Front page from December 21, 2009

For people who put their hopes in Obama last year, every month and week--sometimes every day--brings greater disillusionment and anger.

From bad to worse to utterly wretched--that's been the course of so-called health care "reform" in the hands of the U.S. Senate.

The victory of a pro-democracy slate of officers in a big Teamster local in New York City will give a boost to those who want a fighting union at UPS.

Layoffs, charter schools and attacks on teacher seniority are the latest salvos in the relentless attack on Los Angeles schools.

No matter how much evidence confirms that global warming is real, and the result of carbon emissions, the climate skeptics will carry on disputing it.

When I think of how we can help the soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, I have only three little words: Bring them home.

With the military health care system overstretched, more soldiers are taking other steps to get treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Blackwater founder Erik Prince may be pressuring the Justice Department to protect him by revealing his ties to the CIA through the media.

Walter Tróchez, a well-known LGBT activist and member of the National Resistance Front in Honduras, was killed December 13.

Large and militant student demonstrations in Iran signal a new phase of the pro-democracy struggle amid signs of splits among conservatives.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to close a record number of schools, but he's starting to face a wave of resistance.

Last week's occupation was the latest protest against fee hikes and cuts, and it raised questions about how we organize.

Police in full riot gear attacked a peaceful occupation at San Francisco State University that was organized to protest budget cuts, furloughs and fee hikes.

The zealous anti-immigrant sheriff Joe Arpaio has finally suffered a setback in his crusade to demonize and terrorize undocumented workers.

Labor and Palestinian rights activists take issue with Richard Trumka's speech denouncing the movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel.

Portland school board members cowered in a back room after another lively picket by some 700 teachers and their supporters before a board meeting.

Members of the Vermont State Employees Association should vote "no" on a contract that cuts deeply into wages and health care benefits.

After a grim year for organized labor, those committed to class-struggle unionism can find a few good reasons to be cheerful this holiday season.

Antiwar activists across from the White House on December 12 to protest Barack Obama's escalation of the war on Afghanistan.

About 100 activists marched in Queens to show their opposition to a New York state senator who voted against marriage equality.

Around 40 people protested in Amherst, Mass. to highlight what so-called "pregnancy help centers" really are: anti-woman centers.