What happens if you have a tradition that by its very nature makes people in your community feel alienated?
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 06.25.2009 | Chicago
Raising the U.S. flag upside down is supposed to mean you're in trouble, not cause more of it. But for the Rev. Michael Pfleger, who has been flying ...
Les Weisbrod | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living
The Medical Device Safety Act would restore patients' right to hold the manufacturer responsible when their products are defective.
Norman Solomon | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green
Seventy-five years after the start of the New Deal, and nearly 40 years after the first Earth Day, the need for basic change on behalf of social justice and ecology is clear.
John L. Esposito | Posted 05.16.2009 | World
Obama's performance in Turkey was flawless; he met the expectations of his admirers and won approval from many skeptics.
Pius Kamau | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living
Two taboo subjects exist for black Americans: male gay sex and mental illness. The refusal to discuss them has had devastating results.
Jane Guskin | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics
Any delays in pushing through legalization will hurt its chances. We need to mobilize behind a united demand, and make our voices heard every single day until we get what is needed.
Jim Wallis | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics
My prediction is that many in the faith community, especially those on the front lines of serving the poor, will rally around the principles and priorities of this budget.
Jonah Lalas | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics
Until Obama, I had always viewed the White House as synonymous with "the boss" or the "management" of a facility who instills fear into workers when they try to organize.
Jim Wallis | Posted 02.28.2009 | Business
The question we should be asking is how this global economic crisis will change us -- all of us, in the way we think, decide things, and even do business.
Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.26.2009 | Entertainment
Harold Pinter once said, "Being thrown out of the U.S. embassy in Ankara with Arthur Miller, a voluntary exile, was one of the proudest moments of my life."
Linda Milazzo | Posted 01.26.2009 | Living
The culture of the macho mercenary has grown -- the Brinks guard I encountered exhibited that similar style bravado.
Steve Clemons | Posted 01.07.2009 | Entertainment
Can both Sean Penn and Heath Ledger win? Can we have one Oscar for the Dark Side? and one for the, well, Good Side?
Howard Winant | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
Obama's win hardly puts an end to this system of racism, but it's still momentous, because it shows us a way forward, a way to reduce if not eliminate racial injustice and inequality.
John W. Whitehead | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
Is there any hope? Yes, there is. But that hope does not rest with a president, Congress or the government. And it never has.
Karen Chassin Goldbaum | Posted 11.27.2008 | Chicago
Unlike the hundreds of thousands who show up for Barack's message of hope and change today, on that evening there were maybe a dozen of us in the modest carriage house.
Mike Doyle | Posted 11.27.2008 | Chicago
The media world as we know it has imploded in the past year, nowhere with a louder thud than right here in Chicago.
Judi Jennings | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics
Ask yourself when and why feminists stopped talking about peace and started talking about being tough enough to go to war, and think about what that means.
Hillary Rettig | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics
My students are all working as hard or much harder than my parents did -- some holding two and even three jobs -- but can barely cover rent and food - with rent alone usually amounting to around 50% of their income.
Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green
There is a certain topic that deserves, but probably will fail to get much play in the presidential and vice-presidential debates. That is how to achi...
Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics
While Palin intended her jab to belittle Obama's experience, it in fact helped galvanize those of us who know just how critical, challenging and imperative a role community organizers play.
Jim Luce | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living
As I approach my fiftieth birthday, I am feeling incomplete. Part of me - my soul? - is still missing. In secular terms, I think I am not yet in tou...
Martin Bosworth | Posted 07.19.2008 | Business
Wasserstein has continually built his tremendous success on his ability to persuade people that bidding on him means a win, even when it ends up solely being a win for him.
Martin Bosworth | Posted 07.18.2008 | Business
Crossposted at Boztopia and Open Left Over the last week, I've been documenting the struggle between workers and residents of the Atria assisted livi...
Rosalind Wiseman | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living