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African Americans Back Burris

The African-American community's unified efforts to retain Roland Burris as the lone black U.S. senator has chastened national Democrats,… more

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Uncovering Haiti’s Hidden History

More than four years after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide went into exile, questions linger about Washington's involvement.

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Wanted: A Perp Walk For Plutocrats

My husband and I were engaged in our usual dinner table rant about politics and the economy. Having made… more

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Give CEO Pay the Pink Slip

Capping outsized salaries is the first step toward creating responsible corporations.

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A Government of Men, Not Laws

United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard likes to say that Washington policymakers "treat the people who take a shower after… more

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Iran’s History Comes Out

A new book brilliantly details the evolution of gender and sexuality from pre-modern Persia to the 20th century.

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Building A Broadband Bridge that Holds Weight

Jay Foushee has called his local phone company in rural Roxboro, N.C., numerous times to plead for high-speed Internet… more

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‘Zee’ End of Blackwater?

The troubled security firm gets a makeover.

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Measuring Electoral Success

In the March 3 special primary election for the 5th congressional district seat in Illinois, formerly held by White… more

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Uncertainty in Sudan

What will the International Criminal Court's indictment of President Bashir mean for the future of Sudan?

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De-escalating the Drug War

Obama's pick to head ONDCP is better than your average drug czar.

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Closing America’s Torture Chambers

President Obama was courageous to issue an executive order to close Guantánamo by next January. Having litigated on behalf… more

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From Russia With Mercy

12 is a stunning revision of a classic American film.

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Road Tripping Through Whitopia

Rich Benjamin set out to write about race‚ and wrote about class instead.

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The Big Other

A giant stalks the literary landscape.

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Death by Chutzpah

You know what I'm tired of? Chutzpah. Defined as "utter nerve; effrontery," chutzpah can be admirable, especially when people… more

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A Nation Divided

If the war in Iraq is winding down, what does peace look like?

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War Crimes and Double Standards

New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof--like many of his American colleagues--is applauding the International Criminal Court's arrest order… more

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A Spectre is Haunting America

Ghosts of neoliberalism trouble Obama’s response to the recession

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El Salvador’s Left Turn?

Mixed results for 'el frente' in the country's congressional elections.

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Real Sex Ed Returns

But will Democrats axe abstinence-only?

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Roy Bourgois Faces Excommunication

The Vatican threatens the Maryknoll priest for supporting the ordination of female priests.

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The A Word

MEXICO CITY--Any serious scribe will tell you that writing is, at its heart, the maddening struggle to find exactly… more

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Orange Fades to Black

Heralded for its Orange Revolution five years ago, Ukraine is coming apart at the seams

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Always Look on the Bright Side of Genocide

When did the Holocaust become morally ambiguous?

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Blue People, Yellowcake

A nomadic, West African people are threatened by lucrative uranium mining.

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The Audacity of Reform

For some pundits, President Barack Obama's spectacular fundraising success during the 2008 general election has removed campaign finance reform… more

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Cafeteria Kickbacks

How food-service providers like Sodexo bilk millions from taxpayers.

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Ending the War on Drugs

Will the Obama administration put justice back in the criminal justice system?

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The EFCA Battle is Joined

Unions and allies are fighting the anti-Employee Free Choice Act “Meltdown Lobby” with an IRS complaint and grassroots campaigns.

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Resource Wars in Ecuador

Indigenous people accuse President Rafael Correa of selling out to mining interests.

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The Anti-Blago

Amid a crowded field of Democratic contenders, Tom Geoghegan stands out.

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Will Holder Hold Cops Accountable?

Eric Holder, the first African-American attorney general, takes over a Department of Justice (DOJ) that has been AWOL in… more

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SEIU Split Widens

And many worry about the consequences for California healthcare workers and the labor movement.

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The Future of Transit

Public transportation needs massive investment. Will the Obama administration step up?

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Israel, Gaza and the Left

One of the left's most significant ideological failings in recent years has been its habit of issuing shrill and… more

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A Real-Life Fairytale

Chris and Don examines a love that dared to speak its name.

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War Without Warriors

Robots have the perverse side effect of making war seem easy.

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Past the Point of No Return

Why did Barack Obama choose to come all the way to Denver, Colorado to sign the economic recovery package… more

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Watching The Watchers

Mass Observation returns for the Obama inauguration.

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Our Town vs. Exxon

Marine biologist Riki Ott explains how Cordova, Alaska, rebounded 20 years after the oil spill.

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All-Consuming Poverty

The upside of the current depression is that Wall Street greed and Washington corruption show as starkly as blood… more

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You Say You Want a Revolution

A founding member of the Weather Underground looks back at an organization unable to come to terms with its own violence.

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Detroit: City of Hope

Building a sustainable economy out of the ashes of industry.

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Not All Happy Families Are Nuclear

A new book chronicles experiments in domesticity.

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The Ultra-Radical Republicans

Sixteen years ago, when another new Democratic President was trying to enact an economic package, the Republicans were entrenched… more

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Unequal Education

No Child Left Behind demands equal test scores from neighborhoods with unequal incomes and resources.

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Attack of the Killer Robots

The Pentagon’s dream of a techno army is doomed to fail.

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Cross-Cultural in Connecticut

After 10 years, a Mexican family reunites.

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Fake Outrage Junkies

I'm not sure if it's because we're strung out on "Lost" episodes, or if it's because we're still suffering… more

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