Dispatch

After Cablegate, Enforced Ignorance

Why is the Obama administration barring U.S. diplomats from learning what the world already knows?

Jeremy Bigwood

Dispatch

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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Dear ITT Ideologist: Bin Laden’s Neighbor Wants Some Answers

Pete Karman

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Mr. Ryan’s Neighborhood

The House budget chairman’s plan takes from the poor and gives to the rich.

Roger Bybee

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The Truth About the ‘Dirty Lie’

Anti-coal activists are adopting more radical tactics to get their message across to public officials.

Peter Downs

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Dear Ideologist: America’s New War and Americans’ Selective Outrage

Pete Karman

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America’s Blue Chip Tax Cheats

The country's largest corporations avoid their fair share. US Uncut is on the case.

Christopher Moraff

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Losing Latin America

America's 'backyard' has never been so united and independent of U.S. influence.

Steve Ellner

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Foreclosure Crisis… and Opportunity

Months after the 'robo-signing' scandal, states are negotiating with banks—and activists are keeping the pressure on.

Jeremy Gantz

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Israel’s Left in Disarray

Ehud Barak's split from Labor is not his first blow against the party he led twice.

Ralph Seliger

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Utah’s New Immigration Bills: A Blast From the Past

The state laws have been called "the nation's most liberal," but they're not much different from Cold War-era deportation policies.

David Bacon

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Vermont’s Single-Payer Salvation

The Green Mountain State is poised to abolish most forms of private health insurance.

Lauren Else

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Drafting Honduran Democracy

As repression continues, the National Front of the Popular Resistance plans a constitutional convention.

Jeremy Kryt

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The Secret Life of Economists

Conflicts of interest throughout the Dismal Science are more common than you know.

Micah Uetricht

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In Madison, Nearly 100,000 Protest Gov. Walker’s Corporatist Vision

Saturday's rally around Capitol was largest yet, after Walker signs infamous bill into law

Roger Bybee

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Dear ITT Ideologist: Cliff Notes on American Democracy

Pete Karman

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No Surprises: Rahm Wins in Chicago

The suits remain firmly in control of the Windy City. What does Emanuel's victory mean for urban progressive politics?

David Moberg

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New AP1000 Nuclear Reactor Design Sparks Ire

But Nuclear Regulatory Commission ignores concerns over potential containment failures.

John Raymond

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Campesinos Rising in Honduras

A peasant organizer is kidnapped and tortured, as his movement continues to occupy land claimed by corporations.

Jeremy Kryt

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Belo Monte and Brazil’s ‘Pandora’

Can a massive dam project in the Amazon be stopped?

Kenneth Rapoza

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Dear ITT Ideologist: Executive Functions and the Search for 2008

Pete Karman

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What’s the Matter With Wisconsin?

The state's motto is "Forward," but it's now turning its back on a rich progressive history.

Theo Anderson

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Chicago’s Left Blows Its Big Chance

Rahm Emanuel appears to have made the best of a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

Laura S. Washington