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Whose Budget? Their Budget.
At their first participatory budgeting vote, 5th ward residents take $1 million in municipal funds into their own hands.
Joel Handley
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The Military’s 40-Year Experiment
How the end of the draft made way for an 'era of persistent conflict.'
David Sirota
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A New Era for Worker Ownership, 5 Years in the Making
The New Era Windows Cooperative opens its doors (and windows) for business.
Kari Lydersen
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Robert Redford Doesn’t Know Which Way the Wind’s Blowing
Redford's 'political' film about '60s radicals, The Company You Keep, is anything but.
Michael Atkinson
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How Breaking News Broke in Boston
The media continues to come up short, precisely when it matters most.
Susan J. Douglas
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Harold Washington and the Elephant in the Room
An untold tale of taking on the issue of race during the '83 campaign.
Marilyn Katz and Bill Zimmerman
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The Gumby Act: The Republican Plan to Bend Workers Into Pretzels
The GOP wants to force 'flexibility' on employees, not bosses.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
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3 Troubling Things To Know About Billionaire Penny Pritzker
Obama’s Commerce Secretary choice raises serious questions.
David Moberg
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What’s Speeding Global Warming
Want to save the world? Eat less meat.
David Sirota
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Boston and Beyond
When we experience terror at home, we must remember the United States's use of terror abroad.
Noam Chomsky
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West Blast Obliterates Safety Lie
The West, Texas disaster proves lax regulations endanger both workers and communities.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
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Vietnam’s Legacy
On the 38th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, a snapshot of those who left.
Andrew Lam
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Lean Socialist
Why liberalism needs socialism--and vice versa.
Bhaskar Sunkara
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Will Iceland Shift Right?
Iceland's surprising recovery was heralded as the great anti-austerian victory. So why are voters unhappy?
Samuel Knight
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The 28-Year-Old Who Caught the Excel Error Heard Round the World
The economics student who debunked global austerity explains why he did it.
Bhaskar Sunkara
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A Cronkite Moment for the War on Terror
Tom Brokaw states the glaring truth about the Boston bombings.
David Sirota
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Immigrant Rage
What drove the Tsarnaev brothers to violence?
Andrew Lam
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All Ye Progressives, Take Heart
The Grand Old Party will eventually be the Dead Old Party: the inexorable logic of numbers.
Marilyn Katz
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Can Manufacturing Be Reborn in the U.S.A.?
Maybe, but don't look to 'reshoring.'
David Moberg
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In Syria, Unlearned Lessons from Libya
Why does the U.S. believe that only violent overthrow will work?
Stephen R. Weissman
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The New ‘New’ Journalism
What is a blogoporterator? Find out now!
Kenneth Rapoza
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A Moment of Silence for Boston
We can thwart the terrorists by shutting off our screens.
David Sirota
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Margaret Thatcher’s Ghost
The Iron Lady is being laid to rest, but her policies haunt the White House.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
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How to Save Retirement (It’s Simple, and It’s Not Chained CPI)
President Obama is wrong: Social Security is not the problem--it's the solution.
Steven Hill
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