politics
As November nears, Texas GOP gets weirder
June 10, 2010The great State of Texas has always been an asylum for colorful characters, but something is burnishing those colors to high gloss of late.
Read moreHate speech can bring deadly results
April 23, 2010Fifteen years after Oklahoma City bombing, a similar dangerous trend is developing. Politicians and political activists who engage in ultra-right hate speech play a role in provoking violence.
Read moreGetting to a doctor versus romanticizing the revolution
March 24, 2010I run a Communist YouTube channel for young people, and I'm noticing some of them are romanticizing revolution but forgetting about the working class - for example, on health care.
Read moreHe got the ball rolling
January 28, 2010Last night the president got the ball rolling, but he didn't roll it far enough or always in the right direction. So now it's our turn.
Read moreIn 2010, ‘What would Dr. King do?’
January 20, 2010King's message in 2010 was the theme as a standing-room-only crowd braved a squalling rainstorm Jan. 18 to pack the International Longshore and Warehouse Union's great hall.
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