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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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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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