Op-Ed

Here are some of the lessons I've learned as an activist since the birth of the Occupy Wall Street movement on Sept 17, 2011.

It seems likely that this election will be decided in the industrial Midwest, Ohio in particular - a region that has bounced back strongly economically.

When Michelle Obama called voting rights “the movement of our era” in a speech Saturday night, she didn't specifically mention the Republican-led crusade for restrictive voter identification laws.

For decades now, the debate in America over education has swerved back and forth between student testing, teacher accountability, standards, competitiveness and what curriculum should contain.

A protester is detained by police during demonstrations marking the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York, September 17, 2012. (Photo: Robert Stolarik / The …

We are left with this chilling conclusion: Mitt Romney is willing to risk the lives of billions of people, and a climate that could end modern civilization, so that …

The upcoming anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan is a crucial time for activists to reflect on the urgent need for an anti-war movement that is committed to opposing …

“I got a question.” I didn’t see him—or the other kid with him—approaching. In their teens, I’d guess. My back was turned to them. I was interviewing a lady …

Last week at a meeting packed with parents who wanted to support the Chicago Teacher’s Union (CTU) during their strike, a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teacher who had been …

If the rich want to know why they bear such a large share of the nation's income tax burden to pay for so-called big government these days, they should …