Opinion

Five reasons to expect hope and change in 2014

February 12, 2014 By Rick Nagin

The tide is starting to turn, and we can be hopeful that 2014 will truly be a Year of Action for democratic and progressive victories. Here are five reasons why.

The war on the planet

February 5, 2014 By Gary Goff

We usually think of violence as something that is abrupt and explosive - a bomb going off, a bullet finding its mark. But there is another kind of violence that is increasing worldwide.

Subversive words that Mr. Seeger sang

February 5, 2014 By Dave Elsila

I was 16 years old when I first heard Pete Seeger at a concert in Detroit.

Richard Sherman and a changing story line

January 31, 2014 By Sam Webb

What Sherman said wasn't gracious to his defeated opponent, but it was by no means out of bounds, nothing that would warrant the controversy that followed.

Pete Seeger and the revolutionary power of song

January 29, 2014 By PW Editorial

The world is mourning the death of Pete Seeger, the lanky folksinger with a banjo, who proved in his 94 years the awesome power of song as a force for revolutionary change.