BY SUSAN ESTRICH Every time I see a tally of the delegate race that excludes so-called “superdelegates,” I have to laugh. “Of course they count,” I want to scream at The New York Times, which otherwise offers a flawless tally. That’s precisely why I, and a minority of others, fought so hard against the introduction […]

BY FROMA HARROP One inevitable sequel to a terrorist attack is seeing the ugly mugs of creeps-turned-monsters thrust before us over a multitude of news cycles. Another is a debate over cellphone encryption. Encryption is a means of turning information into secret code. Terrorists communicate through encrypted devices to hide their plans and protect the […]

BY JIM HIGHTOWER The time has come. Six years after the Supreme Court’s malignant Citizens United ruling, nearly every American plainly sees how our nation’s historic, political ethic of citizen equality – “one person one vote” – has been buried in a roaring avalanche of corrupt, corporate money and voter suppression. Moreover, nearly nine years […]

BY FROMA HARROP Barack Obama walked the cobblestone streets of Old Havana to cheers of “Welcome to Cuba!” After decades of official hostility between the United States and Cuba, Obama has successfully nudged the two toward normal relations. After decades of craziness, it’s heartening to see smart policy regarding Cuba. So Cuba remains a repressive […]

BY VERN TURNER Sometimes the motivation to write another essay comes from multiple sources. I am blessed to have many activist friends who send me...