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The GOP Wants To Blame Black Misery on Democratic Mayors. Here’s Why That’s Wrong.

It is intellectually dishonest to imply that state and federal policies do not play an outsize role in the condition of urban black communities.

James Thindwa

Culture

Inside the Tax-Avoidance Racket of “Wealth Management”

A sociologist's new book reveals how the ultra-rich starve public coffers and undermine democracy.

Chris Lehmann

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How the U.S. Government Has Used 9/11 to Criminalize People of Color

In the 15 years since the attacks, heightened surveillance and security have cracked down on Muslims and immigrants.

Azadeh Shahshahani and Stephanie Guilloud

Rural America

Despite Record Yields, Farm Sector Profits are Forecast to Decline for the Third Straight Year

John Collins

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Liberal Pundits Once Championed Government Transparency—Then Hillary Clinton Ran For President

Matt Yglesias and Kevin Drum have suddenly come out against open government, betraying a long journalistic legacy.

Branko Marcetic

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BREAKING: Obama Administration Steps In to Halt Dakota Access Pipeline—For Now

After months of protest by Native tribes, the federal government has issued an order to stop the pipeline, reversing a judge's ruling made earlier in the day.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

150 Million Workers in India Just Staged the Largest Strike in History To Resist Neoliberalism

Theo Anderson

Labor

It’s Game On for Grad Students After NLRB Rules They Can Unionize

Rebecca Nathanson

Labor

45 Years After Attica, Prisoners Are Organizing What Could Be the Biggest Prison Strike Ever

Anna Simonton

Feature

Using Elections to Rage Against—And Reform—the Democratic Machine

The authors of a new book talk about how progressives can win elections in the 21st century.

Theo Anderson

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The Man Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline Has a Long History of Profiting Off Disasters

Kelcy Warren is CEO of Energy Transfer Partners.

Kate Aronoff

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In the War Against Climate Change, Physics Isn’t the Enemy—It’s Corporations and the Far Right

Bill McKibben wants a World War II-style mobilization against climate change. But if it's a war, it's a class war.

Kate Aronoff

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In Milwaukee, a History of Racist Violence Fuels Mistrust of the Police Department

A recent shooting recalls the decades of abuse inflicted on the city's African-American community by police.

Flint Taylor

Labor

Want to Solve the Steel Crisis? Change the Rules

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Culture

The Stories We Live By: Why the White Working Class Votes Conservative

In Strangers in Their Own Land, sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild travels south to study what gives conservative ideology its power.

Theo Anderson

Labor

Lipton Workers Vote to Unionize: “Everyone just got tired of it”

Mario Vasquez

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How the U.S. Government Is Helping Corporations Plunder Native Land

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is charged with protecting Native interests. Instead, it's letting corporations grab their land for pennies.

Stephanie Woodard

Culture

Big Data Isn’t Just Watching You—It’s Making You Poorer

Cathy O’Neil's new book, Weapons of Math Destruction, shows mathematical models aren't free of ideology.

Pankaj Mehta