U.S.

                
  • House votes to ban anti-gay bias at work

    House votes to ban anti-gay bias at work

    November 16, 2007

    On Nov. 7, the House of Representatives passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a historic civil rights measure that would bar discrimination against workers in hiring, firing, or promotion based on sexual orientation. The vote was...

    Read more
  • Victory for Iraq war refuser

    Victory for Iraq war refuser

    November 16, 2007

    Supporters of First Lt. Ehren Watada rejoiced over a federal judge’s injunction last week barring a new court-martial for the officer who refused to serve in Iraq. But they also urged stepped-up pressure to drop all...

    Read more
  • Fighting for that inch of space

    Fighting for that inch of space

    November 9, 2007

    Recently Sam Webb, national chair of the Communist Party USA, remarked in one of his reports that in the national elections the working class has to fight for that inch of space where it can have...

    Read more
  • EDITORIAL: Just plain greed

    EDITORIAL: Just plain greed

    November 9, 2007

    Wall Street wizard Robert E. Rubin, former Clinton treasury secretary, is stepping in to clean up Citigroup, which recently forecast losses of $13 billion due to its role in the subprime mortgage racket. That bubble has...

    Read more
  • Factory farming: a cruel and destructive industry

    Factory farming: a cruel and destructive industry

    November 9, 2007

    The recent shared Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and to the United Nation’s International Panel on Climate Change revealed the UN’s important function as a world body to provide educational leadership in major challenges facing...

    Read more