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Chicago Teachers Turn Up the Heat on Rahm Emanuel (Video)
A strike before November? Teachers say they are ready for it.
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War at What Cost? A Veteran Perspective
This coming fiscal year, the United States is set to spend more than $640 billion dollars on the Pentagon and war, accounting for more than 60 percent of federal …
Senate Advances Expanded, “Orwellian” Government Surveillance with FISA Amendments, CISPA
The Senate is closer to renewing controversial measures that critics say would allow the emails and phone calls of U.S. citizens to be monitored without a warrant.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: More Than 31 Percent of All American Homeowners Are Underwater on Their Mortgages, and More
In today's On the News segment: Europe is now drawing up plans for the departure of Greece from the euro zone, the housing crisis continues, the pharmaceutical industry is …
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Pictures of Second “NATO 5” Informant, “Gloves,” Published For First Time on Antiwar.com
Now, the other informant, u201cGloves,u201d has in some ways been outed, with two pictures of her up online for the world to see for the first time thanks to …
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What Started a Mississippi Prison Riot? Depends on Who You Ask
A Mississippi jail is on lockdown today after a Sunday night riot left one prison guard dead and as many as 20 inmates and guards injured. According to sheriff’s …
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Romney’s Disastrous Education Agenda: Reward His Donors, Make Sure Money Dominates Politics
Mitt Romney has just released his plan for educating Americau2019s young people, and itu2019s wholly consistent with his overall philosophy: Allow money to dominate politics, and everything will work …
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Cooperative Banking, the Exciting Wave of the Future
Rather than feeding off the community, banking can nourish the community and local economy.
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As Anti-Protest Law Attempts to Stifle Dissent, 400 Students in Quebec Arrested in Mass March
In the most recent escalation in the battle between a Quebecoise government pushing tuition hikes and striking Canadian students, at least three cities saw mass arrests at demonstrations against …
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Florida Congressman Demands Gov. Rick Scott “Immediately Suspend” Voter Purge
Gov. Rick Scott is currently involved in a massive effort to purge up to 180,000 from the voting rolls.