November 2014 Volume 38, Issue 11
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November 2014
Viewpoint
Jim Crow at the Polling Place
Joel Bleifuss
The Neo-Scramble for Africa
Salim Muwakkil
The Pandemic We Are Ignoring
Terry J. Allen
Feature
A ‘Post-Political’ Labor Movement
David Moberg
Can Climate Change Unite the Left?
Naomi Klein
Home Care in Crisis
Kathryn Joyce
Who Killed Adulthood?
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Dispatch
Terkel’s Torch-Bearers
Theo Anderson
Pulling the Plug on Corporate Personhood
Rob Richie
The Black-Brown Alliance That’s Turning Kansas Blue
Sam Ross-Brown
Culture
We Are All Sea Turtles Now
Molly M. Ginty
The Next Oil Spill
Patricia Aufderheide
The Filmmaker Any Cinema-Literate Progressive Must Know
Michael Atkinson
New Deal, Same Spiel
Chris Lehmann
The Poor Don’t Need Pity
Joanna Scutts
Scotland: Why One Londoner Is Relieved
Jane Miller
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Culture
We Are All Sea Turtles Now
Can the Olive ridley sea turtle survive human meddling?
Molly M. Ginty
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Viewpoint
Jim Crow at the Polling Place
New voter legislation is an unwelcome blast from the past.
Joel Bleifuss
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Culture
The Next Oil Spill
According to a new documentary, we're all responsible for the BP disaster.
Patricia Aufderheide
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Culture
The Filmmaker Any Cinema-Literate Progressive Must Know
Finally, more of Chris Marker's work is becoming available in the U.S. Here's where to start.
Michael Atkinson
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Dispatch
Terkel’s Torch-Bearers
Meet the new generation of oral historians.
Theo Anderson
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Viewpoint
Obama’s Delay on Immigration: Shameful, But Savvy
Latinos won't tip the midterms. Anti-immigrant right-wingers might.
Achy Obejas
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Viewpoint
The Neo-Scramble for Africa
Our first black president's approach to Africa doesn't feel like a first.
Salim Muwakkil
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Dispatch
Pulling the Plug on Corporate Personhood
Citizens United prompted cries for a constitutional amendment. But how to amend?
Rob Richie
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Dispatch
The Black-Brown Alliance That’s Turning Kansas Blue
Why is Pat Roberts running for his life in the Kochs' home state? Ask community organizers.
Sam Ross-Brown
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Culture
New Deal, Same Spiel
Ken Burns' documentary about the Roosevelts is heavy on fable but light on fact.
Chris Lehmann
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Viewpoint
The Pandemic We Are Ignoring
A possible cure for hep-C comes at a great cost to the sick.
Terry J. Allen
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Culture
The Poor Don’t Need Pity
In a new book, Linda Tirado elaborates on her viral essay, 'Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, Poverty Thoughts.'
Joanna Scutts
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Culture
Scotland: Why One Londoner Is Relieved
It's lucky for U.K. progressives that the Scots didn't secede.
Jane Miller