderated debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, April 16, has been universally panned. Most commentators have pointed to ABC's highlighting of gaffes, scandal, and personality in the effort to get the candidates to snipe at each other rather than talk about issues that people care about.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Colombia Free Trade Agreement "Dead" – No Tears Here
Bush refused to go quietly, but congressional Democrats dealt a stinging blow to one of his administration's top priorities this week when they refused to hold a vote on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement and stripped the bill of its three-month deadline.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Dems Prepare to Block Bush Cuts for Children's Health Care
It's not the biggest political story of the day, but maybe it should be. A behind the scenes confrontation between Congressional Democrats and the Bush administration could block a White House effort to cut or eliminate funding for programs that help children with disabilities and other health problems.

Friday, April 11, 2008
The Business of War
"War," the progressive activist Randolph Bourne wrote during WWI, "is the health of the state." It is also the "health" of military contractors, and the huge corporate side of the military industrial complex.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Wall Street Trumps Main Street
When Wall Street gets in over its head, the government puts up your money to bail it out. But what happens when your personal finances are at risk? Not much. "It is clear that the sufferings of bankers excite more sympathy in Washington and in the canyons of Wall Street than do the pains of regular people," said Doug Henwood, a journalist who writes frequently about economic issues.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008
On 5th Anniversary, Presidential Candidates Debate Iraq War
While thousands of people in big cities and small communities around the country staged protests on the 5th anniversary of the launch of the Iraq war, the presidential candidates attempted to present distinctions among their various positions on the war.

Monday, March 17, 2008
Bush Administration Targets Latin American Solidarity Activists
In response to the democratic upsurge in Latin America, the Bush administration is targeting for special surveillance and repression US groups who lead public pressure campaigns to end US government intervention in that continent.

Sunday, March 16, 2008
Winter Soldier: Military Command Failures at War, Deserting Vets at Home
More than 100 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, many family members of veterans, and experts gathered this weekend, Mar. 13 - Mar. 16, to testify about their experiences of the wars.

Monday, March 10, 2008
Clinton's Ties to Northrop Grumman and Airbus Need to be "Vetted"
(1 comments) Northrop Grumman and its European partner EADS, which owns the French-based airplane maker Airbus, won a US Air Force tanker deal from the Pentagon worth $35 billion dollars.

Thursday, February 14, 2008
Recession Remedy: End the War, Invest in America
A growing majority of people want to end the war and use the funds diverted to it to invest in the ailing US economy and improve people's lives here, according to a recent Associated Press poll.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Detroit Exhibition Celebrates Paul Robeson's Life
Detroit, Mich. – An exhibition celebrating the life of Paul Robeson opened here last Saturday, Jan. 19, at Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Don't Count Kucinich Out Yet
(1 comments) Ignored by the media. Written off by the Democratic Party elite. Damned with faint praise by many liberals. Dennis Kucinich's campaign for president sends a clear message: End the war now. Single-payer, not-for-profit universal health care. Impeach the Bush administration.

Thursday, December 13, 2007
African National Congress Meeting to Highlight Policy Issues
The African National Congress (ANC) will meet for its 52nd national congress beginning December 16th in the Limpopo province of South Africa to both chart its political course and to elect its new leadership collective.

Thursday, November 15, 2007
House Votes to Bring the Troops Home, Again
(1 comments) The US House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday (11-14-07) that provided $50 billion in war funding. The bill would also mandate a change of direction in Bush's failed Iraq war policy.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Autoworkers Versus the Media, an Interview with John Wojcik
Who expects the corporate media to project anything but sympathy first and foremost for corporate America?

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Big Three Go After Autoworkers in Latest Contracts
The US market is still a hugely important market for the auto companies, and they need to have market share here, even though all three of the Big 3 have huge investments overseas and rake in huge profits overseas.

Monday, October 22, 2007
Alliance of LGBT Organizations Demands Transgender Inclusive ENDA
Some 300 national and local LGBT civil rights organizations have formed an alliance called United ENDA to oppose a stripped down version of the Employment Non-discrimination Act (ENDA) that excludes protections for transgender individuals from job discrimination.

