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Dirty Smoke Signals
Navajo Nation weighs costs and benefits of coal mining on its land
Kari Lydersen

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Strikebreaker vs. Muckraker
Jean Forst

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They Can’t Go Home Again
With their country ravaged by Bush's war, Iraqi refugees find the United States indifferent to their plight
Adam Doster

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Letter From Bucharest
The NATO Summit was a gigantic flop.
Paul Hockenos

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As Unions Fall, Lawsuits Rise
Lawrence Joseph

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The Healthcare Union War
Tensions between the California Nurses Association and SEIU escalate at the Labor Notes conference
David Moberg

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Putin Is Gone! Long Rule Putin!
With new president, Russians continue to forgo political voice for economic security
Fred Weir

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Junot Diaz Redefines Macho
An interview with the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Paul Jay

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Book Club of Champions
Mike Levy

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Dissent in the Ranks
SEIU Is the Nation's Fastest Growing Union -- But at What Cost?
David Moberg

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The Upside of Nationalism
America-first fervor could be the driving force behind economic populism
David Sirota

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Shape Up and Ship Out
How the Pentagon can cut the military budget and still keep us safe
John Cavanagh, Anita Dancs and Miriam Pemberton

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The Clinton Firewall
The New York Senator's last-ditch efforts to win the Democratic nomination could rely on the "Race Chasm" and the trampling of democracy.
David Sirota

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Caricaturing Danish Muslims
Jacob Wheeler

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Blue Collar, Bare Cupboards
Sasha Abramsky, TRUTHOUT
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‘Yes, We Can’... Do What?
Cassandra West

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Beyond Propaganda
Oil giant BP greenwashes Alberta tar sands
Michael Moreci

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The War That Never Ends
Iraq Veterans Against the War's 'Winter Soldier' hearings revealed the awful truths of the occupation and the ongoing struggle for those who have returned home.
Jacob Wheeler

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Kenya’s Indy Media
Michelle Chen

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Recruiting Spies in the Peace Corps
Washington's blunder in Bolivia strains relations with the Morales government
Jean Friedman-Rudovsky

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Obamanomics
An energized constituency could push Obama's centrist economic plan to the left
David Moberg

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A Playwright’s Traumatic Vision
Jarrett Dapier

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Silenced in the Barracks
The Pentagon fails to protect U.S. troops from sexual abuse
Jessica Pupovac

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The New Cartographers
What does it mean to map everything all the time?
Jessica Clark
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