Recess appointments are welcome start to 2012
President Barack Obama sent a clear and welcome message this week when he made the recess appointments.
The Strauss-Kahn dismissal: Blaming the victim, again
For a while, it looked like the victim might have her day in court, and win justice.
Eric Cantor's ugly ransom
There can be no political or moral justification for holding ransom disaster relief money for the people of Joplin, Mo.
150 years later, a new battle over labor
Our country today, April 12, marks the 150th anniversary of the official start of the Civil War with the firing on Fort Sumter.
Mergers harm democracy
AT&T announced its intentions to buy T-Mobile. What is to be expected from such a mega-merger?
The two Koreas: new approach needed
The hostilities between North and South Korea are dangerous and could escalate with more tragic consequences.
That's capitalism: the super rich pay zero U.S. taxes
Corporate taxes are not too high - they are way too low. In fact the majority of big corporations operating in the U.S. pay no taxes at all. That's right: zero.
The U.S. and Iraq: what now?
Since President Obama took office, more than 90,000 U.S. troops have come home from Iraq. The question is: now what?
July 26, Cuba: absolved by history
July 26, 1953 was the start of the movement to overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista -- and the Cuban Revolution.
A united fight on jobs
To win jobs for all, it requires a multi-racial united movement.
