Editorials

De Blasio and New York workers

The multinational working class of New York City — who seemed to have been submerged as a political factor during…

November 14, 2013

Courts strike 1-2 punch at reproductive rights

Reproductive justice took a one-two punch in unrelated court decisions on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. One court allowed a…

November 6, 2013

Thieves fall out over NSA spying

President Dwight Eisenhower famously warned of the dangers of the military-industrial complex as he left office in 1961. Even this…

October 31, 2013

Cut F-35s, not food stamps!

Struggling individuals and families across the U.S. will face even more hardship come Nov. 1, when Congress will allow some…

October 29, 2013

Why capitalists fear abundance

What is the big problem in today’s world? Is it scarcity? Not enough food, shelter, clothing and other necessities? Not…

October 27, 2013

Communist Gen. Giap’s enemies

Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap had many friends and admirers among the people of the world, for whom he is a…

October 11, 2013

Health care for all? Catch-22 denies 8 million!

If you live in Texas and are one of the 1.5 million people who have low incomes and hoped to…

October 9, 2013

Defiant voices at the U.N.

U.S. military threats against Syriadominated the opening of the United Nations General Assembly debates on Sept. 24, but voices from…

October 3, 2013

Shutdown. Who suffers?

Unable or unwilling to reach an agreement to extend government spending, the U.S. Congress has provoked a government shutdown. It…

October 2, 2013

The real WMDs

Over the next few weeks heads of state and foreign ministers from predatory imperialist countries and developing nations trying to…

September 25, 2013