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Trapped in the Prison of Right-Wing Pundit Dinesh D’Souza’s Paranoid Mind

A stint in the slammer convinced the conservative author that liberals are crooks, as he lays out in his new book Stealing America: What My Experience with Criminal Gangs Taught Me About Obama, Hillary and the Democratic Party.

Chris Lehmann

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After Teachers Expose Racist Phonics Curriculum, Minneapolis Schools Cut Contract

Activists said the reading materials were untested, insensitive and clueless.

Sarah Lahm

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What Was Won and Lost in Steven Salaita’s University of Illinois Settlement

Salaita’s settlement is a victory for him and academic freedom. But will we ever know who was watching him—and us?

Marilyn Katz

Labor

Don’t Scapegoat College Football Players for the Underfunding of American Higher Education

Frank Manzo IV

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3 Winners and 3 Losers from the Second Democratic Debate

Parsing the results of the Iowa debate.

Theo Anderson

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Documenting the Rise and Fall of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green Public Housing Projects

A new film traces the history of America's most famous—and infamous—housing projects.

Maya Dukmasova

Labor

How a ‘Right to Your Job’ Law Could Help Unions Fight Back Against ‘Right to Work’

Shaun Richman

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Slavoj Zizek: In the Wake of Paris Attacks the Left Must Embrace Its Radical Western Roots

Zizek responds to his critics on the refugee crisis.

Slavoj Žižek

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The Paris Attacks Can’t Be Used To Limit Refugees or Blindly Bomb More Civilians

Our response to such unspeakable tragedies can't be to create even more tragedies in other countries.

Gregory Shupak

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Amherst College Students Are Occupying Their Library Right Now Over Racial Justice Demands

The students join what appears to be a growing wave of student activism around racism at universities around the country.

Marc Daalder

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What a Good Moderator Will Ask Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in the Next Democratic Debate

Two issues that haven't received nearly enough attention.

Joe Conason

Labor

Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley Back New IKEA Union Organizing Drive

Bruce Vail

Labor

The Right’s Anti-Minimum Wage Arguments Have Pretty Much Stayed the Same for 80 Years

Branko Marcetic

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Meet the Green Chemist Who Is Out To Make Chemicals Less Toxic for Humans and the Environment

John Warner brings us Green Chemistry, challenging chemists' toxicology standards.

Valerie Brown

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Hey Girl. Ryan Gosling Wants You to Watch This Video of Bernie Sanders Denouncing Racism.

The Hollywood star is asking followers to share a video of the presidential hopeful denouncing racism as a tool to divide and conquer ordinary Americans.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

Postal Workers Union Delivers Its Endorsement to Bernie Sanders

Branko Marcetic

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Why Cities Around the Country Should Adopt Municipal ID Programs

The IDs have proven a game-changer for immigrants in New York City, New Haven and elsewhere.

Emily Tucker

Culture

Love in the Time of 3D Boners

Do the genitalia in Gaspar Noé’s Love herald the rise or the fall of 3D cinema?

Michael Atkinson