Opinion – Page 550 – People's World

Can we cure inequality, and how?

February 7, 2013 By John Case

Joseph Stiglitz views growing inequality (a Marxist might say "the growing class divide") as a threat that may block economic recovery.

The Second Amendment and “insurrection”

February 6, 2013 By Rick Nagin

At the Congressional hearing on legislation to curb gun violence NRA spokesman Wayne LaPierre repeated the mantra of the right wing extremist movement.

Long Distance Revolutionary: A journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

February 6, 2013 By Bill Meyer

Mumia Abu Jamal is the subject of a new and informative documentary that focuses on his life and beliefs rather than his world famous case.

My struggle for mental health care in a broken system

February 4, 2013 By Michael Leonard

I recently had to live through the experience of a mental health crisis. And it brought me into contact with one of the most broken social safety nets in the U.S.

Senate hearings on Hagel were a disgrace

February 1, 2013 By John Wojcik

After the Senate hearingson President Obama's nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense, several important points need to be made.