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Hanging Hate

Backlash against the Jena Six case sparks an epidemic of public nooses

David A Love

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The Military’s Stealth Test

School districts are beginning to keep the results of a dodgy student aptitude test out of the hands of military recruiters

Megan Tady

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The Democrats’ Path to Victory

The public demand for progressive politics is growing stronger

David Moberg

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Supreme Court Inc.

The Roberts Court unravels a generation of progress

Stephen J. Fortunato Jr.

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China’s Valley of Tears

Is authoritarian capitalism the future?

Slavoj Žižek

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Dark Side of Russias Rainbow

Despite political, legal and religious pressures, Nikolai Alexeyev has worked to combat prejudice and secure legal and political protections for Russia's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community

Emily Udell

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Hounding the Bush Dogs

Meet the candidates who are taking on conservative Democrats

Adam Doster

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iPower to the People

The perils and promise of point-and-click politics

Jessica Clark

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Kids LOL @ Navy Recruiters

Millennials, explained Arthur Mitchell, director of strategic planning for the Navy's Accelerate Your Life campaign, are "narcissistic praise junkies" and "a somewhat alien life force"

Aaron Sarver

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When Protectors Become Predators

Perhaps the greatest danger to endangered species is the Bush administration

Megan Tady

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Wingnut Awareness Week

Neocons beat the war drum on college campuses

Adam Doster

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Rudy Guiliani: Criminal or Liar?

An investigation into Guiliani's claims of familiarity with "intensive questioning" techniques

Lindsay Beyerstein

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Funding Iraqs Citizen Soldiers

Is the Pentagon's neighborhood watch strategy protecting Iraqis or stoking the civil war?

Jessica Pupovac

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The New Road to Serfdom

Over the course of 500 pages in The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein documents the moments of chaos and disruption that allow a small coterie of experts to swoop in and administer what's invariably called "bitter medicine," "painful reforms" or "shock therapy"

Christopher Hayes

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Banana Republic to Baby Republic

Guatemala could shut down its massive adoption industry

Jacob Wheeler

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Pirates of Private Equity

An insanely lucrative investment strategy finally faces public scrutiny

Adam Doster

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Harry Potter and the Muggle Activists

Harry Potter is filled with a childlike magic that plays out in a world whose "dark and difficult times" often mirror those of our society

Andrew Slack

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Has the Change Led to Wins?

Not yet, but organizers from the seven unions that split from the AFL-CIO have big plans.

David Moberg

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Prison Breakdown

Overcrowding has pushed California's prison system to the brink

Sasha Abramsky, TRUTHOUT

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The Left’s Identity Crisis

What does it mean to be a progressive in 2007? What do we stand for? What do we believe in?

Ken Brociner

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A Resolution Too Far?

U.S.-Turkish relations, already strained by the war in Iraq, are being tested further by the controversial congressional resolution recognizing the 1915 genocide of Armenians.

Lindsay Beyerstein

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A Mother’s March For Justice

Jena Six mother Tina Jones talks about clearing the reputation of her son Bryant Purvis

Christopher Weber

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Make-a-Sheikh

How the Pentagon transformed a contractor into a symbol of the surge's 'success'

David Enders

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Feeding the Hungry is a Crime

City councils are cracking down on charity groups that feed the homeless without a permit

Megan Tady