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The KKK and Other Grassroots Movements

Venezuela isn't as divided as its right-wing opposition would have you believe.

Bhaskar Sunkara

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Ending the Pain in Venezuela

A call for civility between Venezuela's warring factions.

Achy Obejas

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Why Stuart Hall Mattered

The Marxist intellectual revolutionized how we think about pop culture. But the U.S. media barely noted his death.

Susan J. Douglas

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Schoolteachers Take On the Chicago Machine

The Chicago Teachers Union flexes its political muscle in the March primaries.

Joel Bleifuss

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Jersey Hustle

The South Jersey political corruption depicted in American Hustle still persists, in a new form.

Bhaskar Sunkara

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Citizens of Nowhere

Thousands of Haitian-Dominicans were stripped of Dominican citizenship. Where's the U.S. outrage?

Achy Obejas

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The Reform That Dare Not Speak Its Name

The virtues of proportional representation.

Joel Bleifuss

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Sabotaging Peace with Iran

Congress couldn't undermine Obama's deal without the help of the arms industry.

Leonard C. Goodman

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Grand Old Race-Baiting

Ian Haney López's new book argues that conservatives have subtly exploited racism to disenfranchise us all.

Susan J. Douglas

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We Shot John Lennon

50 years ago, the Beatles ran afoul of America's pathologies.

Susan J. Douglas

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Is Another Crossfire Possible?

Jon Stewart was wrong: America needs vigorous debate. Too bad the new Crossfire doesn't deliver.

Bhaskar Sunkara

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Where Obama’s Class Speech Failed

The president claims 'the opportunity gap in America is now as much about class as it is about race.' Is it?

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

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A Private-Sector Model: Really?

How Obama and the Democrats failed to defend the universal right to healthcare.

James Thindwa

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Dumbing America Down

The Right wants us to think higher education has no value.

Susan J. Douglas

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Soccer in Sun and Shadow

Blazing heat isn't the only problem with holding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Bhaskar Sunkara

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Obamacare After Obama

The Affordable Care Act's issues will be far from resolved by 2016.

Achy Obejas

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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