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Sweat-Free Chocolate

Pledge to buy Halloween candy that's child-labor-free.

Amato Nocera

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Schoolyard Syndicalists

From the Chicago public school closings, some students emerge radicalized.

Rebecca Burns

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Boulder Electrified

Corporate interests and environmentalists face off in a Boulder, Colo. vote over ecofriendly public energy.

Nat Stein

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Pipeline Pranksters

The Yes Men pose as oil executives.

Alex Lubben

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Blood on the Beach

The kidnapping and brutal murder of a sea turtle conservationist.

Todd Steiner

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Is Fight for 15 for Real?

A hard look at the campaign by retail and fast-food workers to earn a living wage.

Micah Uetricht

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Dream Defenders Stand Their Ground

Occupying the New Jim Crow system.

Jeff Schuhrke

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No Room of Their Own for New Yorkers in Need

Privatization threatens New York's public housing system.

Michelle Chen

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The Devil’s in the Details

If the Senate's bill is so good, why are immigrant rights groups so unhappy?

Rebecca Burns

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No Longer a Prisoner of the Past

Rhode Island 'bans the box,' opening up job opportunities for the formerly incarcerated.

Toshio Meronek and Martha Wallner

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A Debt-Free Degree?

Oregon's new plan would eliminate upfront college costs.

Sarah Jaffe

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Water, Water, Nowhere

When water becomes scarce, conservatives become environmentalists.

Theo Anderson

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A Bill of Rights for the Homeless

Several states are considering guaranteeing civil rights for those without a roof over their heads.

Amien Essif

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Green Hot American Summer

Late July brings a wave of climate demonstrations.

Emma Foehringer Merchant

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GMO Domino Effect

Four states to go, and a cascade of food labeling laws will take effect.

Jessica Corbett

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A Fracktious Debate

Greens are divided on whether to regulate fracking or hold out for a ban.

Rebecca Burns

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Food Fight: Feminists and Femivores

Is slow food about politics, privilege, or oppression?

Rebecca Burns

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‘The Colorado Model’

Voting just got easier in Colorado.

Theo Anderson

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Buycott Koch

A new smartphone app lets users put their money where their principles are.

Patrick James Drennan

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Aloha, Workers’ Rights!

Hawaii is poised to become the second state in the nation to protect the rights of domestic workers.

Luke Brinker

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Mad Professors

The adjuncts are at the barricades.

Rebecca Burns

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Where Unions Went Wrong on ‘Right to Work’

Labor activists retool their tactics against the bosses.

Rebecca Burns

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Foreclosing in on D.C.

Activists call for government action against big banks.

Osita Nwanevu

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Frack Corporate Personhood

A Pennsylvania judge has drawn a hard line against so-called corporate 'persons.'

Anthony Mangini