Oh, it sure warmed my heteronormativity-critiquing heart (yeah, some of us critique with our hearts and our heads, and other parts, too) to get an e-mail today announcing the release of “Beyond Marriage,” a statement by hundreds of LGBT activists who hope “to move beyond the narrow confines of marriage politics in the United States […]

I learned this thanks to Black Commentator Editor Bruce Nixon, in this week’s Cover Story. Nixon points out the obvious, that few want to state publicly: that Israel practices apartheid.
The BC article merits reading in its entirety, as well as serving as a portal that directs readers to other resources including the Electronic Intifada, and […]

As Americans, it is often difficult to know what is happening around the world because of the failure of the mainstream press to adequately report it. Sure you’ve may have heard that following the capture of Israeli soldiers by Palestinian and Lebanese militants, Israel has launched a full scale assault on civilian infrastructure in both […]

On Friday, the New York Mercantile Exchange set a new record for the price of oil, closing the day at $77.03. This broke the previous record — of $76.70 — that was set the day before.
Israel occupies the Palestinian territory of Gaza. Jordan supplies those in Gaza. People and arms flow across the […]

On July 15, Suzanne Swift’s supporters are calling for a National Day of Action, calling for call for an honorable discharge for Swift, who was sexually abused by her sergeant while doing her duty in Iraq as a military police officer. Please do your part by spreading the word, making a donation, or joining an […]

Equal Exchange, one of the earliest purveyors of fair-trade coffee, tea, cocoa and sugar, has teamed up with Wainwright Bank to a create a new opportunity for socially-responsible investment. The bank now offers a Certificate of Deposit (CD) that provides a line of credit available for use exclusively by Equal Exchange, a democratic, worker-controlled […]