Editorials

Zimbabwe and the killing of Cecil

It has taken the illegal and cruel killing on July 1 of a beloved lion named Cecil by a stereotypically…

August 4, 2015

Capitalism’s war on children

The Black Lives Matter upsurge gained national and international prominence almost a year ago in the aftermath of the police…

July 30, 2015

Is prison clemency the answer?

On July 16, President Barack Obama made a visit to a federal prison in Reno, Okla., to bring attention in…

July 21, 2015

Debt means having the same enemy

What do working people in Greece, Ghana, Detroit and Puerto Rico have in common? They are all exploited by imperialist…

July 14, 2015

Solidarity with workers in Greece

Which side are you on? In the struggle between European and U.S. finance capital, on one side, and the work…

July 13, 2015

Stop racist executions!

The Supreme Court has backed the use of an execution drug used in U.S. prisons over the objection of death…

July 10, 2015

Ruling on ACA subsidies

Some 6.4 million people breathed a sigh of relief on June 25. On that day, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3…

July 6, 2015

No more Dylann Roofs!

The senseless and unspeakable massacre of nine Black people, ranging in ages from 26 to 87, in an historic church…

June 23, 2015

Zero tolerance for racism

An historic Black church in Charleston, S.C., has been hit by an act of racist terrorism. The nine people killed…

June 18, 2015

A very hot summer

It gets very hot in June in McKinney, Texas, 30 miles north of Dallas. So when 19-year-old high school senior…

June 16, 2015