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The Crisis of Wage Theft

Billions of dollars in wages are being illegally stolen from millions of workers each and every year, writes Kim Bobo, in this excerpt from her new book Wage Theft in America (The New Press)

Kim Bobo

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Mandate for Change

Voters' message to Obama: think big

David Sirota

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The Selma of Immigration Rights

In Arizona, immigrants protest Sheriff Joe's nativist agenda

Andrew Stelzer

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Origins of the Obama Machine

The farmworkers movement brought community organizing strategies to the electoral arena, writes Randy Shaw, in this excerpt from his new book

Randy Shaw

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What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been

Looking back on a surreal campaign season

Bill Ayers

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A Stunning Victory. Now What?

In These Times editors around the country react to Barack Obama's historic victory

In These Times Editors

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Citizen Gore Vidal

Elections won't reverse the decline of American democracy, the prolific literary legend says

David Barsamian

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Dreaming Green

The Green Party's 5 percent campaign is both modest and ambitious. Can Cynthia McKinney pull it off?

Felix Holmgren

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On a Mission From God

Examining Sarah Palin's ties to the Christian Right

Chip Berlet and Esther Kaplan

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All Work, No Play

Vacation time shouldn't be the privilege of a few, but the right of all

Silja J.A. Talvi

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The View From Ohio

Will voters in the economically ravaged Buckeye State 'get over' race and support Obama?

David Moberg

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The Races to Watch

Democrats vie to capitalize on House and Senate vacancies

Hans Johnson

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Remembering Those Other American Dreams

Democrats struggle to win blue-collar voters

David Sirota

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Russia’s Monroe Doctrine

Cornered by NATO’s expansion, Moscow reasserts its imperial ambitions

Fred Weir

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Hip-Hop’s Planet Rocker

An interview with the legendary Afrika Bambaataa

Kevin Coval

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Turning a Wall Street Giveaway Into a Rescue for All Americans

Charting a progressive response to the crisis

David Sirota

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Marriage Equality in Peril

'Prayer warriors' battle to pass state referendums banning gays and lesbians from marrying

John Ireland

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Embedded in Pink

Code Pink has become a lightning rod for contemporary activism - from both the right and left.

Anne Elizabeth Moore

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22 to Know

Our Picks for an Obama Cabinet

In These Times Editors and Contributors

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The $700 Billion Questions

Wall Street and Washington's wrecking crew aim to get the most expensive free lunch in American history

David Sirota

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An Unfolding Crisis in the Wake of Mississippi ICE Raid

The workplace raid at the Howard Industries electronics plant in Laurel, Miss., was the largest in U.S. history

Kari Lydersen

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You Can’t Be President

The decrepit state of American democracy

John R. MacArthur

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Back for the Future

Progressives at the Democratic National Convention look to FDR as a model for an Obama presidency

David Moberg

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No Jobs Make Mean Streets

As urban economies collapse, gun violence rises

James Thindwa