Any aid pledged to Gaza today is like promising forty acres and a mule to still captive slaves--generosity abounds in such scenarios.
Ray Hanania | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics
McKinney should be released immediately and the medicine and food and clothing she was trying to bring to the besieged and brutalized civilians of the Gaza Strip should be delivered.
AP | Posted 06.30.2009 | World
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli navy intercepted a ship carrying foreign peace activists trying to break a blockade of Gaza on Tuesday and f...
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics
For the first time since she has been in the public spotlight, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was able to talk her way into an issue that really resonated with the masses.
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics
Ha'aretz reports that a boat carrying aid to Gaza clashed with Israel's navy. The activists on board the boat say they were shot at; an Israeli spokes...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics
The whispers and rumors about Jackson Jr. will swirl no matter what the FBI and the U.S. attorney ultimately decide about the extent of his involvement in the scandal.
Paul Loeb | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics
After eight years of Bush, it's a dangerous game to assume there's no significant difference between McCain and Obama.
Hoa Quach | Posted 10.30.2008 | Home
Presidential candidates are spending millions on a campaign, and I'm questioning if I can afford to spend 42 cents on a ballot that I'm not even sure will be counted.
Chicago Public Radio | Mike Rhee | Posted 10.29.2008 | Chicago
The Green Party's US Presidential hopeful continues to make the rounds in the Chicago area Wednesday. Last night, the Illinois Green Party hosted an e...
Norman Solomon | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
People's votes are entirely their own, to do with as they see fit. But the right to do something is distinct from the wisdom of doing it.
Stephen Zunes | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics
Rather than being necessary for getting him to the White House, Obama's right-wing positions regarding Israel and its neighbors are actually hurting him.
Ari Herzog | Posted 10.08.2008 | Home
Despite the media's focus on Barack Obama and John McCain, they are not the only candidates running for the office of President of the United St...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics
Though Nader is the invisible man in the media, he's still doggedly trudging along the campaign highway talking up his populist message and drumming up financial support.
Grist | Kate Sheppard | Posted 08.22.2008 | Green
Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney sums up her energy policy with a simple, memorable rhyme: "Leave the oil in the soil." "Right now...
Judah Freed | Posted 08.19.2008 | Home
I favor libertarian stands on civil liberties and limited government, so I eagerly read the Libertarian Party emails. Yet I base my view of reality on logic and evidence. Sadly, I'm not seeing much of either from the Barr campaign.
Tamika Thompson | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home
Green Party Vice Presidential nominee Clemente says the goal now is to court young people, African-Americans, Latinos and marginalized members of the working class. Look out Obama.
R. B. Stuart | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics
While soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan are being exposed to the invisible radiological airborne dust, the Depleted Uranium issue fails to be raised by neither major political party.
Russ Wellen | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
I refuse to be guilt-tripped into thinking I was complicit in Gore's loss, but if I declined to vote for Obama and he lost, no matter how far right of center he leans in the coming weeks, there's no way I could shake off the blame this time.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics
At first glance there's no reason to think that she can: she's not Ralph Nader, whose credentials as a consumer crusader were impeccable. But that doesn't mean McKinney can't toss a curve at Obama.
Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics
Cynthia McKinney formally launches her Green Party campaign in a Web video. "The Republicans have deceived us, the Democrats have failed us," she say...
Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.15.2007 | Politics
Because they have spun us into complete exhaustion. Because she's a feminist until it is her own husband who abuses his power. Because we don't have to settle for them.
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Noura Erakat | Posted 07.08.2009 | World