Opinion

Congress needs pressure from working people to end Cuba blockade

March 29, 2017 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

A distracted public remains unmoved by forthright, sustained protest against U.S. policies toward Cuba precisely because such protest simply doesn’t exist.

It wasn’t just hate – Fascism promised to solve capitalism’s problems

March 28, 2017 By Sheri Berman

The lesson is clear: you can’t beat something with nothing. If the left doesn’t come up with solutions to capitalism’s problems, the right’s popularity will continue.

March Madness: A look at Trump’s budget

March 27, 2017 By Rev. Jesse Jackson

Republicans won’t get everything they want, but what they get will leave America more vulnerable – from Chicago’s inner city to Appalachia’s rural hollows.

Republican health plan would make opioid crisis even worse

March 24, 2017 By Domenica Ghanem

As a candidate, Donald Trump promised to help those struggling with addiction. Now as president, the health care plan he and the GOP are pushing would only deepen the opioid crisis - especially in states that...

Remembering Mike Smith, postal worker and labor stalwart

March 23, 2017 By John Dick

Till his last day, Mike Smith was 100 percent union. Doug, his son, called the union office the morning after his death. His words to me: “You guys were his life.”