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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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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

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The Port Huron Statement: Still Radical at 50

A half-century after the Students for a Democratic Society adopted their seminal manifesto, 14 activists--including three people who helped shape the statement--assess its legacy.

Port Huron Respondents

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Who Needs the White Working Class?

Democratic campaign strategists debate which voters are worth wooing.

David Moberg

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Citizens United and the 19th Amendment

What campaign finance reformers can learn from America's suffragettes.

Theo Anderson

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Black Classics Reborn, Graphically

Artists draw African-American literature, from Du Bois to Hurston, in a new Graphics Classics volume.

Kristian Williams

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‘Block the Vote’ Blowback

GOP photo ID voting laws have energized African-American activists. Their anger could end up helping Democrats in November.

Theo Anderson

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Why America Needs the Left

The fight for true equality since 1776.

Eli Zaretsky

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How Green Is the Green Economy?

Four environmental organizers and researchers examine the 'green jobs' buzz.

Rebecca Burns

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The Ascendance of Elizabeth Warren

Understanding the woman behind the hype.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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The Bright Side of the War on Women

By making bigotry so visible, GOP extremism may have awakened the nation's feminist conscience.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Progress in the ‘World’s Greatest Deliberative Body’?

The prospects for Democrats in the Senate are looking better, but progressives' gains will be modest in November.

Theo Anderson

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Battlefield Rust Belt

Obama gears up for his re-election campaign in the industrial Midwest.

Eric Johnson

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Will Catholic Bishops Be GOP Pawns?

The Church and evangelicals are finding common ground.

Theo Anderson

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Mutually Assured Madness

British Ambassador Peter Jenkins on the alternatives to bombing Iran.

George Kenney

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Richard Trumka’s Declaration of Independence

The AFL-CIO president says the labor federation is building a progressive movement beyond any party or candidate.

David Moberg

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Out of Order Comes Chaos

Chicago's black gangs aren't the criminal enterprises they once were, but the police won't change their story.

Joel Handley

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What Rush Has Wrought

And why it's good news for feminism.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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How Do You Like It Now, Republicans?

Rush Limbaugh's depravity is the endpoint of conservatism's long journey into the heart of darkness.

Theo Anderson