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Not Your Typical Abortion Story

With 'Obvious Child,' filmmaker Gillian Robespierre says she was aiming for honesty and humor rather than 'an after-school special.'

Molly Bennet

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Debunking 8 Myths About Why Central American Children Are Migrating

'Lax enforcement' is not the culprit—U.S. trade and immigration policies are.

David Bacon

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No Independence for Workers This Fourth of July

Liberty and justice for all? Not quite.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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The Palestinians Who Are Channeling Rage Into Nonviolent Resistance

As Israel brutally responds to the killing of three teens, many Palestinians—and Israelis—are waging campaigns of nonviolence.

Bethan Staton

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Broken Eggs, But No Omelet

All austerity has wrought in Europe is a messy kitchen

Slavoj Žižek

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Orange is the New Black, Season 2, Episode 4: Everyone’s Acting Like a Predator

Should we still empathize with the characters of OITNB after this week's disturbing revelations?

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Subsidized Foreign Steel is Ruining the U.S. Industry

Congress must enforce trade law to save American steel.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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No Bad Tree Bears Good Fruit

In corrupt states, bad behavior shapes bad policy.

David Sirota

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Orange Is the New Black, Season 2, Episode 3: Here There Be Dragons

Suzanne, as we learn in her first flashback episode, has always been stranded alone in the world.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Federal Appeals Court Rejects Torture Survivor’s Case

Darrell Cannon was unjustly imprisoned for more than two decades, yet received just $1,247 in compensation.

G. Flint Taylor

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Freedom Summer at 50

Amid commemorations, Southern activists aim to rekindle the voting rights movement.

Cole Stangler

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Feminist Dick Jokes: The New Mainstream?

Comic Hari Kondabolu thinks social justice and change and equality don't have to be deadly serious.

Michelle Chen

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Slut-Shaming Hurts Every Woman—Including Mean Girls

Disguising sexist harassment as infighting among young women obscures issues of their safety and agency.

Shira Tarrant

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How the Common Core Supports Capital

Education should push students to question the status quo, not accept it.

Shawn Gude

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How Walmart Threatens Organic Food

The store's Wild Oats brand won't sow sustainability.

Arun Gupta

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Orange Is the New Black, Season 2, Episode 2: Taystee’s Own Worst Enemy

Taystee is torn, in some fundamental way, between ambition and self-sabotage.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Andrew Cuomo’s Primary Challenger Has More Than Just a Memorable Name

Zephyr Teachout's background in campaigning, law and education makes her a venerable candidate in the race to become New York's governor.

Sarah Jaffe

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Internet Privacy Concerns May Be Dividing the U.S. Government

The NSA whittles away at our Internet freedom; the State Department tries to bolster it. Who will win out?

David Sirota

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Protests Mean Profit for Brazilian Weapons Manufacturer

As Brazilian anti-World Cup activists suffer, Condor Nonlethal Technologies is raking in the cash.

Anna Feigenbaum

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Tesla’s Green Jobs Should Go to States with Green Laws

Governor Rick Perry wants Tesla to set up its new factory in Texas—but his environmental record doesn't reflect the company's mission.

Jim Meyer

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BREAKING: House To Push Back Against Military Action in Iraq

Members of Congress want to send a clear message to Obama: They won't stand for another war.

Cole Stangler

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Memo to ‘Game of Thrones’: Abusers Aren’t Heroes

In its season finale, the show once again asks us to sympathize with a male perpetrator of violence rather than his female victim.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Making Sense of Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Is the EPA's proposal to reduce carbon emissions really a game-changer?

Cole Stangler

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How We Can Save American Democracy

Amending the Constitution may sound audacious, but it's not impossible.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President