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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

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The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed

Hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers are stuck in low-wage temp jobs, despite working for America's largest companies.

Michael Grabell, ProPublica

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Humanity’s Oldest Story

The White House claims unprecedented authority over drone strike assassinations.

David Sirota

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Ikea’s Race to the Bottom

Turkish workers say Ikea takes advantage of the authoritarian government's anti-union policies.

John Logan

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America Feeds the Rich

If the Farm Bill passes, it will literally take food out of the mouths of babes.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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How Obamacare Could Flatline

Employers are doing their best to exploit loopholes in the ACA, and that's just one of many perils.

David Moberg

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The Hundred Years’ War for Healthcare Reform

Until the ACA, reform attempts have been thwarted throughout the last century.

Adam Gaffney

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Underinsured in the Age of Obamacare

The Affordable Care Act does not make healthcare a right.

Adam Gaffney

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A Turkish Spring?

The roots of the revolt in Taksim Square and the future of rebellion

Erik Forman

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Permanent Washington’s Backlash to Edward Snowden

The attacks on the NSA whistleblower reveal some ugly truths about America

David Sirota

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A Budget by the People, for the People

Participatory budgeting is on the menu in Chicago.

Joel Handley

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New Visions from the New Left

Gar Alperovitz and Staughton Lynd have blueprints for an ‘America beyond capitalism.’

David Moberg

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Bankruptcy Scheme Shafts Coal Miners

Patriot Coal wins in bankruptcy court, reneges on retiree benefits.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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To Frack or Not to Frack in Illinois

New legislation that will regulate fracking in the state has divided environmentalists.

Marla Donato and students of DePaul University

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Food Stamps on the Chopping Block

Washington's attack on the poor continues as the Senate votes for big cuts to food aid.

Cole Stangler

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The Dirty Wars, Abroad and At Home

Jeremy Scahill's new film on drone warfare shows why we need to stop the war on whistleblowers

Trevor Timm

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Rethinking American Exceptionalism

America is certainly exceptional, but that isn't necessarily something to be proud of.

David Sirota

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Growing Up Under Goebbels

Nancy Kricorian's novel shines light on a little-known Armenian-run resistance movement in Nazi France.

Eleanor J. Bader

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Guilty in Guatemala

The U.S. owes more than empty apologies in Central America.

Noam Chomsky

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How China Changed After Tiananmen Square

China remains as politically oppressive as ever, but there has been a sideways revolution.

Andrew Lam

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Time for the Democrats to Go Nuclear

Harry Reid has nothing to lose by banning the filibuster of appointments.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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Out of the Pen and Unrepentant

Environmentalist Tim DeChristopher on the future of climate activism.

Rebecca Burns

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Painting the Red States Red

Gun control is wildly popular in places like Louisiana--but you wouldn't know that from the media.

David Sirota

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Striking Back at the Sequester

In the first major workplace action against the sequester, hundreds of New York City legal-aid workers picketed yesterday.

Erik Forman