Friday, October 19, 2007
Women's Health Advocates Oppose Bush's Choice to Head Family Planning
Women's health advocates and members of Congress joined together this week to denounce Bush's appointment of anti-choice hardliner Susan Orr to oversee federal family planning programs as the deputy assistant secretary for population affairs in the Department of Health and Human services.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
S-CHIP Veto: The Millstone Around Bush's Neck
(1 comments) In what can only be regarded as a political stunt to deny congressional Democrats a legislative victory at the expense of children, President Bush has threatened to veto the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) reauthorization bill, despite passage by large bipartisan majorities in both Houses of Congress.

Sunday, September 23, 2007
The Case of the Jena Six and Racism in the US
Today, the successors to the segregationist South have become a mainstay in the right-wing dominated Republican Party. They give that party both a large bloc of members of Congress and a large chunk of electoral votes in presidential elections.

Friday, September 14, 2007
Bush Calls for Long-Term Occupation of Iraq
The debate over the Iraq war is heating up again. This past week, General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker delivered what most observers described as unsatisfying and even "dodgy," to quote one military instructor at the Naval War College, reports to Congress on the situation in Iraq.

Thursday, September 13, 2007
MoveOn.org Isn't the Problem, Bush's War Policy Is
Republicans are mad about MoveOn.org's ad questioning the Bush administration's politicization of General Petraeus' congressional testimony. Fine. But that diversion doesn't help us understand what was in Petraeus' testimony.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Petraeus and Crocker: Good News, Bad News, No New Strategy
Petraeus then produced a series of charts on the levels of violence in Iraq, all of which began in mid-2006 and ended in August 2007. According to the charts civilian deaths, sectarian killings, and terrorist activities like car bombings and suicide bombings are basically back to pre-surge levels.

Thursday, September 6, 2007
Democrats Reject Bush's Flip-flop on Iraq War Standards
Democrats are crying foul over the Bush administration's shifting standards for progress in the Iraq war. While the Bush administration, since the summer of 2006, had pushed for a set of "benchmarks" to measure success in Iraq, the White House now seems prepared to ignore independent analysis of those benchmarks.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007
I Blame Mattel and Bush
This week's recall of millions of Mattel manufactured toys laced with lead paint has raised a lot of finger-pointing – almost exclusively at China.

Monday, August 13, 2007
Tax Credits for Going Green
There has never been a better time than now to tap into a laundry list of tax rebates and other financial incentives designed to encourage individuals and businesses to go the greener mile.

Friday, August 10, 2007
LGBT Issues Presidential Forum Sparks Debate; Edwards Misstates Lead on Health Care
Thursday night, Aug. 9, six of the eight Democratic presidential candidates participated in a forum sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and MTV to talk about their views on LGBT issues. The forum was broadcast live via the Web at visiblevote08.com.

Thursday, August 9, 2007
"Progress" in Iraq and the Bush Administration's Credibility Gap
Progress. This is the new watchword for determining whether US military forces should remain bogged down in Iraq's civil war or if the Democrats will have enough political muscle to bring the troops home.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Campaigning for Nukes: Who is Being Naive?
Drawing renewed attention to the issue, Obama's stand on nuclear weapons is a direct denunciation of the Bush administration's public nuclear weapons usage policy, which for the first time authorized the preemptive use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.

Friday, July 27, 2007
Get Off John Conyers' Back
(5 comments) Traitor. Betrayer. Shameful. These are the words now being affixed to Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, because he has so far refused to take the first steps toward impeaching members of the Bush administration. One former CIA officer even had the temerity (using borderline offensive remarks) to accuse Conyers of being "no Martin Luther King."

Thursday, July 12, 2007
Visioning a Better US at the United States Social Forum
The United States Social Forum was held in Atlanta, Georgia on June 27-July1, 2007. A diverse group of over ten thousand people came for the first ever Forum of it's kind held in the United States.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Bush to Block Children's Health Care
According to various media reports, the Bush administration is fighting to block a Democratic proposal to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP), a federal program that provides health care insurance to low-income families for their children.

Thursday, July 5, 2007
Pentagon Understates War Casualties, Says Veterans Group
The Pentagon is intentionally underreporting US casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a recent report by veterans' advocacy group Veterans for Common Sense.

Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Presidential Hopefuls Sound Off on Gay Rights
Democratic candidates have earned high marks for supporting LGBT equality, according to a report released last week by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, examining the positions of all the presidential candidates on LGBT issues.

Thursday, May 17, 2007
Michigan Schools in Crisis – a Result of GOP Policies
The budget crisis in Lansing is forcing severe cuts to public education. Gov. Jennifer Granholm is proposing a plan to cut about $125 per pupil from education spending across the state. Republicans, from partisan and ideological motives, are blocking efforts to raise new revenue to cover the shortfalls.

