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Our Coffee, Ourselves

The rise of Starbucks reveals how we really live, and it ain't pretty.

Richard Greenwald

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Slaughterhouse-Five at Forty

Why Vonnegut's classic novel transcends the '60s.

Gregory Sumner

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A Diplomatic Casualty of War

Matthew Hoh’s warning to Obama goes unheeded in Afghanistan.

Roger Morris and George Kenney

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Empathy, Not Apathy

An open letter to my students.

Karla Jay

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Assassinated by the State

The federally sanctioned murder of a Black Panther.

Salim Muwakkil

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Good Grief

Opaque prose aside, Judith Butler's new book asks crucial questions about how we tolerate state-sanctioned death.

Kristian Williams

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School’s Cool

If we are to revive American schools, we must stop dwelling on despair and celebrate the power of learning, a new book argues.

Eve Ewing

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Harm Reduction: The Anti-Drug

A common sense approach to stopping unnecessary death.

Melinda Tuhus

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Can the Rich Really Save Us?

Surprisingly, Ralph Nader says yes.

Pete Redington

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Free Speech Radical

Mario Savio and the Free Speech Movement.

Don Lazere

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The Pillage People

One year after the Wall Street bailout, real reform of the financial sector is still a dream.

Roger Bybee

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The Barney Frank Story

Not your average left-handed, gay, Jewish congressman.

Doug Ireland

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The Politics of Enchantment

The quest for a new kinship with nature might just save us.

James William Gibson

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The Retail Devolution

Two new books explore corporate evil.

David Moberg

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Gay Boys in Oil City

The fight for GLBT rights in rural America is far from over.

Gary Barlow

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Einstein and Israel

The great scientist was both a Zionist and bi-nationalist—a fact too complex for the author of a new book to accept.

Ralph Seliger

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In and Out of the Working Class

Radical economist and labor educator Michael Yates moves beyond the classroom to examine—with striking honesty—his own life.

Seth Sandronsky

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Why Kansas Matters

A new documentary details how politics and religion intersect in America.

John K. Wilson

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The Big Green Apple

It's easy being green in NYC.

Will Boisvert

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Dixie Media Versus Unions

A new book reveals how Southern media have strengthened the region's corporatocracy.

Roger Bybee

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Slam of the Free, Poem of the Brave

Activism through spoken word, at the Brave New Voices Poetry Slam.

Lindsay Eanet

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The Poop on Population

Disposable diapers harm the environment, so here’s a modest proposal.

Lisa Manterfield

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Outtakes of Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa begs for cinematic calls to action; this year's Human Rights Watch film festival delivered.

Brandon Harris

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Why David Sometimes Wins

Barack Obama is indebted to Cesar Chavez's trailblazing community organizing strategies.

Ethan Porter