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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

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Overriding Bloomberg’s Vetoes, New York City Council Bans NYPD Racial Profiling

Stop-and-frisk is dealt the second serious blow in as many weeks, and this one may be even more significant.

Sarah Jaffe

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Tar Sands Drones Are On Their Way

The energy industry wants to use unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor pipelines.

Cole Stangler

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Ready, Willing and Disabled

Will the new fall TV shows succeed in depicting disabilities honestly?

Diane Shipley

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Orange is the New Black, Episode 5: Chasing That Chicken

The Litchfield women chase after a legendary chicken, while Daya and Aleida fail to understand one another

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Young Tea Party ‘Rebels’ Burn Fake ‘Obamacare Cards’

A well-funded Tea Party think tank hopes to convince 3 million young people to forgo subsidized health insurance.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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Moderate to the Bone

In The Newsroom's universe, the Left is just as deserving of Will MacAvoy's righteous scorn as the Right.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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From Hope to Disposability

50 years after the March on Washington, we are living with the civil rights movement’s defeats.

Martha Biondi

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The Drone Boom

A report from the unmanned systems industry convention, where everyone's upbeat (just don’t say ‘drone’).

Cole Stangler

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A Verdict on Racial Profiling?

A judge has ruled stop-and-frisk unconstitutional and racist. But will it stop?

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

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Orwell’s Defeats

A new book of letters offers a glimpse at the man behind the reputation.

Kristian Williams

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Our Gilded Age Education System

The ongoing education debate has little to do with schools and everything to do with money.

David Sirota

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Class Wars in Space

Elysium tackles the important issues of our time with the subtlety of an evil robot with a sledgehammer.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle