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At School Closing Hearings, Chicago Officials Give Residents the Silent Treatment

Matthew Blake

Bush OK-ed Torture After 9/11, Says Bipartisan Report

Amien Essif

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The Gay Old Party

Republicans are waving a white flag in their battle against marriage equality--or is that a rainbow flag?

Achy Obejas

Labor

Domestic Workers Sow a New Global Movement

Michelle Chen

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How to Save Retirement (It’s Simple, and It’s Not Chained CPI)

President Obama is wrong: Social Security is not the problem--it's the solution.

Steven Hill

Gitmo Guards Open Fire on Hunger Strikers

Ian Becker

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The Hilarious Exxon Spoof That Was Blocked From Airing

Amien Essif

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Blood on the Tracks

Railway whistleblowers get some federal protection at last.

Kari Lydersen

Can Breaking Bad’s Comic Relief Sustain a Spin-Off?

Lindsay Beyerstein

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Tapping Chavez’s Political Reserves

Sunday's presidential election in Venezuela will test the political infrastructure of Bolivarian Revolution.

Jackson Foote and Luis D. Lucas

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A Crash Course in Citizen Budgeting

What Chicago can learn from participatory budgeting projects around the world.

Joel Handley

Labor

Senators and Unions Call for Obama to Intervene in Patriot Coal Bankruptcy

Mike Elk

Indiana University On Strike Against Tuition Hikes

Rebecca Burns

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Los Mineros’ Leader-in-Exile

From Canada, Napoleón Gómez Urrutia seeks justice for the deaths of 65 miners.

Kari Lydersen

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The Rap Song That Rahm Emanuel Doesn’t Want To Hear

Jessica Stites

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‘Please Stop Exploiting People’

Forced and child labor are embedded in the 21st-century economy. What's Washington doing about it?

Jeremy Gantz

Alt Press Pick of the Week: In Defense of North Korea

Alternative Press Center