politics
GOP’s empty rhetoric on Obama’s immigration record
November 8, 2011A record 400,000 people are being deported each year under Obama, who took a minor step to protect immigrants. Now Republicans are accusing him of treason.
Read moreBolivia: the trouble over TIPNIS, a 21st century challenge
October 31, 2011The proposal for a 191 mile segment of highway that would pass through Bolivia's TIPNIS natural reserve and indigenous property is drawing strong protests and heated debate.
Read moreHerman Cain: Defense of bigotry, the ultra rich and the ultra right
October 24, 2011Herman Cain's main role is to give a kind of seal of approval to the racism, and bigotry of the Republican Party and he does it well. And right-wing Republican audiences adore him.
Read moreThe Jewish New Year and political vampires
September 21, 2011This may be a good time to think about repairing frayed relationships, taking a long view of our movement's needs and the struggle for peace and justice.
Read moreTrumka: New GOP bill would gut workers’ rights
September 13, 2011Republicans are backing a new bill they introduced after the NLRB filed a complaint against Boeing, which the board says retaliated against workers for exercising their rights.
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