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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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Blood on the Tracks

Railway whistleblowers get some federal protection at last.

Kari Lydersen

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Tapping Chavez’s Political Reserves

Sunday's presidential election in Venezuela will test the political infrastructure of Bolivarian Revolution.

Jackson Foote and Luis D. Lucas

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A Crash Course in Citizen Budgeting

What Chicago can learn from participatory budgeting projects around the world.

Joel Handley

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Los Mineros’ Leader-in-Exile

From Canada, Napoleón Gómez Urrutia seeks justice for the deaths of 65 miners.

Kari Lydersen

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‘Please Stop Exploiting People’

Forced and child labor are embedded in the 21st-century economy. What's Washington doing about it?

Jeremy Gantz

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In Gaza, Dignity Is the Battleground

Israeli troops employ both insult and injury.

Noam Chomsky

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Obama’s Budget: A Bad Bargain

Cutting Social Security is a recipe for social insecurity.

Tim Carpenter and Mike Hersh

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Obama’s Man in Frackademia

The president's pick to head the Department of Energy has deep ties to the oil-and-gas industry.

Steve Horn

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The Big Do-Over at Kaiser

Which way will 45,000 California healthcare workers swing? The answer has major implications for labor.

Steve Early

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Bait and Switch, CEO-Style

CEOs blame the poor for the nation's financial woes, then laugh all the way to the Caymans.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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A Win for Monsanto, a Loss for the World

The Ag giant has shown uncanny resilience—which bodes poorly for the planet's future.

Tom Laskawy

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‘Illegal’ Is a Racial Slur

Why the AP's decision to drop 'illegal immigrant' is a victory against bigotry.

David Sirota

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The Need to Cheat

Atlanta Public Schools might be guilty of cheating, but the real scandal is standardized testing.

Bill Ayers

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How Capitalism Conquered the Internet

And how we can take it back.

Robert McChesney

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The GOP’s Big Yellow Taxi Syndrome

Now that sequester cuts have kicked in, Republicans are realizing they've paved paradise.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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For Unionists, Iraq’s Oil War Rages On

The leader of Iraq’s oil union is being threatened with prison--again.

David Bacon

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Domestic Insurgents

In organizing domestic workers, a feat once thought impossible, Ai-jen Poo has transformed the labor movement.

Rebecca Burns

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The Vatican’s Risky Sexism

The archaic politics of the Catholic Church threaten both women's lives and the church's own survival.

Rev. Harry Knox and Jessica González-Rojas

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Supreme Court Sets Radical New Precedent

Why is a judiciary body charged with upholding the constitution so concerned about public opinion?

David Sirota

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Building Parent-Teacher Unions

Inspired by Chicago, teachers unions across the country are looking to parents and communities for support.

Jacob Wheeler