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The People’s Advocate?

The race in New York for Bill de Blasio's replacement has gotten interesting--because of Letitia James.

Sarah Jaffe

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Fighting To Stay Home

Violently evicted by their government and unwelcome in the U.S., Mexican mining unionists have nowhere to go.

David Bacon

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What Happened to the Anti-War Movement?

The short answer: partisanship.

David Sirota

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We Don’t Have to Bomb Syria

Believe it or not, there are other options for dealing with the current crisis.

Stephen R. Weissman

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The ‘Strange Majority’ Against Syrian Intervention

A coalition of anti-war progressives and Republicans could stop the U.S. from going to war.

Cole Stangler

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Orange Is the New Black Roundtable, Part 2: On Religion, Aging, Rape and Race

Does OINTB do its diverse characters justice?

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Knights of the Progressive Roundtable

Monthly meetings give members of the public an intimate audience with Congressional representatives.

Pamela Powers Hannley

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On the Road Against Citizens United

Jim Hightower discusses the Keystone pipeline, the Koch brothers and campaign financing.

Laura S. Washington

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America’s 200-Year-Long Battle for Workplace Democracy

Can the National Labor Relations Board defend principles that go back to the nation's founding?

David Moberg

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The 6 Filthiest Facts About the Rich

Unrestrained capitalism has led to an untenable situation.

Paul Buchheit, AlterNet

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College Is the New High School

The post-secondary degree is increasingly a basic necessity, but comes at a luxury price.

David Sirota

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Will Congress Block an Attack on Syria?

Congress members are clamoring to be consulted, but few publicly oppose intervention.

Cole Stangler

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Orange Is the New Black, Episode 6: Democracy Fail

In the end, the guards run the show.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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University Tries to Nip Professors’ Union in the Bud

A cautionary letter--and the rumored retention of a notorious union-buster--show Northeastern is nervous about adjunct faculty organizing.

Rebecca Burns

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Breaking Bad’s Skyler White: Victim or Villain?

Actress Anna Gunn wants to know why fans hate her character. In These Times' feminist TV critics answer.

Lindsay Beyerstein

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Bill de Blasio’s Vision For A More Equal New York

The mayoral hopeful talks about his plan to close the ever-widening gulf between the city's haves and have-nots.

Sarah Jaffe

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Education: Every American’s Right

Lowering college costs will restore access to the American Dream.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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Hole-y Plotlines, Sorkin!

Increasingly implausible pitfalls sideline what could have been The Newsroom's most compelling story.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Looking for Fraud in All the Wrong Places

Republicans say they're slashing food stamps because of fraud. So why are they expanding a much more fraud-prone program?

Cole Stangler

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The March on Washington at 50: What Now?

Some 175,000 people rallied for racial justice on Saturday, but the march's demands were diffuse.

Cole Stangler

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‘I Apologize,’ Says Former Opponent of Medical Marijuana

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta admits there's no science behind the war on marijuana.

David Sirota

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Death in Pleasant Valley

Some California prisoners have contracted a cruel and unusual punishment.

Terry J. Allen

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Hell Hath No Fury Like a Comedy Guy Criticized By a Woman

A writer on the thoroughly feminist 'Parks and Recreation' pens some profoundly misogynist garbage.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Deaths on the Nile

Is Egypt's revolution following the course of Iran's?

Slavoj Žižek