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GOP Uses Government to Hurt, Not Help

Republicans are stingy when it comes to disaster relief, but spend big to fund discrimination.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Comics

Collateral Damage

Eric Garcia

Feature

Executioner-in-Chief

Obama's drone attacks and the pathology of presidential power.

Elizabeth Sanders

Demonstrators Throng Steubenville to Protest Collusion in ‘Big Red Rape’ Case

Anthony Mangini

The Best Thing Elizabeth Wurtzel Has Written About Depression (Hint: Not “Prozac Nation”)

Lindsay Beyerstein

Feature

Chiquita Republic

United Fruit's heir has again been linked to paramilitary abuses in Colombia.

James Bargent

Labor

Bullets Poison Firing Range Workers; First Signs of PTSD in Newtown; UAW Conspired with Ford

Mike Elk

Feature

The Gravest Threat to World Peace

Not everyone agrees it's a nuclear Iran.

Noam Chomsky

Vital Signs: Hong Kong Defies Jackie Chan; Global Demonstrations to End VAW

Ben Lorber

Feature

Guns and Drugs

We can curb gun violence by ending the War on Drugs.

Michelle Chen

‘We Are Here’: Zapatistas Send Silent Message With the Return of the PRI

Gloria Muñoz Ramírez

Can a Gang Bring Peace to the Streets?

Lydia Laurenson

Feature

3 Fiscal-Cliff Truths You Won’t Hear On TV

The news media gave us a reality TV show. Here's what they left on the cutting-room floor.

David Sirota

Labor

CNA and NUHW Join Forces Against SEIU in California

Steve Early

Video

Chris Christie Blasts House Republicans for Sandy Relief Failure

Sarah Cobarrubias

Indigenous ‘Idle No More’ Movement Spreading Worldwide

Sarah Cobarrubias

Alt Press Pick of the Week: Why Values Trump Logic

Alternative Press Center

Culture

In Defense of Sports

Why let capitalists have all the fun?

Bhaskar Sunkara