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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

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Class Consciousness Is Back

Once you notice inequality, you can't escape the realities of class in America.

Susan J. Douglas

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Steve Forbes: The GOP’s Man in 2012

The Republican Party’s awkward flat-taxing farce has the last laugh.

Theo Anderson

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What’s Next for the Occupy Movement?

There is much to celebrate, even as the tents come down. But it's time for new strategies.

Marilyn Katz

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Why Conservatives Can’t Fix Poverty

Newt Gingrich's new idea offers a stark reminder.

James Thindwa

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What Real Education Reform Looks Like

New reports underscore what should be obvious: Poverty and punitive funding formulas drive America's education problems.

David Sirota

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Marching Off the Cliff

The world wants UN climate talks in Durban to succeed, but U.S. intransigence blocks the way forward.

Noam Chomsky

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Celebrating the End of Kids’ Wall Street Dreams

The number of young people in finance-related fields is falling—and that's not a bad thing.

David Sirota

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Assassinating the Rule of Law

President Obama has carried on where former President George W. Bush left off.

Leonard C. Goodman

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CIA Boosts Vaccination Conspiracies

The agency's public health ruse to confirm Bin Laden's whereabouts caused collateral damage.

Terry J. Allen

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Anger Sowing Seeds of a New Consumer Movement

A new study suggests consumer rage against businesses is at an all-time high.

David Sirota

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The Paradigm Shifts

Occupy protests have focused the nation's attention on inequality. But how can this movement be sustained?

James Thindwa

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Why Income Inequality Suddenly Matters

Americans are tired of watching the rich getting richer while the dream of upward mobility becomes a joke.

David Sirota

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Occupy the Press

Despite the media's atrocious coverage, the Occupy protests have clearly changed the nation's conversation.

Susan J. Douglas

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Let’s Talk Democratic Socialism, Already

After 30 years of failed neoliberalism, we need a real alternative.

Maria Svart

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Occupy The Future

The Occupy movement is an unprecedented opportunity to overcome America's current hopelessness.

Noam Chomsky

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TV That Finally Lifts Journalism Back ‘Up’

Up With Chris Hayes purposely rejects the manufactured red-versus-blue mallet that bludgeons every issue into partisan terms.

David Sirota

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A Deafening Silence

Why isn't the anti-war movement claiming victory for America's withdrawal from Iraq?

Marilyn Katz

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The Choice Between Democracy and Autocracy

City mayors are going medieval on their protesting subjects.

David Sirota

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Our Time Is Now

The Occupy Wall Street protests present a rare and urgent opportunity to put our uncompromised ideals into action.

Joel Bleifuss

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Government by Death Panel

Our political leaders regularly make blood-soaked decisions that cost people their lives.

David Sirota

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Why, Really, Do We Love Steve Jobs?

It's the old appealing story of a man who pursued his inner passion and got rich.

Thomas Streeter

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If Only Sexism Could Be Cancelled

New shows try to capitalize on Mad Men's popularity—and avoid what prompted the women's movement.

Susan J. Douglas

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Stopping the Insanity

If you suspect our lawmakers and corporate leaders are all crazy, you could be right.

David Sirota