The Wisconsin Idea

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The Death Blow for British Coal

New revelations have surfaced about police brutality in Thatcher's 1984 battle with miners.

Kari Lydersen

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A Child’s Christmas in Dalat

The author remembers his first Christmas, in 1969 Vietnam.

Andrew Lam

Culture

Scroungers and Strivers

We are encouraged to sneer at poverty and hardship.

Jane Miller

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An Open Letter to Professor Noam Chomsky

What 'Gaza Under Assault' got wrong.

Bianca Ambrosio

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The GOP’s 1 Trillion Dollar Lie

How a right-wing whopper about the cost of welfare was born.

Joshua Holland, AlterNet

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The War on Trafficking

Will California's crackdown do more harm than good?

Rebecca Burns

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Sore Losers

How bitter Republicans and their backers rammed through a union-destroying bill in Michigan.

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Labor

Flammable Material: How Garment Workers Can Respond to the Tazreen Factory Fire

Michelle Chen

Vital Signs: Power to the People After Sandy; Occupy Boehner’s Stocking

Ben Lorber