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The Gravest Threat to World Peace

Not everyone agrees it's a nuclear Iran.

Noam Chomsky

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Guns and Drugs

We can curb gun violence by ending the War on Drugs.

Michelle Chen

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3 Fiscal-Cliff Truths You Won’t Hear On TV

The news media gave us a reality TV show. Here's what they left on the cutting-room floor.

David Sirota

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More For Murdoch?

The FCC wants to relax media consolidation rules.

Kenneth Rapoza

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The Walmart Revolt

The New Year promises new strategies for old labor.

David Moberg

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Protest Tactics in a Warming World

What will it take to push back climate change?

Eric Moll

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Supermax Showdown

AFSCME wants Illinois' Tamms Correctional Center to stay open. Activists want it closed.

Rebecca Burns

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The 12 Biggest Labor Stories of 2012 (PHOTOS)

Labor certainly made news in 2012. But was it a banner year or a bruising one?

Anthony Mangini

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Why Israel’s Attack on Gaza Was Illegal

A response to Bianca Ambrosio's 'Open Letter to Noam Chomsky'

Noam Chomsky

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The Death Blow for British Coal

New revelations have surfaced about police brutality in Thatcher's 1984 battle with miners.

Kari Lydersen

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A Child’s Christmas in Dalat

The author remembers his first Christmas, in 1969 Vietnam.

Andrew Lam

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An Open Letter to Professor Noam Chomsky

What 'Gaza Under Assault' got wrong.

Bianca Ambrosio

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The GOP’s 1 Trillion Dollar Lie

How a right-wing whopper about the cost of welfare was born.

Joshua Holland, AlterNet

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The War on Trafficking

Will California's crackdown do more harm than good?

Rebecca Burns

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Sore Losers

How bitter Republicans and their backers rammed through a union-destroying bill in Michigan.

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

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Solidarity After Sandy

Occupy steps up where traditional disaster relief fails.

Eric Murphy

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Football Coaches vs. the Common Good

Why doesn't the GOP gripe about our taxes going to multi-million-dollar coaches' salaries?

David Sirota

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The Koch Brothers’ Gun-Control Disinformation

What Switzerland and Israel actually teach us.

Thom Hartmann, AlterNet

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Washington’s Revolving Door: As Old as Lincoln

But these days, it's swinging faster.

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship

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Zero Nuance

Kathryn Bigelow’s “apolitical” film about bin Laden’s death might as well be a video game.

Michael Atkinson

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Truce or Dare in Colombia

Violence rages even as peace talks continue.

Jeremy Kryt

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Happy Holidays! GOP Delivers Uncertainty to Middle Class

Republican union-busting doesn't protect workers' rights.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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After Newtown, Teachers Are the Heroes

As we honor the teachers of Newtown, let's take a moment to honor all teachers.

Andrew Lam

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Gerrymandering Isn’t the (Only) Problem

Redrawing district lines will never eliminate the unfair bias toward Republicans in House elections. Here's what will.

Rob Richie