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Revolution Springs Eternal for Eric Hobsbawm

94-year-old historian Eric Hobsbawm is heartened by the Arab Spring.

Jane Miller

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Oligarchy in the U.S.A.

The wealth defense industry protects the richest of the rich.

Jeffrey A. Winters

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United Citizens vs. Citizens United

Two years after the infamous ruling, support builds for a constitutional amendment.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Seattle Port Strike Challenges ‘Independent Contractor’ Lie

Truck drivers in the Puget Sound shut down ports for two weeks—and begin to shift the balance of power.

David Bacon

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Why Gary Johnson Should Terrify the Democrats

The Libertarian's presidential candidacy poses a problem for Barack Obama.

Theo Anderson

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All You Need (to Protest) Is Love

Occupy V-Day wants you to challenge corporate conceptions of romance.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Why Mitt Romney Doesn’t Have a Prayer

The GOP frontrunner has a Mormon problem. But not the one that you think.

Theo Anderson

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Fighting for Gender Equality in Iraq

Yanar Mohammed says the U.S. invasion and occupation hurt women's rights.

Rebecca Burns

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Farewell to Our Feminist-in-Chief

America's top diplomat and former First Lady rewrote the rules on what women can be in America.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Illinois’ Injustice System

Budget cuts are hard on ex-cons trying to make good.

Joel Handley

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The Austerians Attack!

How we the people can fight back against plans to cut the social safety net.

James Crotty

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The Silence of the Technocrats

Democrats let the resurgent Right claim the mantle of populismand win.

Thomas Frank

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The Anti-Lady Laws of 2012

An ALEC affiliate crafts model legislation to deny women their reproductive rights.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Curing the First Lady Syndrome

A new book on the Obamas' marriage just might bring Michelle out of her shell.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Who Wants to Vote Them Off the Island?

Americans do, but you wouldn't know it from the current crop of GOP presidential hopefuls.

David Moberg

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Tony Benn: A Voice From Labour’s Left

The 86-year-old progressive firebrand and former British MP isn't retiring any time soon.

Jane Miller

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Canaries in the Data Mines

Civil libertarians raise alarm over America's national surveillance network.

Nan Levinson

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Anatomy of the 1%

Who comprises the nation's wealthiest—and most infamous—percentage?

David Moberg

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Fighting Sexual Assault, One Tweet at a Time

In 2011, activists harnessed the Internet to make visible everyday violence that too often goes unreported.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Torn Apart: How the Government Separates Parents and Children

Nebraska took Maria Luis' kids, then ICE sent her back to Guatemala.

Aaron Nelsen

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The Poverty of School Reform

In Chicago's African-American neighborhoods, schools change quickly—regardless of what families want.

Joel Handley

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Three Months of Occupy: A Movement in Photos

These pictures from around the country capture the rapid evolution of a grassroots uprising.

Mackenzie McCluer

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Killing Us Sweetly

Conservatives' role in the growing burden of American obesity.

Theo Anderson

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Learning to Protest Together

At Occupy Columbus, four very different citizens try to tolerate very close quarters.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle