What We Owe the Working Poor What We Owe the Working Poor
The Supreme Court's recent decision to deny home-care workers the right to overtime pay is speeding a race to the bottom that will affect every working person.
Jul 9, 2007 / Feature / Annette Bernhardt
OpenLeft Aims to Open Doors in DC OpenLeft Aims to Open Doors in DC
Matt Stoller, Chris Bowers and Mike Lux have launched a new website designed link progressive outsiders with DC insiders.
Jul 9, 2007 / Feature / Ari Melber
Reclaiming Sports Reclaiming Sports
Political struggle and its relation to sports is a question not of the past but of the future.
Jul 6, 2007 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Independence Day for Libby Independence Day for Libby
Liberated from having to serve time for his crime, he shares a perch with Bush and Cheney, somewhere high above the law.
Jul 4, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Supremely Bad Decisions Supremely Bad Decisions
With gleeful judicial activism, the Roberts Court swings right and sides with the interests of power.
Jun 29, 2007 / Bruce Shapiro
High Impact: What Football Owes Its Players High Impact: What Football Owes Its Players
Congressional hearings about head injuries in the NFL raise questions about the consequences for old-timers and present-day players.
Jun 27, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin
Remembering Vilma Espín Remembering Vilma Espín
A Cuban writer pays tribute to Vilma Espín, wife of Raúl Castro and Cuba's first lady, who fought tirelessly for the rights of women in a male-dominated country.
Jun 27, 2007 / Feature / Rosa Miriam Elizalde
The Iranian Impasse The Iranian Impasse
Five new books explore the failed progressive movements in Iran, and the dilemma the US left faces today.
Jun 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson
End of an Era at the LA Weekly End of an Era at the LA Weekly
The Rupert Murdoch effect: The progressive LA Weekly has gone from a well-reported newspaper to a flashy tabloid with "gotcha" articles.
Jun 27, 2007 / Feature / Jon Wiener
A War in the Heart of India A War in the Heart of India
Maoists say they're fighting for the invisible tribal peoples of India. Are they terrorists, or the product of a corrupt and unjust system?
Jun 27, 2007 / Feature / Ramachandra Guha