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Poverty is Up; So is the Wealth of the .000001%

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The Arizonification of America?

Author Jeff Biggers on whether Arizona--with its widening racial schisms--is a rogue state or a bellwether.

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Labor

Wal-Mart Holds Secretive ‘Workerwashing’ Meeting in DC with Labor Advocates

Mike Elk

Lonmin Mine Strike Ends with Pay Raise

Jacob Marshall

British MP Joins Romney in Telling Poor to Try Harder

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Culture

Honey, We Shrunk the Parks

Reclaiming public space, inch by inch

Isaac Dalke

French Magazine Cartoons Mock Mohammed; Editor Defiant in Face of Criticism

Jacob Marshall

Labor

Labor’s Electoral Foot Soldiers Earn Right To Give Some Commands

David Moberg

Abolish Writers: On Pseudo-Celebrity and Occupy

Bhaskar Sunkara

Breaking Bad: Would Addicts Pay More for Premium Meth?

Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor

Chicago Teachers Strike Ends, But ‘Multi-Year Revolution’ Begins

David Moberg

FDA Plans to Reduce Arsenic Levels in Rice

Lindsay Beyerstein

Chick-Fil-A Quietly Ceases Anti-Gay Donations

Sarah Cobarrubias

What Is Authentic Thai Food?

Lindsay Beyerstein

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Winning in 2012

Wooing the volatile, mistrustful, anti-political — but crucial — Independent vote

Vic Fingerhut

At 1-Year Mark, Occupiers Bang Drums, Dodge Police and Debate Elections

Melinda Tuhus

Culture

Occupy Gotham City

What the Dark Night Rises says about violence, morality and people's power

Slavoj Žižek

Labor

Maritime Labor Alliance Formed with Oct. 1 Dock Strike Looming

Bruce Vail