Monday, May 14, 2007
Bursting Bush's Bubble: Congress' Baby Steps to a New Direction in Iraq
The House of Representatives approved a measure last week which would provide about half of the funds requested by President Bush to fund the war in Iraq.

Sunday, May 6, 2007
The Hidden Costs of Cheap Goods
(1 comments) The recent FDA debacle over the discovery of the toxic chemical melamine in pet food from China should remind us all that cheap goods, whether animal feed, denim jeans or the latest electronic gadgets, have a price attached.

Thursday, May 3, 2007
Liberal Group Examines Conservative Ideological Roots of Bush Presidency
Social progress depends in no small part on how well the public comes to recognize the ideological basis for Bush's presidency, its cronyism and corruption, and its failures. Progressive and democratic-minded organizations, activists, scholars, and media are going to have to work hard and together to help the public make the connection.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Bush was FOR timetables before he was AGAINST them
Defying President Bush's stubborn refusal to change course in Iraq, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Congress would provide no "blank check" for a failed Iraq policy without "benchmarks, guidelines, or standards."

Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Getting the Story Straight, or How to Avoid Responsibility for What You Say
(2 comments) Last Sunday on ABC's This Week Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice played word games with George Stephanopoulous. She told him that that neither she nor the President ever said Iraq was "an imminent threat."

Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Labor, Civil Rights Groups Praise Introduction of Anti-Discrimination Bill
A measure that would outlaw discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation and gender identity was re-introduced in Congress yesterday (4-24-07).

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Democratic Candidates Rip Bush's Threat to Veto Troop Funding
(1 comments) After four years of a war that has cost the lives of more than 3,250 US service members, 40 in the first ten days of this month alone, Deputy White House Press Secretary Perino and the Bush administration can't understand why the American people are fed up and are demanding a new direction on Iraq policy.

Monday, April 9, 2007
A New Beginning for ENDA
(1 comments) Civil rights and labor activists will be pushing the current Congress to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).

Thursday, April 5, 2007
Is John McCain Morally Fit to be President?
(2 comments) In less than two years the American people will be going to the polls to elect a new president. The country is in the middle of one of the worse crisis it has faced since Vietnam.

Monday, April 2, 2007
Peace Movement, Congress to Bush: Bring the War to an End
(1 comments) "Please do not withhold funding for our troops because you are afraid to show progress in Iraq," Iraq war veteran and former Marine Lt. Co. Andrew Horne remarked in his national radio response to President Bush's own weekly address. Tell your Representative and Senators to Fight to Bring the Troops Home!

Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Senate Takes Up Debate on Iraq Withdrawal Timetable Bill
(1 comments) The House of Representatives took a huge step toward ending the war in Iraq last Friday by passing the Iraq Accountability Act, a bill that ties troop withdrawal to a White House funding request. The effort to end the war turns this week to the Senate where members will begin debating their version of this troop withdrawal package.

Thursday, March 22, 2007
[Update] Audio: Troop Withdrawal Measure Up for a Vote Tomorrow
(1 comments) Congress Offers New Direction in War with Withdrawal Proposal; Mental Health a Major Factor for Returning War Vets; Working Families Feel the Crunch; Three Judge Panel Allows Discriminatory Health Benefits; Former White House Operative Admits to Censoring Global Warming Data

Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Why the House Defense Supplemental is So Important
(1 comments) On the 4th anniversary of the start of the Iraq war, Bush is pulling out all the stops to attack a House Democrats' defense spending supplemental proposal.

Friday, March 16, 2007
Clinton Takes Step Back on War Plan
(1 comments) According to yesterday's New York Times Hillary Clinton has decided to keep American troops in Iraq should she become the next president. She is quoted in an article by Michael Gordon and Patrick Healy.

Thursday, March 15, 2007
Audio: Calls for Alberto Gonzales' Resignation Heat Up
(1 comments) Contradicting President Bush's claim that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' actions were "appropriate," Republican Sen. John Sununu (NH) this week joined a chorus of members of Congress calling for Gonzales' dismissal.

