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With Their Magic Bullet, Dems Have No More Excuses

As counsel for the Warren Commission, Arlen Specter described a "magic bullet" that changed America. Four decades later as… more

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The Irony of Obama’s Boycott

America's first black president refused to attend a U.N. conference on racism.

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Playing the Gringo Wild Card

Chesa Boudin’s Latin American diaries.

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Old War on New Deal

The new book Invisible Hands reveals how quickly conservatives organized to challenge New Deal liberalism.

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The Cuban Revolution and the American Left

For countless leftists who came of age politically sometime between the late 1950s and the early 1990s, the Cuban… more

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‘Reform’ To Nowhere

How the crusade against earmarks threatens constitutional democracy.

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Confessions of a Terrorist

Dear Senator Patrick Leahy: I write from my sleeper cell outside Hardwick, Vt., through a constituent I persuaded to… more

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Newsflash: Populism Is Popular

In 2006, journalist Christopher Hayes wrote a little-noticed article for In These Times magazine about a proposal in Oregon… more

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Casualties Continue in Vietnam

The devastation of unexploded ordnance from the ‘American War.’

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The Psychologists of Torture

Medical professionals designed and helped to implement Bush administration interrogation practices.

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Putting a Stop to Stop Loss

Pentagon ends the back-door draft, but critics fear a return with Afghanistan surge.

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Big Cable’s Internet Rip-Off

You'll have to excuse me--I'm a little tired, having stayed up all night watching episodes of Lost online. I've… more

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Labor Limbo

Philadelphia museum guards fighting for union recognition highlight the potential power of "card check."

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What Conflict of Interest?

We humans are a sneaky species, but research into how other animals feign death and deceive mates shows we… more

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Students Won’t Sweat It

Under fire for alleged union-busting, Russell Athletic is losing university contracts around the country.

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Columbine Questions We Still Don’t Ponder

As Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold's posthumous infamy turns 10 on April 20, I wish I were surprised that… more

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Czech Against U.S. Military Power

Activists successfully oppose a Pentagon radar base plan in the Czech Republic.

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Bailout Bandits

In these days of "bank stablization plans" (bailouts for fat cats) and "overseas contingency operations" (wars), Americans who celebrated… more

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The Meltdown Goes Global

It is time to rethink capitalism.

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Building Utopia

A new documentary profiles the rise and fall of a Depression-era utopian experiment in the Bronx.

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An End to the War on Weed?

Marijuana advocates believe legalization is on the horizon.

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The Best Investment Money Can Buy!

Feeling sorry for yourself? Struggling to get by? Wondering how you can get a bailout? Well, stop moping, because… more

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Modern-Day Monkeywrencher

During the final days of the Bush administration, Tim DeChristopher's civil disobedience drew attention to a rushed federal auction for Utah drilling rights.

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Another Bush Intelligence Failure

Add to the list of President George W. Bush's failures his inability to straighten out what he regarded as… more

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Sex, Drugs and ESL

New laws policing foreign teachers in Thailand are mostly ignored.

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Let’s Expose the Poster Boys of Greed

Boy, have I learned my lesson, which I pass onto you. Do not, under any circumstances, call out any… more

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No Sugar-Coating Immigration

A new film will enthrall baseball fans--and anyone fascinated by the endurance of American ideals.

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Same-Sex Marriage in the Heartland

Iowa becomes the first state in the Midwest to extend the right to marry to gays and lesbians.

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This Is the Truth on Drugs…Any Questions?

Finally, a little honesty. Finally, after America has frittered away billions of taxpayer dollars arming Latin American death squads,… more

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Do-It-Yourself Governance

Without new social movements, there will be no new New Deal.

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‘Kidnapped’ in Gaza

A BBC correspondent's book--now available in the United States--details his Gaza kidnapping and collects balanced reportage from the Middle East and Central Asia.

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Global Warming Accelerates

As sea levels rise faster than expected, political and social catastrophes loom.

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Democrats Duck Bush Torture Probe

Despite overwhelming evidence of a systematic policy of illegal torture during the Bush era, Democrats appear to be shying away from their own recommendation for a special prosecutor to investigate these apparent war crimes.

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To Boycott Israel…or Not?

Naomi Klein and Rabbi Arthur Waskow debate whether divestment will bring peace to the Middle East.

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From Newspaper to Commercial Paper

At Northwestern University in the mid-1990s, the journalism professor with the most devoted student following was an understated teacher… more

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Romancing the Terrorists

The Baader Meinhof Complex glamorizes a Cold War-era German terrorist group without questioning its politics and violence.

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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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