Features
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Up the River
Why the West Virginia spill was not a freak occurrence. MORE
By Molly M. Ginty
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Bernie Sanders: The People's President?
The Vermont senator on why he’s mulling a run for the White House in 2016 MORE
By Joel Bleifuss
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The Genes Made Us Do It
The new pseudoscience of racial difference. MORE
By Jonathan Marks
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Ode To America's Freshwater People
On Abraham Lincoln, Carl Sandburg, Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, and other Midwesterners. MORE
By Kurt Vonnegut
Act Locally
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A Boycott Today Keeps the Testing at Bay
A model Chicago alliance of teachers, students and parents is leading the way in a nationwide testing refusal movement MORE
By Yana Kunichoff
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Cutting Power to the NSA
A civil liberties coalition wants to nullify the NSA, one lightbulb at a time. MORE
By Sarah Berlin
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Abortion's Underground Railroad
As state laws restrict abortion access, volunteers are stepping up to help women clear the hurdles. MORE
By Eesha Pandit
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What Cesar Chavez Missed
The new film doesn’t capture the diversity of the farmworkers’ movement. MORE
By David Bacon
Culture
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Dimwits and the Dark Ages
Pervasive sexual violence has become a black eye for HBO’s popular Game of Thrones series. MORE
By Katherine Don
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Culture
The Deal That Never Died
The New Deal’s still all around us MORE
By Theo Anderson
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From the Old Country
Beyond the Right to Choose
When is ‘choice’ the wrong approach? MORE
By Jane Miller
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film
The Summer Movie Road Not Taken
1977’s Sorceror was the antithesis of Star Wars, and we could learn from it MORE
By Michael Atkinson
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Culture
Death of a Hacktivist
A new documentary on Aaron Swartz. MORE
By Patricia Aufderheide
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Exit Signs
Artisanal Union-Busting
Whole Foods has attempted to crush anything resembling a union drive among its employees. MORE
By Chris Lehmann
Columnists
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Polio: Syria's War on Children
The spread of polio is a public health emergency. In Syria, it’s also being used to suppress the opposition. MORE
By Terry J. Allen
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Politika
Venezuela Tries the Talking Cure
Amidst turmoil, President Maduro meets with opposition leaders. But will it help? MORE
By Achy Obejas
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Back Talk
Information Highway Robbery
Minimizing our digital footprints isn’t easy. MORE
By Susan J. Douglas
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Editorial
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Three recent examples of corporations corrupting government. MORE
By Joel Bleifuss