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The Real World: Wrongful Convictions

In Unlocking the Truth, true crime gets the MTV treatment.

Katie Way

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Robert Reich: Why a Single-Payer Healthcare System is Inevitable

Private markets for health insurance pose a structural problem, and Obamacare can't fix it.

Robert Reich

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Slavoj Žižek: Clinton, Trump and the Triumph of Global Capitalism

Why the Hillary Clinton consensus is a threat to democracy—and the Left.

Slavoj Žižek

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How Past Victories For Gender and Racial Justice Made U.S. Olympic Success Possible

Women and African-American athletes show us what’s at stake in this year's election.

Marilyn Katz

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The National Security “Experts” Denouncing Trump Are a Who’s Who of Disastrous Neocons

The enemies of my enemy may be war criminals.

Rebecca Gordon

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20 Years After Welfare Reform, The Fight to Destigmatize Poor Black Mothers Continues

An interview with Maureen Taylor, a longtime economic justice advocate and chair of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization.

Premilla Nadasen

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The U.S. Is Ending the Use of Federal Private Prisons—But That Won’t End Mass Incarceration

The news is a welcome reminder that marching in the streets can lead to reforms down the road.

Julia Clark-Riddell

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How Hillary Clinton and “American Power” Paved the Way for Shocking Violence in Honduras

A recent op-ed fails to acknowledge the relationship between U.S. support for a coup and the Honduran murder rate.

Jim Naureckas

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The Myth of the Surgical Strike

Targeted bombings by the U.S., Saudi Arabia and others have proven an ineffective—and destructive—weapon in the War on Terror.

Vijay Prashad, Alternet

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“The fix is in”: How the Blair Government Helped U.K. Companies Profit From the Iraq War

Declassified documents from the lead-up to war show oil, gas and other corporations scrambling to capitalize on Iraq.

Branko Marcetic

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U.S. Peace Activists Should Start Listening to Progressive Syrian Voices

A U.S.-centric view of the conflict gives Assad a free pass.

Terry Burke

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The Radicalism of Black Lives Matter

Three years in, the youth-led movement has the power to transform the Left.

Martha Biondi

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Black Lives Matter Is Showing Why Progressive Jews Must Support Palestinian Justice

The Movement for Black Lives' new platform has drawn a line in the sand over support for Palestinian rights and racial justice.

Kate Aronoff

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Why a Georgia Congressman is Fighting to Stop Security Aid to Honduras

Rep. Hank Johnson talks about the struggle for human rights and the future of U.S.-Honduras relations.

Parker Asmann

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The Media Could Still Help Elect Trump

Trump can't reboot his campaign unless the press reboots it for him.

Neal Gabler

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Donald Trump’s Economic Plan Is a Giveaway to The Super Rich

Except for trade, Trump’s plan is big business’s plan too.

Kate Aronoff

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If Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine are “Progressive,” Then the Word Has Lost All Meaning

How the term 'progressive' became an empty marketing tool for corporate Democrats.

Kathleen Geier

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Why Trump Puts the Utah Senate Race in Play for Progressives. Yes, Utah.

Misty K. Snow believes a storm is gathering that will shatter the status quo.

Theo Anderson

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The Rio Olympics Are a Reflection of Our Shared Global Crisis

The global tribe will sink or swim together. There is no place to go to escape the pollution and violence.

Laura Orlando

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Why Bernie Sanders Lost, and How the Next Progressive Challenger Can Win

Lessons from a campaign that outperformed expectations but still came up short.

Christopher Hass

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Bernie Sanders’ Delegates Speak Out About Convention: “They Painted Us As Crazy”

Will the Democratic Party embrace its insurgent wing?

Kate Aronoff

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The Occupation in Chicago That’s Building a Community Free from Racist Policing and Prisons

For over two weeks, young, Black activists have camped out to protest police oppression and imagine a more just world.

Kali Robinson

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The Two Faces of Obama’s Immigration Policy

The relief that never happened and the raids that did.

Annie Hylton

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Crowd Reactions at the Democratic Convention Point To a Coming Party Realignment

As Democrats scramble to unify a divergent party under one roof, there’s a new kind of unity on the horizon.

Kate Aronoff