In case you didn't know, there are other candidates in the current U.S. presidential election.

A speech delivered by Cynthia McKinney at Tripoli, Libya on October 22, 2009. We are the American delegation, now housed comfortably in Libya, looking past the beauty of the Mediterranean to a world in turmoil. A world in need of true democracy. At...

By Jerry D. Rose I continue to receive numerous solicitations, by e-mail and regular mail, to write or phone someone or other (the White House, members of Congress, personal associates) or attend a meeting to “show support” for the health care bill...

By Glen Ford For the poor, the Olympics is like Russian roulette. If your city is chosen to host the games, it’s time for you to start looking for somewhere else to live. The people of Chicago dodged that bullet, last week, and now the poor residents...

By Jerry D. Rose Two days after Barack Obama was sworn in as President, he made a “surprise” visit to the White House press corps lounge to do a bit of schmoozing with the press. As reporters will sometimes do, one of them asked him a question about...

by michael hureaux perez Out in the great nut orchards of the United States, Glenn Beck and his fellow neo-feudalists worked nonstop to convince people that the President’s recent speech on education was a form of socialist indoctrination. And be...