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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

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The Threat of Warships on an ‘Island of World Peace’

America's imperium reaches South Korea' idyllic Jeju island—but residents and peace activists are resisting.

Noam Chomsky

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How Baseball Explains Modern Racism

America's pastime reveals a larger lesson about conditioned behavior in an institutionally racist society.

David Sirota

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Two Heads of One Political Monster

Let's not pretend that there are vast differences between America's two political parties.

David Sirota

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The Other Media Crisis: Irrelevance

Writing about government ineptitude or corporate corruption can feel like shaking your fist at the cosmos.

Susan J. Douglas

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University of Hypocrisy

Why do America's colleges celebrate drinking alcohol but have no tolerance for marijuana?

David Sirota

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Feds Focus on Foreclosure Fall Guys

Leonard C. Goodman

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Ten Years Later, It’s Time to ‘Broaden the Context’

It's time for Americans to grow up and have a mature conversation about 9/11 and uncomfortable truths.

David Sirota

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Countering Corporate Rule

In These Times exists to suggest alternatives to corporate rule—but we need your help to continue.

Joel Bleifuss

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After 9/11, Was War the Only Option?

Noam Chomsky

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The Lesson of the Chinese Invasion

David Sirota