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A Half Century After Detroit Uprising, City Still Stranded by Capitalism and Federal Government

How federal policy and Big Auto drove black blight and white flight.

Marilyn Katz

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Undocumented Immigrants Win Access to Organ Transplant Waitlists, and a Shot at Life

14 Chicago patients in critical need of transplants went on a hunger strike to change hospital policy.

Rebecca Burns

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The GOP’s Summer Break Plans

The Republican guide to secret meetings during Congress's five-week sojourn.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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Rebels With a Far-Right Cause

A new generation of libertarians is being groomed for Republican leadership.

Cole Stangler

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No Papers, No Fear

The 'Dream 9' represent a radical strand of the immigration movement that's fed up with compromise.

Michelle Chen

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Making the ‘Report Abuse’ Option Meaningful

Jane Austen, the British 10-pound note and a Twitter sh*tstorm.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Who Are You Calling Sexist?

This week on The Newsroom, Aaron Sorkin helpfully shows us what a real sexist looks like.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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The Illusion of Juror Sophistication

Like most people on juries, the six jurors thrown into the Zimmerman trial were totally unprepared.

Richard Baker

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Is Edward J. Snowden Aboard This Plane?

America's imperial power is on the decline, to the world's benefit.

Noam Chomsky

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Pennies at the Register, Dollars in the Paycheck

Would higher wages really be 'devastating' for individual consumers?

David Sirota

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Orange Is the New Black, Episode 2: The Dangers of Red-Baiting

We meet the prison chef, and a power struggle ensues.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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The Force Behind Bills To Lower Wages and Suppress Workers’ Rights? You Guessed It: ALEC

The right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council has modeled legislation to strip workers of their rights nationwide.

Mary Bottari and Rebekah Wilce

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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Clueless

The Newsroom recap: The 'mission to civilize' makes a comeback. Cover your ears.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Teach for America’s Mission to Displace Rank-and-File Educators in Chicago

Why are thousands of experienced educators being replaced by new college graduates?

Kenzo Shibata

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Why Did 83 Democrats Vote to Continue NSA Surveillance?

This time, we can't blame the Republicans.

Cole Stangler

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Helen Thomas: First and Foremost

The White House reporter smashed the glass ceiling for women and set the bar for tenacity.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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‘Bargain’ on Immigration Would Feed Prison Profits

The private prison industry stands to gain millions from the Senate's reform plan.

Michelle Chen

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Presidential Infallibility

To a grandfather seeking answers, the U.S. shrugs and says: We don't have to tell you why we killed your grandson.

David Sirota

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Young Activists Occupy Florida Capitol, Demand Justice for Trayvon

The 'Dream Defenders' won't be moved until the bigger issues in the Martin shooting are addressed.

Sarah Jaffe

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Thank You, Strike Again

How low-wage service workers are changing the face of labor.

David Moberg

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Orange Is the New Black, Episode 1: The New McNulty

Orange is the New Black's main character is its weakest link—but you should watch it anyway.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Why NSA Surveillance Should Alarm Labor

If unions are not speaking out against PRISM, it is because they have short memories.

Sam Adler-Bell and David Segal

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Wage Theft’s Top Cop

Meet Julie A. Su, bane of the deadbeat employer

Spencer Woodman

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Why the Relentless Assault on Abortion in the U.S.?

We're still not comfortable with recreational sex.

Ruth Rosen