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Americans Clearly Aren’t Buying into Democrats’ Empty Economic Promises

The Democrats have failed to put forward a program that offers real improvement in the average person's life.

Dean Baker

Labor

Andrew Cuomo and the Sad State of the Working Families Party

Ari Paul

Prop 47 Passes: California Wobbles Towards Sentencing Reform

George Lavender

Labor

The Movement for Domestic Workers Rights Is Gaining Momentum

Maxim George

Culture

We Are All Sea Turtles Now

Can the Olive ridley sea turtle survive human meddling?

Molly M. Ginty

Labor

Oregon Canvassers Workers Push for Unionization at Union-Funded Workplace

Shane Burley

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Bruce Rauner Will Run Illinois Like His Businesses. That Should Terrify Us. (Updated)

The Republican candidate for governor is a billionaire private equity mogul whose legacy in business leadership has been vicious and vindictive.

David Moberg

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How Can We Get More Women In Elected Office? Look to New Hampshire.

The Granite State is poised to become the first state in the U.S. to achieve gender parity in elected office. Here's how they did it.

Rebecca Hellmich

Labor

Andrew Cuomo Will Be Reelected and Public Education Will Suffer Because Of It

Kevin Solari

Labor

EXCLUSIVE: 19.7 Million Finance and Insurance Workers Subject to Political Lobbying By Their Bosses

Spencer Woodman

Feature

Noam Chomsky: The Long, Shameful History of American Terrorism

President Obama should call our country's history of supporting insurgents abroad for what it is: U.S.-backed terrorism.

Noam Chomsky

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The Powerlessness of Positive Thinking

The battles over American history and censorship in Colorado are part of the longstanding cult of optimism on the Right.

Rick Perlstein

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How Ferguson’s Black Majority Can Take Control of Their City

Our analysis of the voting data shows that when only white people vote, only white people get elected.

Amaris Montes and Zack Avre

Viewpoint

Jim Crow at the Polling Place

New voter legislation is an unwelcome blast from the past.

Joel Bleifuss

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8 Messaging Tips for Embattled Democrats from a Longtime Pollster

A seasoned pollster explains the message Dems should be hammering home for the upcoming elections to prevent a Republican landslide.

Vic Fingerhut

Labor

Why Does Scott Walker Think $7.25 Is a Living Wage?

David Sirota

Labor

Immigrant Recycling Workers Win Strike, Union Drive in East Bay

David Bacon

Labor

Meet Jess Spear, the Socialist and Climate Scientist Running for Washington’s State House

Ari Paul