Nationwide Protests Rage against Colombia’s Economic Policies

James Jordan, Constanza Vieira and Helda Martínez Alliance for Global Justice and Inter Press Service
Demands include popular participation in the peace process, an end to Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that threaten the livelihoods of family farmers and workers, and government fulfillment of unkept promises for infrastructure development and Peasant Reserve Zones in rural areas.

Students Are Hooking Up! (Like Their Parents Did)

Erin Brodwin Scientific American
Students today “hook up” no more than their parents did in college. It seems college students are talking more than acting—at least when it comes to sex.

Fast Food Strike Tactics Are Debated

Micah Uetricht In These Times
Since the first such strike in New York City last year, the expansion of low-wage jobs and the accompanying decline of well-paying union jobs have become a big topic in the media and on the street. The strikes have legitimated walking off the job as a tactic for workers, even those without a union. In addition, some fast food and retail workers have won tangible gains as a result of their strikes.

Britain's Bump in the Road to War

D.D. Guttenplan The Nation
Last night David Cameron’s government lost a House of Commons vote on a measure designed to approve—-in principle-—military action in Iraq pending a report from UN weapons inspectors. This was the first defeat of a government motion related to military action in modern times. The UK Parliament voted—-what about US Congress?

The Case for Not Bombing Syria

Matthew Yglesias Slate
At a recent Washington meeting I heard a chilling phrase: Obama had “no good options” in Syria. Obama’s good option would be to reread his administration’s official National Security Strategy, which sagely argues that “[a]s we did after World War II, we must pursue a rules-based international system that can advance our own interests by serving mutual interests.”

Kevin Spacey: Give Viewers Control

Double Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey challenges TV channels to give "control" to their audiences or risk losing them at his address at the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival.

Walmart Workers Announce Labor Day Deadline

The growing group of OurWalmart workers across the country are demanding justice and a decent wage. They have given the giant retailer a Labor Day deadline to meet their demands or face intensified and widespread actions.

The Onion Warns Miley Cyrus May Be Depleted

In 2008, experts warned that Miley Cyrus had just five years before she became a withered, dessicated husk. Unless she is conserved, humanity may be reduced to barbarism.