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A New Standard for Oxymoronic Newspeak

The NSA won’t say how many Americans it’s spying on because that would be invading their privacy.

David Sirota

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The Anti-Austerity Crusader

An interview with Paul Krugman.

Alberto Mucci

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The Misruling Class

Meritocracy worship bedevils America.

Christopher Hayes

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The Potential Upside of Captivity

Despite what the industry would have you believe, higher taxes on fossil fuel production won't drive companies (and jobs) elsewhere.

David Sirota

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A Dreamer, Deferred

A deportee adjusts to life in Mexico.

Ruth Samuelson

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AFSCME Searches For New Leader In Heated Election

AFSCME delegates vote Thursday in the union's most heated election in 30 years.

Mike Elk

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Life During Rahm Time

Is Emanuel's Chicago the future of Democratic urban politics?

David Moberg

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West Bank Diaries

In May, the author spent ten days traveling around Israel, Palestine and Jordan with the liberal pro-Israel advocacy organization J Street. What follows are excerpts from the journal she kept during her trip.

Marilyn Katz

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The Revolutionaries Feeding the Obesity Crisis

Big Food thinks three meals a day just isn't enough.

David Sirota

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Why ‘Chicago-Style Politics’ is America’s New Normal

"Chicago-Style Politics" Is Simply Business As Usual in D.C.

Theo Anderson

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Peter Beinart’s Brave, Quixotic Quest

The former liberal hawk wants to create a more humane Zionism, but have the facts on the ground in the West Bank made that impossible?

Jordan Michael Smith

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A Female Surgical Nightmare

How a problematic medical device has escaped FDA regulation.

Lindsay Beyerstein

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Drug War Violence Throws Honduras into Disarray

Honduras is the new front line of the DEA's interdiction efforts—and a growing number of civilian lives are being claimed by the chaos.

Jeremy Kryt

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Torie Osborn Crashes the Party

The spirited California Assembly candidate battles the Democratic establishment.

Steve Early

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American Workers: Shackled to Labor Law

Does the National Labor Relations Act do more harm than good?

Josh Eidelson

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Our Silent Spring

Fifty years after Rachel Carson's warning call, have we learned anything?

Molly Bennet

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Javier Sicilia: Leading His Caravan to Washington

After his son was murdered, a Mexican poet took the helm of a new movement challenging the War on Drugs.

Joel Bleifuss

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The GOP’s Dead-End Path to Prosperity

President Barack Obama should expose Mitt Romney's 'marvelous' budget baggage.

David Moberg

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Obama’s Chicago: A Pre-NATO Summit Primer

Why the president's decision to 'come home in Chicago' nearly 30 years ago was so shrewd.

Laura S. Washington

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Out of the Margins, Into the Fray

The Vermont Progressive Party wields outsized influence on state politics.

Steve Early

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Occupy’s Meme Warrior

Adbusters' Kalle Lasn on Occupy and a resurgent Left.

Joel Bleifuss

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Special Nationwide Coverage: May Day Protests

Activists across the country are breathing life back into International Workers' Day—and we've got live coverage.

In These Times Staff

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Movement Building and ‘Summit Hopping’

Organizers debate the potential of mass demonstrations against NATO.

Rebecca Burns

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Mad Men’s Maddening Decline

Season 5 gives fans what they crave. But the lack of subtlety is ruining the show.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle