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An Open Letter to a Young Army Ranger, From an Old One: Why the War On Terror Isn’t Your Battle

"I’m writing this letter in the hope that offering you a little of my own story might help frame the bigger picture for you."

Rory Fanning

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Mario Cuomo, the Speech and the Challenge to Democrats Today

Today's Democrats should look to Mario Cuomo’s vision of an America in which we embrace our responsibility for each other.

Dan Cantor and Richard Kirsch

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Why Selma’s Critics Are Wrong About Civil Rights History

The film's portrayal of Martin Luther King pushing President Lyndon Johnson to take action for justice apparently still makes some people uncomfortable.

Jim Naureckas

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Is Chris Christie’s Bromance With Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Violating Ethics Laws?

The only thing more awkward than the New Jersey governor and presidential hopeful's hug with the widely despised billionaire owner: Christie may have been breaking the law while doing it.

David Sirota

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From Ayotzinapa to Ferguson: Through an Eye Socket Darkly

The identified body of one of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico, and the police killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown in the U.S. reveal deep similarities between the two countries' political classes.

Shannon Speed and Rosalva Aída Hernández

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The Leelah Alcorn We Never Met

Despite her family’s best efforts, the transgender 17-year-old hasn’t been erased. But who might she have become if she had lived?

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Worse Than Keystone

The pipeline project you've never heard of.

Winona LaDuke

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How Ta-Nehisi Coates Made Reparations Mainstream

Coates talks about the debt he owes to black nationalists, and why black Americans are so hungry for data to back up their experiences.

Salim Muwakkil

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States Are Redistributing Wealth! Where’s the Republican Outrage?

The Right seems to be just fine with wealth redistribution when governors like Chris Christie take from the poor and give to the rich.

David Sirota

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When ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Was Accused of Being Communist Propaganda

When the movie first came out, it fell under suspicion from the FBI and the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).

Michael Winship

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Why Are We Kicking Up Such a Fuss About The Interview?

This isn't the first case of cyberterrorism this year, but it's by far the most decried.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Began in Panama

Twenty-five years ago this month, the U.S. invaded Panama. It became the blueprint for America's wars in the Middle East.

Greg Grandin

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2015: The Year the Climate Justice Movement Gains the Upper Hand?

Despite the doom and gloom about our impending climate catastrophe, the past year actually saw some incredibly hopeful—and growing—climate activism.

Rebecca Solnit

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Texas: The Blue Frontier

Texas won't turn blue from the top down, but it may already be doing so from the ground up.

Theo Anderson

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Slip of an Officer’s Tongue Suggests Police Are Monitoring #BlackLivesMatter Protesters’ Cell Phones

Are Chicago police using 'stingrays' against activists?

Joel Handley

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Whatever Obama’s Calculations, Socialism Is Still Alive and Well in Cuba

After 54 years of the most powerful country on earth with its boot on your collective neck, any relief is worthy of celebration.

Tom Hansen

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Introducing ‘We Surveil and Protect’: An In These Times Investigation

A brief history of surveillance by the Chicago Police Department.

Joel Handley

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Why Bernie Sanders Needs to Run for President—As an Independent

The corporate capture of both parties, explosion of energy in grassroots movements, and popular disgust with politics as usual make this the perfect moment for Sanders to run outside the Democratic Party.

David Goodner

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Insanely Rich People Insisting They’re Just Average Joes: Only in America

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew can't wrap his head around the fact that he's really, really wealthy.

David Sirota

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From Ukraine’s Maidan to Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, Our Top 10 Films of 2014

Despite the ever-growing obsession with crappy remakes and computerized images of blowing shit up, the year featured some challenging, meaningful films.

Michael Atkinson

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Chicago Police Tortured Dozens of Black Men. Now, Victims Are Demanding Reparations.

Momentum is growing for a bill to finally help heal the wounds of years of torture of black men by the Chicago Police Department.

F. Amanda Tugade

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“This Will Have a Ripple Effect Across the Country”: State of New York Bans Fracking

After years of pushing in New York, environmental activists have finally chalked up a victory against hydraulic fracturing.

Cole Stangler

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The Media’s 3 False Assumptions About American Torture

The Senate torture report could be the opening we need to make U.S. torture a thing of the past. Let’s not waste it.

Rebecca Gordon

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Charter Schools May Be Re-Segregating America’s Education System

Charters' defenders like to position themselves as 21st century civil rights activists. But a Delaware lawsuit alleges that charters are actually worsening racial inequality in the state.

David Sirota