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Bernie Sanders Just Won TIME’s Person of the Year Reader’s Poll—And It Wasn’t Even Close

The democratic socialist came out far, far ahead of both Clinton and Trump.

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What Corporate America Would Do If It Really Cared About Climate Change

CEOs are professing to care about the climate. But they're still funding Republican climate-change deniers.

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Chicago’s Racial Justice Movement Can’t Stop at the Resignation of Police Chief Garry McCarthy

McCarthy's resignation should be seen as the beginning, not the end.

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Barbara Ehrenreich: America’s Blue-Collar White People Are Dying at an Astounding Rate

Could the bump in white working class deaths be the result of widespread despair?

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The Robots Are Coming. Whether They’ll Be Job Terminators or Job Transformers Is Up to Us.

Don't fear the robot.

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American Hunger-Related Healthcare Costs Exceeded $160 Billion in 2014, According to New Study

Food insecurity, especially for children, remains near record high despite the Great Recession’s official end.

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Henry Kissinger’s Neverending Psychological Warfare

What if the "psy-war" the young Kissinger was captivated by is still ongoing?

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Bernie Sanders: My Vision For Democratic Socialism in America

In order to create a more egalitarian society, we must take back the reins of our government from the billionaire class and provide democratic socialism for working families—not just Wall Street and giant corporations.

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The National Security State’s Incestuous Relationship with ISIS

A fundamental aspect of ISIS' strategy lies in the necessity of a heavy-handed, reactionary response from the West to further their own narrative, ideology and recruiting. Western governments are playing into their hands.

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What Is Actually Radical About Bernie Sanders’ Democratic Socialism Isn’t the Socialism

It isn't a particularly radical political vision—it's an unflinching commitment to democracy.

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Jews Without Money: Toward a Class Politics of Anti-Zionism

Zionism began as class-oriented project within the Jewish community. Opposing it requires a class analysis of who benefits from Zionism within that community.

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After Teachers Expose Racist Phonics Curriculum, Minneapolis Schools Cut Contract

Activists said the reading materials were untested, insensitive and clueless.

Sarah Lahm

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Documenting the Rise and Fall of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green Public Housing Projects

A new film traces the history of America's most famous—and infamous—housing projects.

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Slavoj Zizek: In the Wake of Paris Attacks the Left Must Embrace Its Radical Western Roots

Zizek responds to his critics on the refugee crisis.

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Amherst College Students Are Occupying Their Library Right Now Over Racial Justice Demands

The students join what appears to be a growing wave of student activism around racism at universities around the country.

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Meet the Green Chemist Who Is Out To Make Chemicals Less Toxic for Humans and the Environment

John Warner brings us Green Chemistry, challenging chemists' toxicology standards.

Valerie Brown

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Hey Girl. Ryan Gosling Wants You to Watch This Video of Bernie Sanders Denouncing Racism.

The Hollywood star is asking followers to share a video of the presidential hopeful denouncing racism as a tool to divide and conquer ordinary Americans.

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New Hillary Clinton Emails Show She Wanted Credit for Libya Intervention in 2011. Now She Doesn’t.

The latest tranche of Clinton emails recalls her pivotal role in the U.S. intervention.

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Meet the 24-Year-Old “RINO Hunter” On a Mission To Purge the GOP of Moderates

Zachary Werrell helped take down former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Speaker John Boehner. Now he's taking on the entire Republican establishment.

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Civility and Its Discontents

Dissident academic Steven Salaita takes a stand in defense of incivility.

Charlotte Silver

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5 Questions the Center for American Progress Should Ask Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Today

The center-left think tank has come under fire for inviting the far-right prime minister to speak. Will they seize the opportunity to ask tough questions?

Marc Daalder

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Why SXSW’s ‘Harassment Summit’ Is a Terrible Solution to Harassment

Here's what we learned from the women targeted.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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How Henry Kissinger Helped Make Endless War an All-American Tradition

Kissinger's steadfast support for bombing as an instrument of “diplomacy” has coursed through the decades.

Greg Grandin

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How Wall Street Is Cashing In on Climate Catastrophe

Come hell or high water, the finance industry will make a killing

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