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“You can’t just vacuum up all of this data of innocent citizens”
Joel Handley discusses the Chicago Police Department's use of StingRay technology and other high-tech monitoring of people's movements.
Lauren Gaynor
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Michigan Is in the Midst of a “Massive Experiment in Unraveling U.S. Democracy”
The austerity-on-steroids measures currently taking place in Michigan may soon be coming to a state near you.
Laura Gottesdiener
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Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Piketty and Other World-Renowned Economists Demand End to Greek Austerity
The economists called their letter a “plea for economic sanity and humanity.”
Martin de Bourmont
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Syriza Has No Choice: Greece Must Prepare to Leave the Eurozone
To break from the program of brutal austerity that has been imposed on Greece, its leaders have no choice but to take radical action.
Alexandros Orphanides
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Can Jeb Bush Separate Himself From the Bush Legacy?
If Jeb Bush wants to distance himself from the family name, he needs to reassess his brother's actions in Iraq.
David Sirota
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The $165 Billion Question for Hillary Clinton
When 20 foreign governments gave billions to the Clinton Foundation, were they expecting—and did they receive—quid pro quo arms deals from the State Department?
David Sirota
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Meet the Latest Secret Free-Market Group That Wants to Take Over Your Public School
The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has been an invisible player in the free-market education reform movement.
Sarah Lahm
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Meet the 25-Year-Old Native Hip Hop Artist Who’s Using Music to Combat Colonialism
The Sicangu Lakota artist talks about growing up on a reservation and using music to educate young Native people.
Jessica Koski
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The GOP and ALEC’s War on Cities
The Right has hijacked Congress and State Houses. Now it's coming for the cities.
Theo Anderson
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Mad Max: Fury Road and the Glaring Whiteness of Post-Apocalyptic Films
Will people of color ever make it to the end of the world?
Nashwa Khan
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The Prospects for Radical Democracy in Spain
The upcoming municipal elections will be a key test for the rising leftist movement in Spain.
Vicente Rubio Pueyo and Pablo La Parra
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Illinois Bill Would Ban State Pension Funds from Divesting from Israel
The anti-worker and anti-Palestinian agenda seem to be converging in Illinois.
Ben Lorber
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Amtrak’s Spectrum Gap
The main reason for the derailment? Amtrak failed to acquire broadcast rights to send automatic safety communications.
David Sirota
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A Historian’s Case for Why We Should Stop Talking About the Founding Fathers
In American politics, the Founding Fathers are more propaganda than people.
David Sehat
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Seymour Hersh’s Bin Laden Story Challenged the Power Structure—So Media Disregarded It
The veteran reporter's bombshell investigation into the killing of Osama bin Laden sparked a controversy in journalistic decency.
Jim Naureckas
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How Austerity Killed the Humanities
Not long ago, the Right fought viciously over the teaching of the humanities in American universities. Now conservatives are trying to eliminate them altogether.
Andrew Hartman
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Actually, Mad Max: Fury Road Isn’t That Feminist; And It Isn’t That Good, Either
Turns out the MRAs aren't the best judges of feminism.
Eileen Jones
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Oxford University to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Oxford climate activists are the latest to notch a victory against fossil fuel companies.
Lauren Gaynor
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Why the U.S. Spent Billions on an Army that Conscripted Child Soldiers
Was that in the "national interest of the United States?"
Nick Turse
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The End of Mad Men and the Rise of Women
None of the women of Mad Men end up where they wanted to be. But they struggled, and they did rise.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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Why Legal Weed Is the Future
Despite a confusing legal landscape, the marijuana economy keeps growing.
David Sirota
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Why Radicals Like Bernie Sanders Should Run As Democrats, Not Independents
The Left should take a page from the Tea Party's playbook and take power from within the Democratic Party.
Jacob Swenson-Lengyel
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As Podemos Rises in Spain, Will Feminism Rise With It?
The rising leftist party is attempting to grapple with the country's mixed legacy on gender equality.
Bécquer Seguín
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‘It’s Not for Us to Live In’: New Yorkers Speak Out About Gentrification
An oral history challenges preconceived notions of gentrification as something one can be 'for' or 'against.'
Richard Kreitner
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