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VIDEO: Talking ‘80s With David Sirota

"Most people don't get their political ideas from what we consider politics."

Joe Macaré

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Quilting a Movement

Real movements for social change need many grassroots leaders—not one charismatic politician.

Barbara Ransby

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Killer Fashion: An Industry in Denial

Eating disorders are rampant, and models are dying.

Libby Rodenbough

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Fox Populi

Frances Fox Piven on how to grow the movement, and Glenn Beck-inspired death threats.

Joel Bleifuss

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Diet Hard: With a Vengeance

Less than three years after the last food crisis peaked, prices—along with hunger and malnutrition—are up again. Don't (only) blame nature.

David Moberg

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Fired for the Crime of Working

Not much has changed for undocumented workers since Obama took office.

David Bacon

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Capitol Offensive

In Madison and beyond, unions and their allies fight for fundamental workers’ rights.

David Moberg

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‘People Are Pissed Off’: An Interview With Leo Gerard

After attending protests in Madison, Wis., the United Steelworkers union president talks strategy.

David Moberg

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Detroit’s Grassroots Economies

Behind the doom-and-gloom headlines, a collective response to the city's problems is already happening.

Jenny Lee and Paul Abowd

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In Celebrities We Trust: An Excerpt From ‘Back to Our Future’

How Michael Jordan and the 1980s reshaped American politics.

David Sirota

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Home Is Where the Fight Is

City Life/Vida Urbana is on the frontlines of the foreclosure crisis.

Micah Uetricht

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Still Separate, Still Unequal

How our reverence for diversity and multiculturalism helps perpetuate inequality

John M. Davis

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Art for Our Sake: Lessons From Hull-House

Poets, artists, writers help us imagine solidarity and re-make the world.

Lisa Yun Lee

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As Labor Goes, So Goes the Nation

Unions once united workers across gender and racial boundaries. Their decline imperils modern American liberalism.

Melvyn Dubofsky

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Sanctuary Denied

America's war deserters face deportation from Canada--and then prison.

Roman Goergen

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A Black Radical’s Notebook

A new book makes Detroit 'revolutionist' James Boggs' long career accessible to current activists remaking the Motor City.

Paul Abowd

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Anti-Austerity Alliance Wins in Illinois

A 300-member coalition helps raise taxes to save essential services.

David Moberg

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Marco Rubio’s Prison Problem

As the FBI investigates $120 million in subsidies for a new private prison in Florida, the new U.S. senator could end up in the hot seat over close ties to prison operator Geo Group.

Beau Hodai

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A Kinder, Gentler, Bisexual Great Ape

Dominique Morel's quest to save the bonobo.

Alexandra Markowski

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Glenn Beck’s American Ark

The ubiquitous Fox News host offers followers an old-time apocalyptic vision

Theo Anderson

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5 Things Progressives Should Do—and Not Do

Barbara Ehrenreich

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Beyond Barack Obama

Lefty focusing on the president and his shortcomings distracts us from the work we need to do.

Richard Flacks

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Organizing Help Wanted

We must defend America's middle class before millionaires and billionaires own the entire country.

Bernie Sanders

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Lead or Be Left Behind

President Obama and Congress have moved to the Right. Progressives need an offensive strategy before it's too late.

David Moberg