Editors’ Choice

by Dr. Boyce Watkins

Sir Richard Branson has spoken up and out against the War on Drugs in the United States. Branson recently noted that the policies are racist and represent a “war on black people.”

By Mark Gevisser

Nelson Mandela’s body was laid to rest in a solemn and moving funeral ceremony today, as the world commemorated a man who embodied the human will to do good.

Pope Francis says trickle-down economics do not help the poor, in a wide-ranging interview with Italian daily La Stampa

By Bill Moyers

I met Supreme Court Justice William Brennan in 1987 when I was creating a series for public television called In Search of the Constitution, celebrating the bicentennial of our founding document.

By Dean Baker
In the past two days we’ve seen a federal judge rule that Detroit can go bankrupt, putting its workers’ pensions in jeopardy, and we have seen Illinois’ Legislature vote for substantial cuts in its retirees’ pensions.

Chauncey DeVega, AlterNet
The right’s politics of cruelty would have the poor, the brown and even children ‘disappeared.’