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The Super Bowl’s Violence Is America’s Violence

Connecting the dots between football and the violence throughout our society might tell us more than we care to know about ourselves.

Theo Anderson and Joshua Salzmann

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If You Tweet This, Jonathan Chait Wins

Chait styles himself as the defender of old-school liberalism, but the fact is, "Not Very P.C. Of You" is one of the most cynical, lazy pieces of #content you'll read all year.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Save Us From Washington’s Visionaries: In (Modest) Praise of a Comforting Mediocrity

Washington's lack of visionaries and willingness to steer clear of global disasters were ultimately a good thing.

Andrew J. Bacevich

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Robert Reich: Without Reeling In Wall Street, the Middle Class Is Doomed

It’s nice that presidential aspirants are talking about rebuilding America’s middle class. But to be credible, candidates must take clear aim at Wall Street.

Robert Reich

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Rahm Emanuel Is a Union-buster. So Why Are Chicago Unions Backing Him?

Most of the city's labor movement is laying low or supporting the mayor in the upcoming election, despite his well-known anti-worker policies.

David Moberg

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On Jonathan Chait, ‘Politically Correct’ Speech and the Social Media Left

Progressive social media activism can be absurd and self-defeating, but it shouldn’t be a tool for smug liberals to dismiss radical critiques.

David Sessions

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With Syriza’s Victory, the Anti-Austerity Movement is Going Mainstream

Big business and centrist and right-wing parties throughout the world have called Syriza "dangerous." Well, maybe it's time to get dangerous.

Kate Aronoff

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Along Arizona’s ‘Palestine-Mexico Border,’ Security Companies Are Making a Killing

The U.S. borderlands are becoming a vast open-air laboratory for tech companies where almost any form of surveillance and security technology can be developed and tested.

Todd Miller and Gabriel Schivone

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Even Being a NY Times Columnist’s Son at Yale Isn’t Enough to Prevent Racist Police Harassment

Charles Blow vented on Twitter when his son had a gun drawn on him by Yale Police.

Terrell Jermaine Starr, Alternet

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If Bernie Sanders Runs For President, It Won’t Be as an Independent: “I will not be a spoiler”

The Vermont independent also pledged to push for a law change that would allow supervisors to start making overtime.

Connor Jones

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All the Chicago Mayoral Candidates Are Getting It Wrong: We Don’t Need More Cops

The only real solution to reducing violence is reducing inequality.

Andy Thayer

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Big Tax Bills for the Poor, Tiny Ones for the Rich

Regressive state and local tax policies don’t just harm the poor—they harm entire economies.

David Sirota

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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Christian Radical—And Saint

King’s treatment in the media shows the degree to which, in the American mind, Christianity has been completely stripped of any radicalism.

Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig

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Slavoj Žižek: The Urgent Necessity of a Syriza Victory in Greece

Only a split from the European Union by Greece can save what is worth saving in the European legacy: democracy, trust in people and egalitarian solidarity.

Slavoj Žižek

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How To Sell Off a City

Welcome to Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago, the privatized metropolis of the future.

Rick Perlstein

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EXCLUSIVE: New Documents Show FBI Targeted NATO Protesters

In the lead-up to the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago, federal agents teamed with local police to find and interrogate suspected anarchists.

Joel Handley

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With Missions in 105 Countries, We Are In the Golden Age of Black Ops

The U.S.'s most elite forces are conducting missions around the world ranging from kill/capture night raids to training exercises—and this year could see more such missions than ever.

Nick Turse

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Phillip Agnew, Dream Defender

Meet the new generation of civil rights leaders.

Michelle Chen

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The People’s Climate March Is Still Changing the Debate on Climate Change

Much has changed since hundreds of thousands of people marched through New York demanding climate action—and that's not a coincidence.

Robbie Lieberman

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Should Rahm Emanuel Be Exempt From Ethics Laws?

Executives at firms managing Chicago pension money have made more than $600,000 in donations to the mayor, despite a city ordinance—and an executive order by Emanuel himself—restricting contributions from city contractors.

David Sirota

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Bill Moyers on ‘Selma’: ‘Powerful But Flawed’ Portrayal of LBJ’s Civil Rights Record

LBJ's former White House Press Secretary says that while the film sometimes "suggests the very opposite of the truth," it's well worth watching.

BillMoyers.com Staff

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Salman Rushdie on Charlie Hebdo: ‘Vilifying … These Fallen Artists’ Is ‘Disgraceful’

The target of an infamous fatwa weighs in on satire, free speech and religion.

Terry J. Allen

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Why Eric Garner Couldn’t Breathe

The chokehold is only half the story of homicidal violence.

Terry J. Allen

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Sen. Lindsey Graham Attempts to Exploit Fear After Charlie Hebdo Terrorist Attacks

The South Carolina senator's charge that President Obama is to blame for terrorism is based on no evidence—and only serves to stoke fear among Americans.

Chris Edelson