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There's one British family who won't have to worry about austerity measures.

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Why the GOP Is Really Waging Its War on Food Stamps

The attack on SNAP is mere political symbolism--but that symbolism is lucrative.

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Where Farmers Markets and CSAs Fall Short

Mary Berry, daughter of poet Wendell Berry, wants to take local food beyond 'a faddish economy.'

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The Joy of Hate-Watching ‘Atlas Shrugged’

A Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the trilogy's final installment is just the icing on the cake.

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How the Syrian Revolution Went Wrong

With the opposition fracturing, is there still hope for a Syrian Spring?

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An Empire in a Galaxy Not So Far Away

Obama insists that the U.S. is not an 'empire,' but our foreign policy suggests otherwise.

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Proposed food stamp cuts could leave job seekers with nowhere to turn.

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Orange Is The New Black, Episode 10: There’s No Place Like ‘Bora Bora Bora’

The fantasy that keeps us going.

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The Cult of the Selfish

When did America lose sight of the common good?

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Tech Bros Are Losing

The tech industry's golden children can't get away with bigotry.

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Orange Is The New Black, Episode 9: The Road To Hell

Piper braves the horrors of solitary confinement while Alex stares down her Pennsatucky past.

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Steal From the Rich, Give to the Middle Class

Could the Robin Hood Tax help save our economy?

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The Thousand-Year Flood

Climate change: You can run, but you can't hide.

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Welfare Reform 2.0?

House Republicans are gearing up for massive food stamp cuts.

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Orange Is the New Black, Episode 8: Trapped in the Dryer

Pennsatucky traps Alex in a dryer. Complex emotional growth ensues.

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A Different Path for Syria—and America’s Cities

Will U.S. diplomacy in Syria carve a new path towards peace at home and abroad?

Marilyn Katz

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5 Cities in a Neoliberal Takeover; 5 Cities in a Progressive Boom

Who holds the keys to the city of the future?

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A Company Town Becomes Our Town

How a town shadowed by Chevron built a vibrant movement to challenge corporate power.

Rebecca Burns

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A Union-Remade City

Labor is taking back New Haven. But can it put people back to work?

Jake Blumgart

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A Top-Down Urban Revolution

Will working people have any say in the new neoliberal city?

Amy Dean

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A New Direction For the Fed?

Yellen may be better than Larry Summers, but she's not the reformer the Fed needs.

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12 Nameless, Witless Women We Shall Miss

Goodbye, The Newsroom. Goodbye, The Newsroom’s rotating cast of yelled-at female characters.

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Will Syria Re-Energize the Anti-Drone Movement?

Buoyed by the Syria outcome, anti-war groups are charging ahead.

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Let’s Get Visceral

Anti-abortion activists plan memorial services for unborn fetuses, complete with tiny coffins.

Robin Marty