Friday, February 16, 2007
The Role of the National Negro Labor Council in the Struggle for Civil Rights
(1 comments) Because the NNLC never regarded itself as an alternative union and because it had won the first steps on the road to major changes, by 1956, the organization's membership saw a separate organization as no longer necessary. It had weathered severe anti-Communist political repression and ostracism to become one of the most important, if short-lived civil rights organizations in US history.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Some Reflections on Science and the Gayness Of Sheep
(1 comments) In 1961, the author William J. Lederer published his book A Nation of Sheep. One of its basic points was how the American people tended to follow and believe whatever the government and an uncritical press dished out to them.

Friday, January 26, 2007
Sen. John McCain and 27 Other Republicans Demand Repeal of the Minimum Wage
(1 comments)

Tuesday, January 23, 2007
The U.S. Hand on the Horn of Africa: Behind the Invasion of Somalia
(2 comments) The truth about the December Ethiopian invasion of Somalia and the January 7-8 U.S. air strikes on the Somalian towns of Afmadow and Ras Kamboni is obscure to most Americans.

Thursday, December 28, 2006
Impeachment: A Note of Caution
(3 comments) The impeachment of President Bush has become an important issue. For some people on the left impeachment has even become a litmus test for the "true" progressive.

Friday, December 8, 2006
Iraq Study Group Recommendations Will Not End the War
(3 comments)

Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Why the Bush/Republican Medicare Drug Plan in Just Plain Wrong
(3 comments)

Saturday, November 11, 2006
Lame-duck Republican may doom Bolton as UN Ambassador
(3 comments) Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), who lost his bid for re-election this past Tuesday, has announced that he will oppose the nomination of John Bolton as US Ambassador to the United Nations, according to a report by United Press International.

Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Getting Wal-Mart Organized Makes Sense to the ACFTU
(3 comments) In recent years, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), the largest labor organization in the world, has launched a time-consuming, seesaw battle with Wal-Mart, the largest multinational retailer in the world.

Monday, November 6, 2006
...And Just When You Thought They Couldn't Stoop Any Lower...
(5 comments) It seems that a medical doctor, George Tiller, is on the verge of asking the Supreme Court of Kansas to appoint a special prosecutor to look into comments made by the state's Attorney General and Fox cable network commentator Bill O'Reilly, and take control of records from two clinics.

Saturday, November 4, 2006
The Republican Politics of Hate: Defending Streisand and Fox
(3 comments) While reviewing a number of recent news stories on the Internet, I came across an item reporting that a heckler had thrown a drink at Barbra Streisand during a recent concert. My interest was aroused because I wanted to know what she had done to deserve such treatment.

Thursday, October 12, 2006
Olmert Moves to Include Liberman in his Government
(3 comments)

Monday, October 2, 2006
Why Charles Barkley Should Be President
(3 comments) Charles Barkley, Hall of Fame NBA player, television sports commentator, and author, recently declared his interest in running for the governorship of his home state of Alabama.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006
NO in November to Protect Civil Rights in Michigan
(3 comments) This ballot initiative exposes all Michigan residents to the dangers of a society divided by racial hostility or sexual discrimination.

Friday, May 26, 2006
Movie Review: The Da Vinci Code
(3 comments)

Friday, May 12, 2006
Immigration, Language and Nuestra Himno
(3 comments) Seizing any weapon with which to attack the growing movement for immigrant workers’ rights, the Republican Party and the right wing have found a new gripe: the recording of a Spanish-language version of the United States’ national anthem.

Thursday, April 27, 2006
Behind the GOP Attack on Science
(3 comments)

Friday, April 21, 2006
A Man Who Would be King: Director Kevin Keating Talks About Giuliani Time
(3 comments)

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Iran: Playing Dangerous Games with Patriotic Sentiment
(3 comments)

Monday, April 17, 2006
Capitalism, CEO Pay, and the Common Good
(3 comments) Today, the "interlocking directorates" often function among chief executive officers who sit on corporate compensation committees and vote each other large pay raises.

