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The Attack of the 1-Percenters

Here's a truism: The wealthiest 1 percent have never had it so good. According to government figures, 1-percenters' share… more

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My Brother on Death Row

Troy Davis' sister speaks out, as Davis awaits a Supreme Court decision.

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Home Sweet Skid Row

Poor Los Angelenos fight gentrification and police abuse.

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Outtakes of Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa begs for cinematic calls to action; this year's Human Rights Watch film festival delivered.

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The GOP’s Democracy Double Standard

The Republican Party's recent passion for "democracy" in the Middle East has been on full display. Republican leaders have… more

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Your Crap, Our Compost

Squat and the earth shall grow
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China Is Here

GUIYANG, CHINA--Before planning for and making the trans-global trek to the most populous country on Earth, I knew mainland… more

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Why David Sometimes Wins

Barack Obama is indebted to Cesar Chavez's trailblazing community organizing strategies.

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What the NAACP Means to Me

As a brown-skinned immigrant who has spent 25 years working for racial justice, I owe a good deal of… more

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Queer Prehistory

The gay-rights movement did not begin with the Stonewall riots in 1969.

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Granny Get Your Gun

Is America on the verge of a geriatric crime wave?

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Zicam: Homeopathy Fails the Sniff Test

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has caught itself in a trap of precedent and logic that should force… more

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Iran on the Brink

Warning to the Persian cat: Don’t look down!

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Snapshot: No Place Like Home

On June 29 at the Yar Hussain refugee camp in Chota Lahore, Pakistan, a young girl internally displaced from… more

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Sewer Socialism Down the Drain?

Activists in Milwaukee fight to keep their city's water system in public hands.

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Block ’Em, Sock ’Em

Across the country progressive groups are mobilizing to support legislative initiatives, but to what effect? On the climate change… more

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Budgets by the People

Participatory democracy, Brazil-style, is running into problems.

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Republicans: A Threat to the Republic?

Sarah Palin's abrupt decision to resign as Alaska's governor--and her rambling explanation--underscore again how the Republican Party over the… more

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Fighting the Cloud Factory

Marisol Becerra dreams of a clean neighborhood and world.

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Solidarity Reunited?

Unions rally around shrunken UNITE HERE as it takes on its former ally.

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Death of the Newspaperman

Don't blame the Internet, the industry's decline is self-inflicted.

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The Stupidity of ‘Smart’ Phones

Apple's iPhone looks good enough to eat. I've yet to take a bite of this "smart" phone, but know… more

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Can a Union Divided Stand?

UNITE HERE dissolves in conflict ... with a little help from SEIU.

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Progressive Blind Spots

Since its formation in 1997, the Campaign for America's Future (CAF) has been one of the progressive movement's least… more

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The Somalia Crossroads

Piracy and an insurgency tempt Washington to get it wrong--again.

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The Legacy Lives On

The Republic Windows and Doors factory occupation in Chicago inspired a similar revolt halfway across the country.

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Getting Off the Grid

As you read this, I am somewhere in rural China, probably disoriented, perhaps eating a fish eye, and certainly… more

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Small Towns vs. Nestlé

Rural residents organize to keep their water out of corporate water bottles.

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Anarchists Go to Church

Mount Hope files federal suit against Bash Back! over Sunday morning protest.

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More Drugs, Please

Few actions so perfectly combine stupidity and cruelty as denying pain relief to the dying because narcotics can be… more

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All-American Squatters

Take Back the Land is "liberating" foreclosed homes to fight homelessness.

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SEIU Fights Banks Over Bonuses

One of the largest unions in the country may alter corporations' executive pay practices.

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The Israel Lobbies: Left, Right and Center

A new book helpfully details Jewish-American lobbying organizations spanning the political spectrum.

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Daring to Dream

Most of the great advances we remember involve re-imagination and dreams, not merely tweaks and tinkers. The Wright Brothers'… more

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Cinema in the Sand

Refugees and celebrities draw attention to a forgotten conflict.

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Jon & Kate Plus Mindless Drivel

Standing in the supermarket checkout line, I'm accosted by a slew of headlines: Has Jon been cheating on Kate?… more

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Their Island, Our Shame

Indigenous Indian Ocean islanders were brutally displaced nearly 40 years ago to make way for a U.S. military base.

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Government-Assisted Terrorists

On May 20, federal and New York City authorities arrested four men on charges of plotting domestic terrorist attacks.… more

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The Real History of a Radical

Putting I.F. Stone in perspective.

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Snapshot: Borderline Frustrations

SAN YSIDRO--On June 1, Pedestrians stand in line while waiting to cross into the United States from Mexico at… more

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Why Wal-Mart Workers Need the Employee Free Choice Act

America's largest private employer has systematically harassed and fired pro-union workers.

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All Politics, And Change, Is Still Local

Colorado's Bill Ritter (D) is a typical swing-state governor in these most atypical times: overly cautious, predictably equivocal--you know… more

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Auto Task Force Outsources Jobs

Obama's recovery plan steers GM and Chrysler in the wrong direction
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Buy Back Our Government

Porn rentals, duck islands and moat-cleaning are among the frivolities British members of Parliament have charged to their expense… more

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Algren Revisited, One Last Time

A new posthumous collection proves that Nelson Algren's talent outlasted his desire to use it.

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The Trouble With Obama’s Cairo Speech

A CNN headline, reporting Obama's plans for his June 4 Cairo address, read 'Obama looks to reach the soul… more

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At the End of the Day, It’s the End of the World

Understanding the cliché of the new millennium.

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Whither the Sacred Campaign Promise?

Though not (yet) having children of my own, I often consider what my future offspring won't know about and… more

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Unraveling Afghanistan

A veteran correspondent details what's going wrong, and why.

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Coal Mountain Elementary

Big Coal has worked its way into the classroom.

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