Bin Laden death celebration is shameful
By now we’ve all seen the reports – Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan by CIA and special forces on May 1.
Opinions & Editorials
Message from May Day resonates today
Every protection enjoyed by working people, from a minimum wage to child labor laws, was fought for by organized labor and was opposed tooth and nail by the companies that benefited from the exploitation of workers.
Advice for the student tenant in SF
Finding affordable off-campus housing is one of the trials in a student’s quest to receive an education at City College.
Freedom of expression silenced in China crackdown
As part of a crackdown on free expression, Chinese police detained the artist Ai Weiwei, and the arrest has finally galvanized global institutions to demand the release of political prisoners.
9th Circuit drug test ruling sets a dangerous precedent
When the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on March 2 that companies have the right to deny employment based on previous failed drug screenings, it set a precedent for discrimination in the workforce and struck a crippling blow to the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.
U.N. Libya vote illustrates power-shift
The days of the United States doing whatever the hell it wants as the world’s sole superpower are slowly coming to an end, and the UN Security Council’s resolution on intervention in Libya shows us why.
Time to clean up culture of corruption in the SFPD
The San Francisco Police Department and the city’s Public Defender Jeff Adachi have been lampooning each other in the media lately, and it seems like the cops feel they are the true victims in this tale of corruption.