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Occupy Wall Street: Creating Political Change?

The occupation of Zuccotti Park is an experiment in direct democracy.

Emily Manuel

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A New Model to Bank On

With credit still tight around the country, support for new public state banks is growing.

David Moberg

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Corporations Are Not People

A movement builds to fight corporate rule and amend the Constitution.

Joel Bleifuss

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Are Jobs on Their Way to Becoming Obsolete?

And is that a good thing, as Douglas Rushkoff recently suggested?

Sarah Jaffe

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U.S. Drug Shortage: Big Pharma, Big Phuck-Up

An under-regulated industry collapses in on itself; the sick pay the price.

Terry J. Allen

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9/11 and the American Dream

Given the erosion of civil liberties since 9/11, is coming to America still worth the journey?

Andrew Lam

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Black and Blue Chicago

A recent spate of police shootings of African Americans underscores longstanding mutual distrust.

Salim Muwakkil

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Exclusion Zones

Policing public space—with deadly results—in Portland, Ore.

Kristian Williams

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Turning Strategy into Victory

How CODEPINK convinced America's mayors to adopt their first antiwar resolution since the Vietnam War.

Dana Balicki

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Obama’s Illegal Assaults

How once-controversial ‘war on terror’ tactics became the new normal.

Glenn Greenwald

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Fighting the Firings

After years of 'silent raids' and federal workplace audits, unions and community allies are going on the offensive.

David Bacon

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Save Our Schools

Student organizers with Save Our SUNY are fighting austerities—new and old—in New York state’s higher ed system.

James Cersonsky

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Global Land Grab

Fear of unrest and hunger for profit are sparking massive acquisitions of farmland.

Terry J. Allen

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What Wisconsin Means

On a 96-year-old labor journalist and burning down the forest.

Mike Elk

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Working on a Dream

Activist Van Jones explains how progressives can best the Tea Party.

Aaron Krager

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Do New Fuel Efficiency Numbers Add Up?

Assessing Obama's new fuel efficiency standards for vehicles sold in the U.S.

Ryan Williams

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Is Obama an Environmentalist?

Eyeing a mixed record and obstructionist Congress, activists hope for the best.

David Moberg

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To Despair or Not to Despair?

In These Times readers respond to Sandra Steingraber's call to combat climate change.

In These Times Readers

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Black Chicago Divided

Class and generational conflicts intensify, as African Americans cope with the Great Recession.

Salim Muwakkil

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Publicopoly Exposed

How ALEC, the Koch brothers and their corporate allies plan to privatize government.

Beau Hodai

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North American Solidarity Agreement

Steelworkers in the United States and Canada forge ties with Los Mineros in Mexico.

Kari Lydersen

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Goin’ to the Mountain

Inside activists' five-day, 50-mile march to protect a West Virginia mountain from strip mining.

Peter Slavin

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At 42nd Annual Pride Parade, Chicagoans Have Plenty to Celebrate (SLIDESHOW)

Taylor Long

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Breaking Blockades for Peace

Kathy Kelly hopes for peace as she books passage on a flotilla to Gaza.

Jenny Tomkins