A troubling trend has spread throughout the United States: people have stopped voting in local elections. This has even occurred in hotly contested races with candidates...
Woke with a start, the dogs barking out by the fence, yard flooded with light. Groped my way to the window. Out on the road...
In terms of the math, figuring out who will be affected in the country will be easy. Just walk outside and count the first seven people...
(Note: A Halloween-themed rally will take place Thursday, October 31, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., outside BYD’s office, 1800 S. Figueroa St. (at W. 18th St.), downtown Los...
Republicans may not have succeeded in defunding the nations’ newest social insurance program, Obamacare, but they now are aiming at the foundational programs, Social Security and...
This week marks the first anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, which one year ago tore a path of destruction through much of New York and New Jersey....
On Friday, BART [Bay Area Rapid Transit] employees at SEIU and ATU will likely ratify the deal negotiated last week and the following day BART’s Board...
Conservative Republicans have lost their fight over the shutdown and debt ceiling, and they probably won’t get major spending cuts in upcoming negotiations over the budget....
(Note: Jason Motlagh writes about the lack of compensation for the families of Rana Plaza victims for The Nation, where this post first appeared. Republished with...
Faye Steuer is a former psychology professor living near Charleston, South Carolina, who spent much of her career researching how violence on television affects children. Over...
We stood, as women before us have stood, looking back at our burning cities, watching the smoke rise from our empty homes. It was quiet...
As our country’s economy has limped along from one crisis to another over the past several years, the impact of state and federal austerity measures on...
As classical music piped through the audio system at the McDonald’s in downtown Seattle on a recent day, customers devoured hamburgers while sitting in maroon-colored seats...
The war isn’t over. It’s only a cease-fire. Republicans have agreed to fund the federal government through January 15 and extend the government’s ability to...
After months of negotiating in bad faith, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) management Thursday night left BART workers no other option but to go on strike....
(Labor 411, the group dedicated to promoting products and services that carry the union label, offers a couple of spooky recipes for Halloween treats that are...
When the town of Sandy Springs, Georgia, spun-off from Fulton County and established a brand new government, it didn’t sign a Declaration of Independence; it signed...
In times of national crises, thoughtful journalists often hit the history books to find precedents and analogies. Here’s a tip from a retired newspaper scribe turned...
(Note: Ari Berman’s post first appeared on The Nation and is republished with permission.) In its 2013 decision in Arizona v. The Inter Tribal Council of...
Now is the time to lance the boil of Republican extremism once and for all. Since Barack Obama became president, the extremists who have taken over...