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To Catch a Torturer: One Attorney’s 28-Year Pursuit of Racist Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge

A human rights attorney looks back at his nearly three decades going after Chicago's notorious torturer of African-American men.

Flint Taylor

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The SEC’s Danger of Regulatory Capture

How the "cozying up" at the SEC is just another example of regulatory capture.

David Sirota

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For FERC’s Sake, Regulate

The most important government agency you’ve never heard of has never met a fracking lobbyist it didn’t like.

Justin Mikulka

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Why So Many Celebrities Are Scientologists: Going Clear, Revealing New HBO Doc, Holds Clues

One explanation is hidden in plain sight: the way the cult mirrors the star-obsessed, profit-driven culture of Hollywood.

Eileen Jones

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South Side Man Who Posed Stone-faced with Mayor on Instagram: Rahm Emanuel is a Horrible Tipper

The health food store employee and a coworker say Mayor Emanuel is a notoriously bad tipper, and once left a 37-cent tip on a seven-dollar shake.

Micah Uetricht

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“To this mayor, black and brown lives do not matter”: 3 Arrested at Die-In at Rahm Emanuel’s Office

Protesters demand reforms to alleged abuses in Chicago’s criminal justice system, including a discriminatory “stop-and-frisk” program and secret interrogation site.

Yana Kunichoff

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When the War on Drugs in Mexico Comes Back Home to the U.S.

Like the Islamic State, the Mexican drug cartels' power has increased as the result of disastrous U.S. policies.

Rebecca Gordon

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Storming the Corporate Castle: Does Shareholder Activism Work?

Shareholder activism has sparked major wins for progressives, but the strategy has also spurred debate.

Theo Anderson

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Whither Žižek?: On Zionism and Jews

Slavoj Zizek’s line of thought conveniently plays into the hands of Israel's hard right, like newly reelected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli expansionists.

Louis Nayman

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Under ACLU-Drafted Bill, Illinois Police Must Forget Where You’ve Been

A new Illinois State Senate bill could end the mass collection and indefinite storage of license plate tracking data by police.

Joel Handley

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Why Jesus “Chuy” Garcia Should Look to Anton Cermak’s Chicago Mayoral Campaign for Inspiration

The parallels between Cermak and Garcia—and Chicago's political moment in the 1930s and now—are striking.

Peter Cole

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How Unions Can Grow Stronger in the Wake of Right To Work

Now that the former union bastion of Wisconsin has become the 25th 'right to work' state, labor must seriously address the question: How to organize under these conditions?

David Moberg

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Netanyahu’s Not So Secret Plan

Netanyahu is creating an Israel that will stretch from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea.

Marilyn Katz

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On David Brooks and the “Moral Failures” of the Poor

We aren’t bereft of morals, as Brooks argues—we are plagued with bad ones that blame the poor for their own condition.

Emmett Rensin

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Why Did Gov. Chris Christie Settle New Jersey’s Pollution Lawsuit Against Exxon Mobil?

One possible answer is simple: money—more specifically, campaign cash.

David Sirota

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After Rahm Emanuel’s Alleged Explosion, Mental Health Activists Demand Respect

Activists say the mayor has yet to reckon with the effects of his mental health clinic closures.

Maya Dukmasova

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When Good Political Arguments Go Bad: On “Critique Drift”

It’s time to recognize that the injunction against criticizing those who self-identify as activists for social justice is a dead-end for our movement.

Freddie deBoer

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What Has Jesus “Chuy” Garcia Actually Accomplished in Office? A Lot, It Turns Out.

It's not just that Rahm Emanuel has devastated Chicago through privatization and corruption—Chuy Garcia has a strong record of smart progressive governance.

Rick Perlstein

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Do We Need Wolves?

The Endangered Species Act is under attack as Congress moves to delist wolves.

John Collins

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With Jesse Jackson’s Chuy Garcia Endorsement, Black Leaders Begin to Unite Against Rahm Emanuel

García could be on his way to building the cross-racial coalition needed to unseat Emanuel and become Chicago's first Latino mayor.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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Social Security Doesn’t Come To All Who Paid

Farmworkers find their employers pocketed their Social Security payments—rendering them ineligible for benefits.

Joseph Sorrentino

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ISIS: Managers of Savagery

The sectarian brutality of ISIS has allowed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to disingenuously play the victim: the arsonist masquerading as a firefighter.

Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

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Mental Health Activists Say Rahm Emanuel Exploded at Them: “You’re going to respect me!”

The incident came almost three years to the day that another activist died after her mental health clinic was closed by Mayor Emanuel.

Yana Kunichoff

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Rahm Emanuel’s New Campaign Ad Shows a Mayor Who’s Terrified He’s About to Lose

His reelection bid was supposed to be a cakewalk, but Rahm is clearly starting to get nervous.

Micah Uetricht