As the January 20th Cuban national elections came to an end, after which Fidel Castro predictably announced his future status as a civilian with only his self-assigned responsibilities, Washington flat out rejected the results of the elections, claiming that, like all of Cuba’s post-1959 ballots, were illegitimate.

A people’s surge is heaving its way across the country with unexpected force. And in doing so, it is confounding pundits, challenging conventional wisdom and reconfiguring our nation’s politics.

Lying has become a way of life for George W Bush and like the little boy who called wolf too often – the American public, the U.S. Congress and finally the media are calling his fear based bluffs and letting Bush hang – twisting in his own hypocrisy.

A bipartisan coalition of health care providers and policy advocates sharply criticized the massive cuts to health care programs for children in President Bush's budget proposal delivered to Congress last week.

April 29th of this year will mark the 25th anniversary of the inauguration of Harold Washington as Chicago's first African American mayor. That extraordinary moment in the life of Chicago is being celebrated with the beautiful and powerfully written book of photographs titled Harold!: Photographs from the Harold Washington Years

Representatives of the United Steelworkers (USW) and Unite of the United Kingdom and Ireland unions traveled today to Colombia, the most dangerous country in the world for trade unionists.

Many of you have asked me why I am so passionately favoring Obama and I wanted to explain myself in writing to my women friends as we watch this presidential drama and think about the long journey Hillary Clinton has made in her life.

Last week, George W. Bush delivered his final budget proposal to Congress. As expected it contained severe cuts to domestic programs, especially for working families, and massive new spending for the military along with huge tax breaks for the very rich.

In doing research for this article, I confess that I was taken with the story of Barack Obama, a remarkable story of multi-culturalism in the United States, its contradictions, and its triumphs.

Libero Della Piana, Chair of the New York State Communist Party, speaks about the radical legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Della Piana references King's famous "Beyond Vietnam" Speech made at The Riverside Church in Manhattan on April 4, 1967 where he called for "revolution of values" and an end to the U.S. war in Vietnam.

The recent opening of an exhibition and related events celebrating his life at the time of his 110th birthday is not earth-shattering, but certainly a welcome remembrance of a man who is beloved by his community but largely forgotten by American society.

Rich countries preach free markets and free trade to the poor countries in order to capture larger shares of the latter's markets and preempt the emergence of possible competitors.

The first thing to talk about is the tremendous excitement and engagement of people in this election. Voter turnout is breaking records. People went to vote in the primaries almost as if it were the general election.

Last fall, Clinton supporters predicted that last night Feb. 5 would cement their candidate's position as the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party. With commanding leads in both the national polls and most state polls, Hillary Clinton seemed inevitable.

Last week the Communist Party USA launched its presence on YouTube with five new videos.

When John Edwards announced that he was suspending his bid for president, he said that he was proud of his campaign's contribution to the presidential debates and its influence on the other Democratic party candidates.

In a city of 100,000 people, you can call 300 each night. You'll talk to a dozen. Maybe one will commit to voting for your guy. The people of this city will grow to hate your voice, and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it.

First, we need to offer publicly funded incentives for real innovation, research, and development. Second, we must put public funds to work to improve, expand, and repair Amtrak infrastructure and equipment. Third, through public disclosure of the issues involved, we can promote the fair settlement of labor contracts for Amtrak workers.

On February 12th, I'll vote for Obama in the Virginia Democratic Primary if it still matters (if it doesn't I'll vote for Kucinich). And I will have no possible way to determine whether my vote is counted. I'll be voting on a touch-screen electronic voting machine.

Why federal Judge Marcia Cooke is trying to make President Bush’s baseless arrest, detention and charges of Jose Padilla look as if they are even remotely legitimate is beyond me.