Opinion – Page 61 – People's World

1930s activists showed how to deal with right-wing Supreme Court

April 12, 2017 By PW Reader

The Supreme Court in the ‘30s threw out many New Deal laws until the people’s movements and FDR found a way to force the Court’s hand.

Decision to bomb Syria was dangerous, deceptive

April 11, 2017 By Jesse Jackson

The U.S. has been at war in the Middle East continually since 2001. What will it take for our country to learn the limits of military force?

Israeli settlements continue as two-state solution slips away

April 10, 2017 By Mike Merryman-Lotze

Since Trump took office, the Israeli government has approved 6,000 new Israeli homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The U.S. response? Near silence.

The grand erasure of older LGBTQIA America

April 6, 2017 By Donald Donato

By removing sexual orientation and gender identity questions from policy surveys, the administration will erase essential data on thousands of older LGBTQIA adults.

If Trump’s tweet is a breach, you must impeach

March 30, 2017 By Teresa Albano

Could Trump’s two big lies – birtherism and Obama wiretaps – be his alpha and omega? The first launched his political career; might the second mark its decline?