The opioid crisis
Big Pharma is not the solution — it helped create the problem. Steven Strauss, M.D., explains what’s needed and possible for both pain relief and addiction.
Legal system protects police, but not videographer of Eric Garner’s murder
No cop has ever been charged, but the man who exposed the 2014 chokehold killing has been persecuted and imprisoned.
A rational response to the border catastrophe
As raids and deportations and militarization on the U.S. southern border climb, here’s what should be done right now.
The lucrative business of “fighting hate”
In-house bigotry rocks the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Sudan: after heroic uprising, military keeps the power
The resistance movement needs all the international support that workers, feminists and radicals can give them.
The stealth war: Catholic hospitals vs. reproductive health
It won’t go well for women when Catholic bishops are in charge of healthcare.
Drivers’ strike spoils Uber stock launch
App-based gig workers organizing against wage theft and unreasonable firings are attracting public support.
European dockworkers disrupt war machine
Port worker unions in France and Italy recently protested and struck, keeping Saudi ships from being loaded with weapons bound for attacks on Yemen.
Nazi militias down home
Written in 1995 after the Oklahoma City bombing, this article explores how fascist-inspired “patriots” are created.
The far right makes gains, but fails in bid to control EU Parliament
Despite a well-orchestrated attempt, the ultra-nationalistic, anti-immigrant Identity and Democracy coalition failed to win control of the EU Parliament in May's elections.
Corruption brings down Austria’s hard-right vice chancellor
In a thumping for the far right and an upset for the government, Austria’s vice chancellor was compelled to resign over corruption that surfaced in mid-May.
“When my world opened” – Why I joined the Freedom Socialist Party
“I was too busy already. Married. Me, an activist? A thinker, a doer? An organizer?” Bay Area poet Nellie Wong describes her journey into radical politics.
Oil, not nukes, behind Iran war threats
“National security” is the Big Lie from the White House regarding war with Iran. Don't believe it — control of Middle East oil resources is what it’s all about.
No country for young women and girls
Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking exposes the moral sewer of the filthy rich.
No Friend but the Mountains
A Kurdish refugee from Iran lays bare Australian detention cruelties.
Homeless folks on campus — a humanity check
A union shop steward discusses how his college campus is dealing with issues around homelessness.