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Reading Gandhi in Budrus
A new documentary illuminates the power of nonviolent protest in a Palestinian village opposing the West Bank barrier.
Michael Atkinson
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The Surreal World
Class anxiety, hyperconsumption and mocking the poor, for your viewing pleasure.
Jennifer Pozner
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Hull-House Museum: Open to the Counter-Public
The revolution lives at Jane Addams' historic old house in Chicago.
Andrew Oxford
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Let’s Rethink Masculinity
Real men should be more than breadwinners.
Joan C. Williams
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Blood Stains Zimbabwe Diamonds
After a promising discovery, endemic corruption causes hope to fade.
Sam Gregory
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The Fog of Jihad
The Oath, now out on DVD, brilliantly explores the muddy battle lines between the U.S. and al Qaeda.
Michael Atkinson
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Stuff White People Do
How do justice-focused whites fit into the struggle against racism in America?
Micah Uetricht
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Movin’ on Up
The Warmth of Other Suns gives the Great Migration the attention it deserves.
Eve Ottenberg
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‘The Manchurian President’: Chicago’s Commie Liberal Puppet
The paranoid style of American politics is alive and well.
Chip Berlet
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Once Upon a Time, in America…
The right has one fundamental advantage over its opponents: storytelling.
Michael Atkinson
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‘There is Power in a Union’
The past, present and future of America’s labor movement
Steve Weinberg
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Jailed Hikers: the Untold Story
The three Americans Iran has charged with espionage are not who you think they are.
Kari Lydersen
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A Bronx School Tale
A new book shows how grassroots community organizing and persistence turned around one of the country's most corrupt school districts.
Louis Nayman
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King of the Crazy Suit
Meet Jonathan Lee Riches, the most litigious man in history.
Beau Hodai
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Social Media: Peril + Promise
Will social networks change our world, or just reinforce it?
Deanna Zandt
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Howard Zinn’s Final Act of Protest
In his last book, the late, great historian—and former bombardier—examines his troubling actions during W.W. II.
Micah Uetricht
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Agora Phobia
A new film about ancient religious conflict resonates, but fails at the box office.
Ralph Seliger
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Todd Solondz’s Dystopia in Suburbia
In his sixth film, Life During Wartime, the film director offers another twisted modern fairy tale that revels in taboos.
Michael Atkinson
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Female Rail Tale
Linda Grant Niemann goes beyond clichés to show what it's really like to work on the railroad.
Mike Matejka
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Virtually Conservative
Most video games—in which you accumulate stuff and/or dominate the world—are the opposite of progressive.
Michael Atkinson
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The Great Trans-Frontier
Trinidad, Colo., is the 'sex change capital of the world.' A documentary now out on DVD explains why.
Jakob VanLammeren
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Working on a (Temp) Dream
Welcome to the freelance economy, where workers are atomized, badly compensated and strangely optimistic.
Richard Greenwald
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‘So Is She Gay?’
Whether or not Elena Kagan is a lesbian shouldn't distract us from a simple fact: America isn't ready for an openly gay Supreme Court judge.
Jeremy Gantz
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Networking the Neighborhood
A Vermont town reinvents the Net.
Bill McKibben
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