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The Bankruptcy of India’s Economic and Political “Miracle”
India is neither the vibrant global South democracy nor the poster child for globalization's benefits that global political elites have insisted it is for over a decade.
Kamil Ahsan
Dispatch
Why Compton Students Are Suing Their Schools
Nine in 10 6th grade students in the area have witnessed or experienced a violent crime. Is trauma counseling part of their right to an equal education?
Ethan Corey
Rural America
The Grouse That Roared: Will Voluntary Conservation Efforts Work in the Intermountain West?
Kendra Pierre-Louis
Viewpoint
Raise a Glass to These Progressive Victories in 2015
From the death of the Keystone XL pipeline to Fight for 15 victories, progressives made have major strides this year--thanks to groundwork laid over the past decade.
James Thindwa
Rural America
Living in the Shadow of Slurry: The Fight Against Coal in West Virginia
Junior Walk
Labor
The Radical Collective Action of Disney’s “Newsies” Is Still Relevant Today
Matt Hartman
Feature
Slavoj Zizek: The Need to Traverse the Fantasy
A call to mobilize Europe's radical-emancipatory tradition, and why we need a solidarity of struggles, not a "dialogue of cultures"
Slavoj Žižek
Culture
Why Philanthropy Actually Hurts Rather Than Helps Some of the World’s Worst Problems
"Philanthrocapitalists" can't resolve the problems created by capitalism.
George Joseph
Labor
A Holiday Recipe for Economic Equality—in Just 7 Simple Steps!
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
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