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Coal-ateral Damage

Appalachian environmentalists call a proposed 110-mile expressway ‘mountaintop removal disguised as a highway.’

Cole Stangler

Comics

West Virginia’s Freedom Problem

Matt Bors

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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

Labor

Despite Violence, Cambodian Workers Vow To Continue Their Fight

Michelle Chen

Labor

Political Implications of Noel Canning? The Supreme Court Doesn’t Want to Hear It

Moshe Z. Marvit

Nigeria Outlaws Gay Relationships

Danayit Musse

Video

The Regulation Failures Behind West Virginia’s Water Crisis

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Walmart Warehouse Workers Forced to Labor in Sub-Zero Temps

Danayit Musse

December Jobs Numbers Manage to Be Even Worse Than They Look

Andrew Mortazavi

Feature

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

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Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 2: Downton’s Rape Fail

The lightweight show takes on a heavy issue, and not well.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Supreme Court Won’t Renew Arizona’s 20-Week Abortion Ban

Danayit Musse

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How the Rich Ruin the Environment

The solution? Curb overconsumption and overwork.

Alyssa Battistoni

Are Cancer Tweets The Same As Funeral Selfies?

Lindsay Beyerstein

Feature

A Farewell to Retirement Security

What the loss of pensions at Boeing means for U.S. workers.

Stephen Franklin

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Weed Is Legal And Nobody Died

Washington's fears of reefer madness haven't come to pass in Colorado.

David Sirota

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A Brief History of Anarchism

The struggle for the common good has a long past.

Noam Chomsky

Culture

Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 1.5: The 10 Most Boring Characters

Let's drop the pretense. Does anyone really care about Rose?

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle