Opinion

Organizing a cure for flatlining wages

January 8, 2018 By Rev. Jim Conn

Unemployment is low, profits are high, but wages remain stubbornly flat. Could the decline of organized labor be to blame?

Why is it solely women’s job to fix our sexism problem?

January 5, 2018 By Michelle Kern

Why the silence about sexism faced by working-class women? And where are the men?

Remember and rekindle the spirit of the Emancipation Proclamation

January 4, 2018 By Rev. Jesse Jackson

This country paid a terrible price to remove the scourge of slavery and become one nation. At a time when some would drive us apart, it is worth remembering the sacrifice and the triumph.

The holiday season: A long night’s journey into light

December 27, 2017 By Rev. Jim Conn

In our families and in our communities we guard ourselves against the long darkness. We hold out signs to one another that we can withstand these worst of days. That together, we humans can go on.

Class struggle and the revolutionary hope of Christmas

December 20, 2017 By Tim Yeager

What does Christmas have to do with the class struggle? In a word, everything.