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Saving Lake Superior

On the southern shore, the Chippewa band together to stop a mine.

John Collins

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Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 6: Pig Poop, Right in the Kisser

'Edgy' plotlines about abortion and interracial romance are upstaged by pig feces.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Washington’s Selective Deficit Disorder

Politicians only impose austerity when it suits them.

David Sirota

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Illinois Attorney General Fights to Stop Jon Burge’s Pension Payments

The former police commander has raked in thousands while in prison for lying about torturing detainees.

G. Flint Taylor

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The Greatest Threat to World Peace

The United States polls higher than Pakistan, Iran and China as a perceived menace to peace.

Noam Chomsky

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Thousands Rally Against Keystone XL as Obama Faces Decision

The two-year-plus political drama is nearing its climax.

Cole Stangler

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Angering Environmentalists, AFL-CIO Pushes Fossil-Fuel Investment

Labor's Richard Trumka has gone on record praising the Keystone pipeline and natural gas export terminals.

Cole Stangler

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Northwestern Football Team Makes a Play To Change The Rules

With a historic union bid, players are confronting decades of exploitation.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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Chicago Youth Theater Refuses To Be Silenced

Teens in Chicago are overcoming censorship to share their perspectives on the city's social issues.

Kari Lydersen

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Stockholm Syndrome: A Love Story

'Labor Day' is not the feel-good romance it clearly sets out to be.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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The Same-Sex Marriage Trap

'The Marrying Kind?' dances around queer critiques of gay marriage.

Yasmin Nair

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Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 5: A Black Man Enters Downton, Panic Ensues

Race, like rape, is something Downton's writers don't seem equipped to handle.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Billionaires Attempt To Convince Society That They Are The Good Guys

America's rich see themselves as victims of Nazi-like persecution.

David Sirota

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Hated on the Left, the TPP Draws Conservative Foes

A ragtag right-wing coalition opposes fast-tracking the deal they call 'Obamatrade.'

Cole Stangler

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Kshama Sawant: The Great Red Hope

The socialist City Council member shares her plans for Seattle.

Micah Uetricht

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A Final Q&A with Pete Seeger (1919-2014)

At one of his last appearances, the singer looked back at an eight-decade career.

Mike Elk

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The Gap Between Rich and Poor, Accidentally Explained by Bob McDonnell

The scandal shows inequality is not just a slip of some invisible hand of the market.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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Is The Racial Apology Possible?

Madonna's N-word Tweet, Ani DiFranco's plantation kerfuffle, and the limitations of 'sorry.'

Daisy Hernández

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‘It is Roi who is dead’: Remembering Amiri Baraka (1934-2014)

The rousing, polarizing poet had many selves.

Andrew Epstein

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Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 4: Stuck in Bates’ Feelings-Swamp

In the game of Downton Abbey, nobody wins as long as Bates is around.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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What To Expect From New York’s Black Feminist First Lady

Can we embrace Chirlane McCray without smothering her?

Andrea Plaid

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Why Paid Sick Leave Is Good For Business

Time off isn't just a moral necessity; it's also a smart economic policy.

David Sirota

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The ‘Feminized Society’ Myth

How the gender perception gap makes a female minority feel like a majority.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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The Pope vs. Capitalism

Will Francis' radical economic vision make a difference?

Dennis Coday