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The limits of reformism in Bolivia

Mon, 08/09/2010 - 10:00pm

President Evo Morales has infuriated the U.S. with his nationalist policies, but the social movements that propelled him into office want greater change.

Connecting the right-wing dots

Mon, 08/09/2010 - 10:00pm

A New Jersey antiracist activist describes the ties between established far-right groups and the conservative mainstream.

Booted off a Florida radio show

Mon, 08/09/2010 - 5:39pm

I was disinvited from a radio program run by an Orlando Magic executive because my new book challenges him and his boss.

The coming Democratic wipeout?

Sun, 08/08/2010 - 10:00pm

The Democrats can expect a beating in the November congressional elections--and they have only themselves to blame for it.

Rheetire the chancellor

Sun, 08/08/2010 - 10:00pm

A former teacher explains why Washington, D.C., students need teachers who are supported--not scapegoated--by the school chancellor.

Cheering on a victory for equality

Sun, 08/08/2010 - 10:00pm

Activists in Rochester, N.Y., celebrated after a federal judge declared that California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.

The media's case for occupation

Sun, 08/08/2010 - 10:00pm

The wrenching photo on Time magazine's cover uses the issue of women's rights to justify the continued occupation of Afghanistan.

The reach of anti-immigrant hate

Sun, 08/08/2010 - 10:00pm

There have been no less than 10 hate crimes against people of Mexican descent committed in New York City in the last year.

What's wrong with our unions?

Sun, 08/08/2010 - 10:00pm

I worked for three years at the country's "largest" grocery chain, and the union there provided almost no protection or support.

A novel of the civil rights struggle

Thu, 08/05/2010 - 6:38pm

The celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird are a testament to its lasting legacy.

Banking on hunger

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 10:00pm

Goldman Sachs gambled on food, and its bets paid off big--at the cost of an international food crisis that inflicted hunger on hundreds of millions.

Crime and punishment under capitalism

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 10:00pm

As Rosa Luxemburg wrote, bourgeois justice is "like a net, which allowed the voracious sharks to escape, while the little sardines were caught."

Haiti's colonial overlord

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 10:00pm

Bill Clinton is celebrated for his "good works" in Haiti, but ordinary Haitians have a different view of what he's been up to.

Past and present in Mississippi

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 10:00pm

A new film explores the attitudes of residents, white and Black, toward the racist murder of three civil rights workers in 1964.

Chicago teachers challenge cuts

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 5:27pm

Chicago Teachers Union members turned out to the July Board of Education meeting to demand that officials stop pushing layoffs and givebacks.

Dear Elton...

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 4:25pm

After Elton John's hostile words toward pro-immigrant and pro-Palestinian boycotts, it makes sense to ask which side he's on.

Justice for the Newburgh Four

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 3:30pm

New York City activists gathered on the steps of City Hall to support four men arrested last year on trumped-up terrorism charges.

Selling the big lie

Tue, 08/03/2010 - 10:00pm

As further revelations about the brutality of the U.S. war on Afghanistan emerge, the Washington establishment is countering the truth with more lies.

Freed after 30 years as a political prisoner

Tue, 08/03/2010 - 10:00pm

Carlos Alberto Torres, the longest-serving Puerto Rican political prisoner in U.S. history, finally became a free man.

Ambition without principles

Tue, 08/03/2010 - 10:00pm

Listening to the reminiscences of former New Labour leaders, it becomes clear that these people don't really believe in anything.