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Who Will Stand Up to Wall Street?
While the House continues kowtowing, a select few in the Senate are working to tame the banks.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
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A Progressive Alternative to Austerity
Passing steeper taxes on the rich isn't as hard as you'd think.
Fred Glass
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Deus ex YouTube
The Newsroom recap: Aaron Sorkin introduces us to The Internet.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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Representing Evil
On the portrayal of (alleged) criminals and the American psyche.
Richard Baker
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Who’s Afraid of Valerie Jarrett?
Criticisms of Jarrett reveal gender and racial anxieties--and a rift in Democratic Party.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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What Would Real Justice for Trayvon Martin Look Like?
The acquittal of George Zimmerman made us furious. But will a hate-crime conviction make anything better?
Kay Whitlock
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Muslim Group Sues NSA Over Surveillance
Advocates are wary of an America where carrying-a-pressure-cooker-while-Muslim can bring the FBI knocking.
Belen Fernandez
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Congress Members Move to Restore Voting Rights Act
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is taking steps to reinstate the civil-rights law invalidated by the Supreme Court.
Cole Stangler
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Is Higher Ed the Next Target of Corporate ‘Reformers’?
The proposed shuttering of City College of San Francisco bears unsettling parallels to K-12 school closings.
Rebecca Burns
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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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