Analysis

                
  • Pace of change in Bolivia picks up

    Pace of change in Bolivia picks up

    November 17, 2006

    News Analysis The Bolivian government of President Evo Morales has dealt with recent challenges handily. As a result, popular support for his policies is growing, and the prospects for further advances in a progressive and revolutionary...

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  • Israeli massacre in Gaza provokes outcry

    Israeli massacre in Gaza provokes outcry

    November 17, 2006

    News Analysis President Bush warmly received Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the White House Nov. 13, less than a week after two fateful events: the midterm elections, where U.S. voters repudiated the Iraq war, and...

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  • Unbridled anti-immigrant racism in Texas

    Unbridled anti-immigrant racism in Texas

    November 16, 2006

    News Analysis DALLAS — Unable to wait a full week after their shellacking in national elections, the far right in Texas unmasked its fanatical racism on Nov. 13. While state legislators amassed anti-immigrant bills for the...

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  • Chicago gentrification is a global issue

    Chicago gentrification is a global issue

    November 15, 2006

    CHICAGO — “This is a global issue, part of globalization and capitalism,” said Alejandra Ibanez on Nov. 10 at the opening night of an exhibition about the effects of gentrification in the Pilsen community on the...

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  • Education is a right: New Yorkers fight for fair funding

    Education is a right: New Yorkers fight for fair funding

    November 10, 2006

    NEW YORK CITY — In 2001, New York State Supreme Court Justice Leland DeGrasse ruled that New York State was in violation of its own Constitution which guarantees every child the right to a “sound, basic...

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