Sunday, April 9, 2006
Come Together: A United Strategy for Election 2006
(3 comments)

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Fears for Colombia Indian groups
(3 comments) Colombia's civil conflict is posing a growing threat to the survival of some of the world's oldest and smallest indigenous groups, the UN has warned.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Chavez gets Russian helicopters
(3 comments) Venezuela has taken delivery of three Russian-built military helicopters - the first of a total of 15 it has so far ordered from Moscow.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
US releases more Guantanamo files
(3 comments) The US defense department has released a second batch of documents relating to detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Panama Canal set for $7.5bn revamp
(3 comments) For nearly 100 years the Panama Canal has been a key link in international shipping routes, handling an estimated 5% of world trade each year.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Iraq shelves political talks despite US pressure
(3 comments) Iraqi leaders shelved talks on forming a government despite a warning from the United States and Britain against any further delay, as at least 23 were killed in violence across the country.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Iraq War Funding Bill Draws Fire As Senate Panel Approves $107 BILLION w/ Pork
(3 comments) A bill exceeding by more than $15 billion Bush's request for the Iraqi War could top $107 BILLION, much to the dismay of GOP conservatives hoping to improve their record on spending.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Apple Allows Windows on Its Machines
(3 comments) Turning a decades-long rivalry on its head, Apple Computer introduced software today that it says will easily allow users to install Microsoft's Windows XP operating system on Apple's newest computers.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
A Partisan Leaves Congress; Will an Era Follow Suit?
(3 comments) Delay's decision to resign under fire clearly ends an era that began in 1995, with Newt Gingrich as House speaker, Dick Armey as majority leader and Tom DeLay as majority whip. Regardless of whether Republicans retain or lose their majority in November, politics in the post-DeLay era will be different, lawmakers in both parties say.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
I will not be forced out by US and UK, says Iraqi PM
(3 comments) Using the argument that the US and Britain had toppled Saddam in order to bring democracy, he turned it against them. "There is a decision that was reached by a democratic mechanism and I stand with it ... We have to protect democracy in Iraq and it is democracy which should decide who leads Iraq. We have to respect our Iraqi people," he said. Tampering with democracy was risky, he insisted. "People will react if they see the rules of democracy being disobeyed."

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Rice Urges Congress to Approve India Deal
(3 comments) Rice called on Congress Wednesday to approve an unprecedented U.S. plan to share nuclear technology with India, saying it was "not enabling a larger weapons program." [Can't the same be said about Iran?]

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Two Students Shot Outside D.C. School
(3 comments) Two students were injured Wednesday in a shooting incident outside a District of Columbia high school.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Book Review: Hamas's secret offer
(3 comments) Israel's former top spymaster spills the beans on a remarkable proposal from a bitter enemy.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Republicans Tweak Immigration Alternative
(3 comments) The latest counterproposal to a bill by Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., would base the chance of citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. largely on whether or not they were here before a cutoff date. That date has not yet been determined. Those in the U.S. before the cutoff date, an overwhelming majority, could apply for green cards if they pay fines and back taxes and learn English. Among that group, those who had spent five years in the U.S. would get an easier path to citizenship, with newer arrivals facing more obstacles.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Rhode Island Gets First Marijuana Application
(3 comments) A multiple sclerosis patient who hopes to use marijuana to ease the painful symptoms of her disease became the first person to apply for state for permission to legally use the drug under a new Rhode Island law Wednesday.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Snow Says U.S. to Press China on Currency
(3 comments) Snow, testifying before a House Appropriations subcommittee, was pressed by lawmakers on the currency issue, which critics see as a key contributing factor to America's soaring trade deficit with China. That deficit hit an all-time high of $202 billion last year.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Gene Pitney found dead
(3 comments) American superstar Gene Pitney has been found dead aged 65 in his bed in a Cardiff hotel.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
S Korean ship seized off Somalia
(3 comments) Pirates have seized a South Korean fishing boat off the coast of Somalia - the latest in a series of such attacks.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Kuwaiti women vote for first time
(3 comments) Polling is taking place in a Kuwaiti council by-election in which women are allowed to vote for the first time.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
US 'used Djibouti' in rendition
(3 comments) Amnesty Intl has suggested that Djibouti was one of the countries where prisoners allegedly abducted and mistreated by the US were held. Djibouti currently hosts the only United States military base in sub-Saharan Africa and is a front-line state in the global war on terrorism. 94% of its population is Muslim.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Feingold Says He Supports Gay Marriage
(3 comments) "Gay and lesbian people in our country are fighting a mean-spirited movement to harm them and to discriminate against them," Feingold, D-Wis., said in a telephone interview. "I stand with them against that movement, and I'm proud to stand with them."

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Bush Tax Cuts for Richest - Incomes of $26 million paid same taxes as those making $200,000 to $500,000
(3 comments) The first data to document the effect of President Bush's tax cuts for investment income show that they have significantly lowered the tax burden on the richest Americans, reducing taxes on incomes of more than $10 million by an average of about $500,000.