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The New York Times Has Repeatedly Downplayed the Success of the BDS Movement Against Israel
The BDS movement has been racking up a series of successes lately and has caught the attention of many in Israel. But you wouldn't know it from reading the Times.
Gunar Olsen
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Whose Business Is Anyone’s Gender, Anyway?
Journalists, it's time we adopted the gender-neutral pronoun "they."
Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin
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Ralph Nader: The Incredible Vacuousness of the Race for the Republican Presidential Nomination
The mainstream media is complicit in the circusization of the Republican debates.
Ralph Nader
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Bernie Sanders’ Refusal To Attack Hillary Clinton Isn’t Just Principled—It’s Political Genius
The democratic socialist is taking a stand by running a clean campaign, and it’s already making a big impact on the race for president.
Marc Daalder
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The 1 Percent’s Houses Are Getting Bigger and Swankier While Average Americans Struggle To Make Rent
For a view of the inefficiencies of the free market, there's no clearer view than the U.S. housing market, where there are as many as 29 empty homes for every homeless person.
Rob Larson
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Forget Iran—It’s the U.S. Corporate-Nuclear Complex We Should be Worried About
Although Iran gets all the headlines, U.S. nuclear weapons are the real threat.
Richard Krushnic and Jonathan Alan King
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NY Times Celebrates American Navy Pilots’ Dramatic Missions While Ignoring Iraqi Civilian Deaths
Reporter Helen Cooper won't let innocent civilian deaths get in the way of a "good" story.
Jim Naureckas
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Let’s Be Real: Iran Has No Intention of Attacking Israel, with Nuclear Weapons or Anything Else
Despite doomsday warnings from American politicians, Iran has no serious intentions of attacking Israel or the West.
Marc Daalder
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Why Radical Leftists Need To Stop Worrying and Back Bernie Sanders
Leftists can fantasize that they are doing a great service to humanity by scoffing at Bernie, but they’re merely isolating themselves from the rest of the country.
William Kaufman
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Should General Electric Clean Up its Pollution in New York? Gov. Andrew Cuomo Isn’t Sure.
The New York governor is being pressured to make General Electric finish its cleanup of the Hudson River.
David Sirota
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The New Yorker Wants You To Be Afraid of the Labour Party’s Jeremy Corbyn—Very Afraid
"Quantitative easing" isn't a far-left fantasy—it's mainstream economics.
Dean Baker
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These Jimmy Carter Speeches Show Why He Was a Radical President
Carter's forgotten legacy: his radical speeches while in office. We've shifted so far to the right that it's astounding to recall that a sitting president talked like this.
Susan J. Douglas
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The Wall Street Journal Wants You To Be Afraid of Bernie Sanders’ Budget Proposal. Don’t Be.
If anything, Bernie should be thinking bigger.
Doug Henwood
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Meet the Group of African-American Organizers Building Black Support for Bernie Sanders
Will grassroots organizing within the black electorate be able to challenge Clinton’s hegemony?
Salim Muwakkil
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Under Obama Administration, Federal Prosecution of White-Collar Crime Hits 20-Year Low
Prosecutions have fallen 36 percent since the Clinton years despite calls from Democratic presidential candidates for more pressure on Wall Street
David Sirota
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The Dyett Hunger Strikers’ Fight For Green Technology and a Better Bronzeville
The hunger strikers aren't just fighting to keep a school open—they're fighting to transform a gentrifying Chicago neighborhood for the better.
Kyle Serrette
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Is The Donald the New Ronald?
Reagan's candidacy was a punchline until it wasn't.
Joel Bleifuss
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Joe Biden’s Bankruptcy Bill Could Complicate His Presidential Run
Elizabeth Warren has called out the current Vice President in the past.
David Sirota
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Why Bernie Sanders Will Win This Election—Even If He Doesn’t Win the White House
American voters are mad as hell, and the rise of Sanders shows that they're not going to take it anymore.
Theo Anderson
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Gov. Walker Gets Off ‘Scot-Free’ For Alleged Campaign Finance Violations
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has halted an investigation into Walker's questionable campaign finance tactics.
Joel Bleifuss
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Would Jesus Vote for Bernie Sanders?
With the decline of culture war issues and the rise of crises like climate change, Bernie might actually be able to win over young evangelicals.
Theo Anderson
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Donald Trump Is the Most Honest Candidate in American Politics Today
Where other candidates appeal to a fictitious unity or pretense of moral integrity, he displays the power of inequality.
Jodi Dean
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Bruce Rauner is Using a Manufactured Crisis to Bust Unions, Privatize Services and Destroy Pensions
The right-wing Illinois governor is slashing programs for the state and threatening bankruptcy for Chicago Public Schools instead of offering any revenue raising solutions.
Jennifer Ritter and Jacob Swenson-Lengyel
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Gov. Scott Walker’s Economic Development Record in Wisconsin Has Been a Scandal-Wracked Failure
Walker's development record consists of giving taxpayer dollars to his friends—while Wisconsin's economy has remained in the toilet.
David Sirota
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