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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

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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