In many ways, this is the most blatant act of media information seizure in memory

While short of keeping Cooper Union free, these gains could change how the school is governed in significant ways for the future

The damage caused by the relentless corporate drive for profits has become more clear in recent years

Our government is, in significant portion, made up of secret operations

A troubling pattern emerges as private funds seek to profit from beleaguered cities

Interview on the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden

One of the social control mechanisms deployed in a plutocracy to keep people quiet while their pockets are being picked is the lottery

Senior Obama officials tell the US Senate: the 'war', in limitless form, will continue for 'at least' another decade - or two

Beauty is about class, money, power and privilege - and it always has been

Interview with the leading member of Portugal's Left Bloc

There’s the people’s history, the counterhistory that you didn’t get in school or from the news: the history of the battles we’ve won, of the rights we’ve gained

Art Pope, North Carolina's Republican mega-donor, is back in the national media spotlight

If the deficit hawks are "really concerned about our children's future", they should focus on the over-valued dollar

The nationwide flood of labor uprisings in the fast food industry hit Milwaukee

This commitment to Palestinian freedom is in stark contrast to Genro signing a contract with a company that helps Israel lock us into ghettoes

The Chicago Teachers Union and education activists are planning three days of demonstrations in different city neighborhoods

It is time for Congress and the President to "pivot" to focusing on our real problems: the jobs gap, the wage gap and the trade gap

Twenty years later, the arguments used to end welfare have been turned on the unemployed

There is a lot wrong with this report -- most of it reads like a statement from the Venezuelan political opposition, rather than a neutral third-party observer

We must take responsibility as people to raise the political costs of a new war in the Middle East so high, that it stays off the table for good