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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
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Cuba Goes Both Ways on Gay Rights
United Nations vote opens room for dissent
Achy Obejas
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The Known Unknowns in Honduras
Leaked cables reveal U.S. government knowledge of disastrous military coup.
Jeremy Kryt
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An Idiotic Requiem
American Idiot, a punk rock musical currently running on Broadway, gives voice to the country's deepest anxieties.
Christopher Shinn and Jarrett Dapier
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A Three-Point Plan to Save Democrats
The party must reconnect to its populist roots.
Roger Bybee
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Your Holiday Guide to Deficit Reduction
10 ways to pleasure your base while (maybe) saving some cash.
David Moberg
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Terrorist by Association
The Justice Department targets nonviolent solidarity activists.
Jeremy Gantz
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Notes from the Moral Underground
How and why Americans are subverting their economy.
Andrew Oxford
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