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Dispatch
Occupy Chicago: No Park, No Sleep, No Problem
Chicago's answer to Occupy Wall Street doesn't have a place to sleep, but is still growing.
Ryan Williams
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Montana’s Not-So-Super Senator
Sen. Max Baucus helped dig the U.S. into debt; now he's working on "Deficit Reduction."
Paul Thomas Richards
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Donald Rumsfeld’s Ugly Suits
U.S. citizens suing the former defense secretary for torture may finally get a day in court.
Joel Handley
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One Man in Search of a District
How Rep. Kucinich was almost pushed off the map in Ohio.
Christopher Moraff
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New Drug Tests Target the Poor
A spate of new laws ties government assistance to sobriety—furthering an unfounded stereotype.
Rania Khalek
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Brazil’s Dam Shame
Construction of the giant Belo Monte dam is now underway in the Amazon. But the movement against it continues.
Gabriel Schwartzman
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The Rebel Feminist Priest
The Vatican has nearly kicked Roy Bourgeois out of the priesthood for supporting women's ordination.
George Fish
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Dear ITT Ideologist: Whitey Bulger & Rebekah Brooks Fear the Slammer
Pete Karman
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Suppressing the Vote
New ID laws combat an imaginary crime wave.
Roger Bybee
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Behind Boehner’s Lies
The U.S. government is not a household that must live within its means.
David Moberg
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Banning a Boycott
A new Israeli law tries to squelch the BDS movement—but it may backfire.
Cole Stangler
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After Fukushima, New Fears in U.S.
Japan's catastrophe has raised new safety concerns about the proposed AP1000 nuclear reactor.
John Raymond
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GOP Breaks
Tea Party Lines
Will the Republican Party gerrymander freshman insurgents into submission?
Edward Graham
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Dear ITT Ideologist: NATO’s Nadir, and the FBI’s Rubbish
Pete Karman
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Divesting From Private Prisons
A new coalition of immigrant and labor groups tries to shame the nation's largest investment firms.
Joel Handley
Dispatch
Ending Our 10-Year War
Dissatisfied with President Barack Obama, antiwar groups push for a faster exit from Afghanistan.
Cole Stangler
Dispatch
The Religious Left, Born Again
Progressive activists are finding inspiration in churches, synagogues and mosques.
Theo Anderson
Dispatch
Gaming for Good
A human rights organization tries to make change online—with a very bleak vision of America in 2049.
Erica Lipper
Dispatch
The Struggle to Save ‘La Casita’ (SLIDESHOW)
A school occupation begins anew, as parents try to hold the Chicago Public School system to its word
Candice Bernd
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Justice for the Jobless
Unemployed Americans are fighting for a federal jobs program.
Yana Kunichoff
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Zelaya Returns
The ousted and exiled Honduran president comes home.
Jeremy Kryt
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After Cablegate, Enforced Ignorance
Why is the Obama administration barring U.S. diplomats from learning what the world already knows?
Jeremy Bigwood
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Military Rape: Rampant, Ignored
A lawsuit against Robert Gates and Donald Rumsfeld and new legislation try to stop an epidemic.
Nan Levinson
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The Blair Mountain Project
Activists want to protect the site of a deadly labor struggle—and stop mountaintop removal coal mining.
Melinda Tuhus
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