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The Social Movement Romance

Progressives can't let a love affair with social movements distract them from electoral politics.

Joel Bleifuss

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The Hypocritical Oath: Make a Healthy Profit

Practitioners of both traditional and alternative medicine rake in cash from the credulous.

Terry J. Allen

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How Cuba’s Bitter Sons Shut Down the U.S. Government

In Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, the Tea Party found the perfect pawns.

Achy Obejas

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Flipping the House in 2014

Next year's congressional elections call for a more unified, progressive and revitalized Democratic Party.

Carl Davidson

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President Obama: Incompetent or Liar?

Without Snowden leaks, the president wouldn’t even know that the NSA spies on world leaders.

Steven Hill

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What Our Country Has Done for Us

The high hopes of JFK's day have mostly been dashed.

Susan J. Douglas

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The War on the Gullible

75 years after the 'War of the Worlds' broadcast, Americans are still panicked by fake news.

Susan J. Douglas

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A Different Kind of Shutdown

What if progressives took a page from the Tea Party?

Bhaskar Sunkara

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The War That Wasn’t

Snowden and Manning taught Americans skepticism, and not a moment too soon.

Leonard C. Goodman

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Mining Your Life for Their Profit

A behind-the-screens look at how Internet giants sell your personal information.

Susan J. Douglas

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The Biggest Threat to the Black Vote

The best way to defend African-American voting rights is to end the War on Drugs.

James Thindwa

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What a Tangled (World Wide) Web

Have our youth lost the gift of boredom?

Jane Miller

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Don’t Hate the Player

In defense of Alex Rodriguez.

Bhaskar Sunkara

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Compounders Slip Through Deadly FDA Loophole

A Big-Pharma-funded Congress has tied regulators' hands. The result? Lethal drugs.

Terry J. Allen

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Chicago Teachers Lead the Way

The CTU plans to change the political landscape in Chicago.

Joel Bleifuss

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Girls Don’t Just Want to Have Fun

As state legislatures attack women's reproductive rights, the media focus elsewhere.

Susan J. Douglas

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Vanilla Vice

Vice's new HBO show is a brilliant addition to its empire—and a mediocre addition to journalism.

Bhaskar Sunkara

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Which Box Would Zimmerman Check?

How Trayvon Martin's killing challenged our assumptions about Latinos.

Achy Obejas

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Robbing Peter to Pay DePaul

As Rahm Emanuel decimates public schools, he's gifting a private college $55 million in public funds.

Achy Obejas

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Welcome Back, Jim Crow

With a helping hand from the Supreme Court, the GOP can cling to power by disenfranchising voters.

Joel Bleifuss

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Starving for Justice at Gitmo

Is force-feeding a form of torture?

Terry J. Allen

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GOP: Masters of Media

As the GOP slashes the social safety net, the party seizes on 'scandals' to distract the public.

Susan J. Douglas

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Our Iron Curtain

The 'border security' provisions of the new immigration bill solve a problem that isn't.

Achy Obejas

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Obama’s SEC Cop-Out

The new chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission is fresh off Wall Street.

Joel Bleifuss