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Newt Gingrich’s Vintage Female Problem

He doesn't seem to like older women. They ought to take revenge at the ballot box.

Susan J. Douglas

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Will We Choose a Chinese Future?

Manufacturing jobs are trickling back into the U.S. economy because depressed wages are turning America into China.

David Sirota

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When It Comes to Iran, U.S. Should Make History, Not Bombs

Washington must prevent, rather than join, a war over Iranian nuclear capabilities.

Joel Bleifuss

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Liberal Snobs and Wall Street Bankers

A third way between America's clichéd class narratives comes from an unlikely source: former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum.

Daniel Hertz

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Embracing ‘Enough’

Most Americans know when someone earns enough money. But those calling the shots just don't get it.

David Sirota

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The Gray Lady’s Decline

As The New York Times 'right-sizes' its editorial staff, the death of print media approaches.

Kenneth Rapoza

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Anniversaries From ‘Unhistory’

The events we fail to commemorate say as much about our national narrative as those we acknowledge.

Noam Chomsky

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When it Comes to Education Technology, Trust but Verify

New gadgets in the classroom may cost more than schools bargain for.

David Sirota

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U.S. Military Toxins: The Gift That Keeps on Killing

A tragic history of pollution continues in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Terry J. Allen

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The Sunshine State’s Shadowy Legacy

How the 2000 Florida presidential election transformed the GOP.

Theo Anderson

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The Economic Normalcy Bias

Even in a time of financial crisis, our culture consumes as if there were no tomorrow.

David Sirota

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It’s the Stupid Republicans, Stupid

Progressives shouldn't be shy about mobilizing voters around singe-issue passions.

Susan J. Douglas

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A Case of Strategic Debasement

What the infamous Marine urination video teaches us about war and the U.S. military.

Gregory D. Foster

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Our Selective Definition of Bigotry

There's unacceptable racism, and then there's acceptable racism.

David Sirota

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It’s More Than a War of Words

If Democrats can't inspire progressives to vote this year, Barack Obama will be a one-term president.

Joel Bleifuss

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The Susan B. Anthony List’s Situational Feminism

The organization's model legislation makes clear it is more interested in ending abortion than helping women.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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America’s Real Occupiers

Public officials who remove themselves and their families from the community they govern.

David Sirota

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Recognizing the ‘Unpeople’

From Africa to the Middle East to the United States, the unmentioned continue to suffer.

Noam Chomsky

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Commemorating Our Soon-to-Be Lost Vernacular

What words and phrases will end up as relics of the past?

David Sirota

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Occupy the Electoral Process

It would be a mistake for members of the Occupy movement to ignore the 2012 elections.

Liz Novak

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The Lonesome Death of Josh Dylan Pfenning

A man who is unhoused kills himself at an Occupy encampment, underscoring America's widening chasms.

Terry J. Allen

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‘Tis The Season of Fake Outrage

Every year, the right wing inevitably decries the nonexistent 'War on Christmas.'

David Sirota

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Banana Republicans’ Assault on Democracy

Why does America's highest-ranking GOP politician oppose scrapping the electoral college?

David Sirota

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The Lowlights of 2011’s ‘War on Women’

With a new Congress in office, battles over reproductive healthcare access came back with a vengeance.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle