Opinion
Alton Sterling, Black father of five, killed for selling CDs
July 7, 2016Alton Sterling, 37, joins the seemingly endless list of Black people slain by cops and mourned by their neighbors, families and friends.
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FBI’s Comey ignites new fury with Clinton’s “damn emails”
July 7, 2016"Enough of the emails - let's talk about the real issues facing the American people." How much of this election so far has been about that?
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A reply to Eric Gordon: Socialists should still make room for utopia
July 6, 2016Utopian communities by themselves could not overcome the power of capitalism, but we do well to learn from their positive achievements - and failures.
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Socialism or barbarism in the 21st century?
July 6, 2016Rosa Luxemburg famously said the choice before humanity was "socialism or barbarism." 101 years later, the same stark option confronts us today.
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Older America: From crisis to action
July 5, 2016By 2030, the United States will have more older people living in poverty than the entire populations of Australia and New Zealand combined.
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