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Orange is the New Black, Season 2, Episodes 6 and 7: A Prison Underground in Crisis

Is Litchfield's infrastructural decline a metaphor for what's to come? 

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Comics

Israel vs. The Gaza Strip

Matt Bors

Feature

Is Cheap, Public Internet Possible?

Major broadband companies face a new competitor in local government.

David Sirota

Culture

The Yes Men Secure the Homeland

A group of activists—disguised as government officials—get Homeland Security Congress attendees enthused to address climate change.

The Yes Men

KHAZAIR, IRAQ

Rachel K. Dooley

Labor

Has AFSCME Found the Cure to Harris v. Quinn?

David Moberg

Labor

Grassroots Organizers Breathe New Life Into UK’s Big Labor

Decca Muldowney

How Standardized Tests Are Rigged Against Poor Schools

Ethan Corey

Labor

The Right to Parent, Even If You Are Poor

Sarah Jaffe

Viewpoint

The Neverending Syndrome: From Vietnam to Iraq

As Iraq plunges into civil war, we should indeed play the blame game.

Joel Bleifuss

Oops! Top 1% Even Richer Than We Thought

Ethan Corey

Dispatch

Alabama’s Anti-Abortion Architects

Amidst uproar over a new law threatening three clinics, a fourth was quietly shut down.

Robin Marty

Poll: Chicagoans Say They Want Rahm Emanuel Out, Karen Lewis In

Ethan Corey

Dispatch

The Oil Industry Hits an Unexpected Roadblock

A small city in Maine strikes a blow against Canadian tar sands extraction.

Cole Stangler

Labor

Harris v. Quinn Threatens Fair Share Dues in Connecticut (Updated)

Melinda Tuhus

Abortion Rights Take Another Hit in Mississippi and Florida

Elias Kuhn von Burgsdorff

Feature

How To Duplicate the Sweeping Victory of Gay Marriage

Other social movements can use a similar 'civil resistance' strategy.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

Comics

What To Expect When You’re Having a Corporation

Matt Bors