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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

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The ‘Dirty Fifteen’

We must name and shame the Democratic warmongers in the Senate.

James Thindwa

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Corporate America Poisons West Virginia

How right-wing deregulation led to toxic water for 300,000 people.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 3: A Series of Unfortunate Aftermaths

Downton's writers can't stop exploring sexual assault--but do they even know they're doing it?

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Before King Was Pacifist

MLK's embrace of nonviolent protest was the result of a complex moral evolution.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

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A Cold, Hard Look at the NSA’s Metadata Program

Fearmongering abounds, but the facts are simple. No attacks have been stopped.

David Sirota

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Disrupting the Disruptors

Working at Amazon.com sucks. Can unions do something about it?

Erik Forman

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How Walmart Organizers Turned the Internet Into a Shop Floor

Walmart workers and organizers prove 'clicktivism' can evolve into offline activism.

Sarah Jaffe

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Coal-ateral Damage

Appalachian environmentalists call a proposed 110-mile expressway ‘mountaintop removal disguised as a highway.’

Cole Stangler

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NAFTA’s Trail of Destruction

Twenty years after NAFTA, income inequality and the trade deficit have skyrocketed.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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American Hustle Has Nothing To Say (And That’s Okay)

David O. Russell is more about entertainment than statement, but his films still matter.

Michael Atkinson

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Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 2: Downton’s Rape Fail

The lightweight show takes on a heavy issue, and not well.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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How the Rich Ruin the Environment

The solution? Curb overconsumption and overwork.

Alyssa Battistoni

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A Farewell to Retirement Security

What the loss of pensions at Boeing means for U.S. workers.

Stephen Franklin

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Weed Is Legal And Nobody Died

Washington's fears of reefer madness haven't come to pass in Colorado.

David Sirota

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A Brief History of Anarchism

The struggle for the common good has a long past.

Noam Chomsky

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Republicans (Still) Have a ‘Female Problem’

In the 2014 midterms, women will be the battleground. And one party has a leg up.

Ruth Rosen

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‘Sorry’ Not Good Enough for Chicago Torture Survivors

Rahm Emanuel needs to put his money where his mouth is.

G. Flint Taylor and Joey L. Mogul

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Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 1, Part 1: A (Silver) Spoon Full of Sugar

Downton Abbey's back, and it's schmaltzier than ever.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Forever Temp?

Once a bastion of good jobs, manufacturing has gone gaga for temps.

Sarah Jaffe