The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

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A Progressive Wave Rolls Through Rhode Island With 4 Working Families Party Wins

The winning candidates believed “the Democratic Party wasn't representing their values." They were right.

Theo Anderson

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The Lively Politics of 1930s Art

The exhibit After the Fall reveals the radicalism—and other political views—behind much of the decade’s painting.

Alex McLeese

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If You Thought Obama Was Giving Less Military Gear to Local Police Departments, You Were Wrong

Despite the President's executive order, police are receiving as much hardware from the Pentagon as ever.

Seth Kershner

Culture

From Collection to Community: The Transformation of Detroit’s Iconic, 30-Year Public Art Project

The Heidelberg Project is being partly dismantled, but hopes to live on as an artistic community.

Leyland DeVito

Rural America

Corporate Elites Betray Organics With Toothless GMO Labeling Law

Will Fantle

Rural America

Bison’s National Mammal Status Delivers Nothing More than a Title

Lorenzo Gudino

Labor

French Workers Step Up Labor Strikes: “With This Law, We’re Going Toward a Catastrophe”

Cole Stangler

Viewpoint

On the Clinton Foundation, Why Are Journalists Telling Us to Look the Other Way?

Hillary Clinton’s media sycophants appear to have forgotten how political corruption works.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

The Fight to Save UMass Labor Center Is a Fight for Worker Power

Shaun Richman

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Our Most Vital Infrastructure Isn’t “Crumbling.” It Hasn’t Been Built Yet.

To fight climate change, we need a new vision for green transit.

Theo Anderson

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The Other Democratic Socialist From Brooklyn

Community organizer Debbie Medina is running for state Senate on an anti-gentrification platform.

Haley Markbreiter

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Bill Moyers: Economic Inequality Is a Threat to the Very Core of Our Democracy

Plutocracy and democracy cannot coexist.

Bill Moyers

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The U.S. Spends Millions Funding Central America’s Drug War. A New Report Says It Hasn’t Worked

Militarized law enforcement may have done more damage to human rights than it has to crime rates.

Parker Asmann

Labor

This is How You Win: A Guided Tour of the Campaign at City College of San Francisco

Michael McCown

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Welcome To The Next Incarnation of the Bernie Sanders Campaign

Our Revolution has big ambitions, but is still figuring out its role within the movement.

Kate Aronoff and Ethan Corey

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The GOP Wants To Blame Black Misery on Democratic Mayors. Here’s Why That’s Wrong.

It is intellectually dishonest to imply that state and federal policies do not play an outsize role in the condition of urban black communities.

James Thindwa

Culture

Inside the Tax-Avoidance Racket of “Wealth Management”

A sociologist's new book reveals how the ultra-rich starve public coffers and undermine democracy.

Chris Lehmann

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How the U.S. Government Has Used 9/11 to Criminalize People of Color

In the 15 years since the attacks, heightened surveillance and security have cracked down on Muslims and immigrants.

Azadeh Shahshahani and Stephanie Guilloud