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Taxing the Rich is the Only Real Solution to Illinois’ Budget Deficit

Corporate tax loopholes have been very effective at draining at least a billion dollars a year out of public funds and redirecting it into idle private profits.

Jamie Merchant

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Israel’s Hostility Toward Iran Deal Is Not Really About a Nuclear Weapon

There is no place in Israeli geo-strategic thinking for a militarily and diplomatically powerful Iran—with or without the bomb.

Roy Isacowitz

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Rep. Alan Grayson: The Euro Is a Burning House with No Exit

The superficial problem in Greece is the external debt. The deeper problem is the relinquishment of national sovereignty and the tools that are needed to raise domestic demand and bring about an economic recovery.

Rep. Alan Grayson

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The NRA’s Bully Pulpit

America's most dangerous nonprofit has a stranglehold on public policy.

Susan J. Douglas

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Our Neo-Confederacy

The flag may be wiped from state grounds and license plates, but its ideals live on in the GOP agenda

Salim Muwakkil

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The Greek Crisis Shows the Fundamentally Undemocratic Nature of the Eurozone

To the Troika, the election of Syriza, the referendum vote and the basic principles of democracy are meaningless.

Alexandros Orphanides

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After the Confederate Flags Come Down, Everything Named After Nathan Bedford Forrest Should Be Next

The Confederate general and KKK "grand wizard" belongs on the short list of the most vile white supremacists in American history. Yet parks and monuments in his name can be found throughout the South.

Peter Cole

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The Political Genius of Bernie Sanders’ Socialism

Bernie's socialism isn’t a “charade.” It’s a provocation—and a brilliant one, at that.

Theo Anderson

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Holier than Bernie

Which campaign matters more: Bernie Sanders's or Jill Stein's?

Joel Bleifuss

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Now That Greece Has Defaulted, Tsipras and Syriza Can’t Blink: It’s Time To Push For a Grexit

If the Greek people don't vote “no” on their upcoming referendum, they face perpetual austerity and misery from unelected creditors.

Alexandros Orphanides

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The Pentagon’s New Weapon: Agent Whitewash

A $60 million government project to commemorate the Vietnam War distorts the facts.

Tom Hayden

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The Anti-Union Bosses’ Group Fighting Fast Food Organizing Is Now Going After Home Care Workers

Can workers centers and unions create a movement strong enough to fight back?

Mariya Strauss, Political Research Associates

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The City of Chicago Used a Mumford and Sons Concert To Displace Homeless People

In the gentrified 21st-century city, wealthy concertgoers' comfort is a bigger priority than homeless people's basic rights.

Nickolas Kaplan

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The Secrets and Lies of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

President Obama insists there's "nothing secret" about the massive trade deal—yet we aren't allowed to know anything that's in it.

Joel Bleifuss

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Is Our Politicians Learning?

The most formidable challenger for Jeb Bush is his own brother’s legacy.

Susan J. Douglas

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Students Protest University of Chicago Budget Cuts, Say Admin Is “Acting Like a Corporation”

The students, some dressed in their graduation gowns, say their school's austerity measures are part of a broader pattern of corporatization in higher education.

Miriam Shestack

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The Collective That Saved Jazz

The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians brought jazz back from the brink by connecting it to black struggle

Salim Muwakkil

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6 Lessons for the U.S. from Spain’s Democratic Revolution

How Spain’s 15M movement went from occupying city squares to city halls—without compromising its independence

Erica Sagrans

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Why We Organized to Kick Riot Fest Out of Humboldt Park

Pushing the punk rock festival out of the park was a victory against gentrification and the privatization of public spaces.

Lynda Lopez

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Presidential Hopeful Scott Walker’s Higher Education Deficit

What do you do after gutting public-sector unions? Gut public universities, it seems.

Susan J. Douglas

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Don’t ‘Arquette’ Hillary Clinton

Will Clinton's 2016 campaign, like in 2008, be used to pit women and people of color against each other (as though the two don't overlap)?

Andrea Plaid

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Bernie Sanders: A Candidate Worth Voting For

'I have decided to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president,' Sanders announced this morning.

Joel Bleifuss

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Third Party Time ... Out

The quadrennial debate begins.

Joel Bleifuss

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Ready for a Woman, But Not Hillary Clinton

She may be a feminist, but Hillary Clinton's policies and demeanor fit nicely with the old boys' club on Capitol Hill.

Susan J. Douglas