The euro and European disintegration: Should we care?
The EU set up a monetary union, but it needs a political union based on the empowerment of working people, not just bankers, to survive this crisis.
Republicans show they don’t care about Women’s Health Week
The theme of this year's Women's Health Week is "It's Your Time." The aim is to empower women "to make their health a top priority."
U.S. policy blamed for keeping American in Cuban jail
Cuba's ambassador to the U.S. has weighed in on the controversy surrounding Alan Gross, a U.S. contractor currently serving a 15-year sentence in that island nation.
The year 2047: a postman's nightmare
I often wonder how this could have happened to this once great nation.
The ruling class "nullification" attack on democracy
In 30 years demographers forecast that the population of the U.S. will no longer be majority white.
Death of Maurice Sendak brings out a flood of commentary
As soon as the news of Maurice Sendak's death was announced, social media was flooded with comments from generations of readers, parents, and librarians.
“Arab Spring, Libyan Winter” has timely lessons for NATO summit
A timely new book, "Arab Spring, Libyan WInter," provides a short, information-rich guide to what the NATO controversy is all about.
"Avengers" assembles best elements of its genre
Avengers took the humor-tinged mech-action of Iron Man, the Shakespearean epicness of Thor, and threw in a little political correctness for good measure. This is how you do a superhero film.
Difficult days ahead for Afghanistan and U.S.
Without a new strategy - not the slow downsizing of the Afghanistan war over the next decade - there will indeed be difficult days ahead.
It’s thumbs down on “austerity” in Europe
The European solution of austerity has been totally discredited not just on that continent but by workers and their allies around the world.
