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White Chick Behind Bars

Netflix's Orange is the New Black gets an 'A' on queer issues, a 'C' on race and an 'F' on class.

Yasmin Nair

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Taking Back the Open Mic Night

Prominent comedians are coming out against rape jokes after a long culture war.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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U.S. Politicians Seduced by Iran’s Shadow Government

A group of wealthy, hawkish Iranians-in-exile has premier access to U.S. Congress members.

Cole Stangler

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Racism, the U. S. Justice System, and the Trayvon Martin Verdict

What happens when African Americans don't get a jury of their peers?

Flint Taylor

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Republicans Love Lucy

Just like Ricky Ricardo, the GOP thinks women are empty-headed twits.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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The Verdict on a ‘Post-Racial’ Society

What the George Zimmerman acquittal says about America.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

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Go Nuclear, Democrats

With the Labor Board's basic functioning at stake, it's time for Harry Reid to ax filibusters.

John Logan

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Justice for Trayvon

'The whole damn system is guilty.'

Sarah Jaffe

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Ohio’s Surprise War on Women

In what could become a blueprint for the Right, the state rushed through harsh restrictions on abortion rights.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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The Subversive Summit

In Europe, austerity's failures open radical opportunities.

Randy Malamud

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Unions React To Obamacare Delay

While the Right seizes a chance to crow, the labor movement expresses real anxieties.

David Moberg

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House Evades Food Stamp Renewal

A program that feeds millions faces an uncertain fate.

Cole Stangler

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The Pixies Enter the Realm of the Man-Child

The alt-rock pioneers flirt with misogyny and racism in 'Bagboy,' and almost no one has a problem with that.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Who Owns the Earth?

Environmental degradation and the blurring of borders raise a serious question.

Noam Chomsky

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Will a Small Alaskan Town Be Forced To Trade Its Ecosystem for Mining Jobs?

The discovery of rare earth elements excites mining companies but worries locals.

Steve Fisher

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Mr. Miller Goes to Bangladesh

Workplace safety crusader Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) on how to prevent another tragedy like Rana Plaza.

Mike Elk

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Actually, If You’re a Progressive, You Have To Be Critical of the NSA

When the government overreaches, the Left may indeed find common cause with some on the Right.

Zaid Jilani

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How Cash Secretly Rules Surveillance Policy

Booz Allen et al donate campaign cash. Politicians praise surveillance. What does Occam's Razor say?

David Sirota

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Taking the Caring Out of Teaching

New York's new teacher evaluation system is tests, tests and more tests.

Sarah Jaffe

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Obama and Africa

Rhetoric aside, a close look at what the president has done in sub-Saharan Africa.

G. Pascal Zachary

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In Defense of PRISM

By delegitimizing the government, the Left is doing the Tea Party's dirty work.

Louis Nayman

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Dust Off Those Poll Tax Laws, Dixie

The Supreme Court has threatened our most basic right, to the delight of conservatives.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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Privacy Is Lost, and We Are All To Blame

Where will the next generation of Americans draw the line on surveillance?

Andrew Lam

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Obama’s Dirty War on Journalism

Despite a facade of openness, the president has sought to crack down on "inconvenient" reporting.

David Sirota