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News Media ‘Acting Stupidly’

The most exasperating, if utterly predictable, lesson from the Henry Louis Gates Jr. contretemps was not about race. It… more

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Litterers or Life-Savers?

Government prosecutes activists who leave water for immigrants

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Dems, You Have the Power!

Last November, at one of the most perilous moments in U.S. history, Americans gave Barack Obama and the Democrats… more

vol. 33, iss. 09   

Slam of the Free, Poem of the Brave

Activism through spoken word, at the Brave New Voices Poetry Slam.

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The Me-First, Screw-Everyone-Else Crowd

I know I should be mortified by the lobbyist-organized mobs of angry Brooks Brothers mannequins who are now making… more

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Power of the People

In the long run, Iranian civil society will trump both official dogma and international influence.

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Mr. President, Help Save the News

In late July, former CBS news anchor Dan Rather sent murmurs through the journalism world when he called on… more

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The Poop on Population

Disposable diapers harm the environment, so here’s a modest proposal.

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Not Your Parents’ Labor Movement

Why the Republic sit-in failed to inspire other worker actions.

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Making War to Bring ‘Peace’

A debate is under way at the United Nations over a policy that may seem uncontroversial: an international framework… more

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We’re Public ... No, We’re Private

Charter school corporations take on public school teacher unions.

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Love and Revolution

The older I grow, the more I realize how lucky I am to have lived so long and been… more

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The Honduran Connection

The U.S. right, including Bush appointee Otto Reich, mobilizes to support the putsch.

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Health Industry, Right-Wingers Will Stop at Nothing to Derail Reform

Push finally came to shove in Washington this past week as the battle for healthcare escalated from scattered sniper… more

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Falling Through the Climate Gap

Poor Americans will suffer most from global warming.

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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

vol. 33, iss. 08   

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.

vol. 33, iss. 07   

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

vol. 33, iss. 07   

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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