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Don’t Frack with Our Water!

Natural gas drilling threatens public health and the environment.

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Who Are ‘The Deciders’?

Congressional… more

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The Frontier of Consciousness

Stacy Horn explores the mysteries of parapsychology and its researchers.

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Rural America Needs You

Fifty years ago, when I grew up in a small Iowa town, diversified family farms were the norm, local… more

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Building the Left in Harbor Country

We met our neighbors and helped turn rural Michigan blue.

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Drowning Out the Noise Machine

Journalism is breaking my heart. Or should I say, "journalism." Hate-mongering media extremists have captured our news networks and… more

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Uniting, One County at a Time

We helped make rural Oregon a force for progressive change.

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Protesting the G-20 Summit

A photo essay from Pittsburgh's streets.

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Country Club Etiquette Trumps Legislative Results

The recent headlines about President Obama working to crush primary campaigns against Democratic incumbents would be great fodder for… more

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The Retail Devolution

Two new books explore corporate evil.

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Michelle Obama, How Does Your Garden Grow?

Critics say EPA standards allowing sewage sludge to become fertilizer are outdated.

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The Real Failure of the Afghan Election

The post-election claims about the Afghan election have had the unfortunate effect of obscuring a far more fundamental consequence… more

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Taking It to the Streets

Vendors battle bureaucracy for their place in the Second City.

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Sold to the United States for Cash

In May, President Barack Obama began floating the idea that his administration might seek the power to "preventatively detain"… more

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Chronically Displaced in NOLA

Four years after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the disaster continues.

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Selective Deficit Disorder

Watching the healthcare debate unfold these days is a little like watching scenes from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's… more

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Gay Boys in Oil City

The fight for GLBT rights in rural America is far from over.

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Killing Granny with the Laziness Bias

Progressives have been wrong--overly idealistic--about the power of communication. Many of us cling to the belief that if you… more

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Canada Tightens Border

After Mexican refugee claims nearly triple, Ottawa establishes new visa requirements.

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Snapshot: After the Coup

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS—Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya demonstrate on August 28, 2009. The United States pressured Honduran coup… more

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Capitalist Health Insurance for All

Here's what corporations know, but don't want you to find out: Private insurance is for suckers. Armies of healthcare… more

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Making the Illegal Legal

Israel’s Kafkaesque bureaucracy colonizes the occupied West Bank one settlement at a time.

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We’ve Seen This Trigger Before

After a summer of politics marked by esoteric phrases like "co-ops" and "insurance exchanges," the newest kernel of ubiquitous… more

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Democracy and Action

Afghanistan's historic August election was marred by widespread voting inconsistencies, despite efforts by U.S. and Afghan soldiers—and warlords—to keep the peace.

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When Renewable Is Not Sustainable

Ethanol and solar power deplete land and water resources.

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Einstein and Israel

The great scientist was both a Zionist and bi-nationalist—a fact too complex for the author of a new book to accept.

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Militarizing Latin America

The United States was founded as an "infant empire," in the words of George Washington. The conquest of the… more

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Foreclosure Crisis Built on Racial Injustice

The recession has resulted from, and contributed to, America's racial divide.

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In and Out of the Working Class

Radical economist and labor educator Michael Yates moves beyond the classroom to examine—with striking honesty—his own life.

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A Party Is Not a Movement

The difference between parties and movements is simple: Parties are loyal to their own power regardless of policy agenda;… more

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Israel’s Gadfly

Haaretz's Gideon Levy bucks Israeli media to report on Palestinian suffering.

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Will ‘Astroturf’ Groups Block Net Neutrality Reform?

Chris McGreal, a reporter for Britain's Guardian newspaper, took to the road last month to report on how Americans… more

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COIN Toss

Counterinsurgency failed before, but the United States is trying again.

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Live Free, Die Free

The Final Exit Network, a right-to-die organization, battles government euthanasia accusations.

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Why Kansas Matters

A new documentary details how politics and religion intersect in America.

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The Science Fiction of Military Marketing

I'm a video game geek, so as I sat through movie previews a few weeks ago, I was sure… more

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Taming Wall Street Cowboys

A new advocacy group heads to Capitol Hill to counter financial industry lobbyists hungry for deregulation.

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Ignoring Outrage, Obama Set to Expand Pentagon Presence in Colombia

Imagine that you live in a nice house in a tense neighborhood. Your neighbors haven't been too pleased with… more

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The ‘Post-Racial’ President

Barack Obama navigates a world where color still matters.

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Rethinking Venezuelan Politics

Ten years after Chavez's election, the movement he inspired remains divided over goals and strategies.

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Freedom from Fear

Those of us living in the Rocky Mountain region are steeped in America's famous gun culture--and we therefore know… more

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The Big Green Apple

It's easy being green in NYC.

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Dixie Media Versus Unions

A new book reveals how Southern media have strengthened the region's corporatocracy.

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Robert Novak Was a Liar

Washington's punditocracy is in mourning over the death of right-wing columnist Robert Novak, with many warm remembrances about his… more

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Aiding and Abetting War Crimes

The Israeli military tested new weapons in Gaza with U.S. support.

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Who’s Got the Power?

Progressives find themselves outmaneuvered on healthcare reform.

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Don’t You Forget About Him

Confidence is a strange and elusive thing. As a nation, we clearly have it in this post-Vietnam age of… more

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Snapshot: Prayer for Peace

KATHMANDU, NEPAL—On August 5, about 1,000 Tibetan monks, nuns and activists take part in a candle-light vigil at Boudhanath… more

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Fast Food, Slow Justice

Workers protest Yum! Brands firings.

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Healthcare’s 13 Tyrants

For those still clinging to quaint notions of the American ideal, these have been a faith-shaking 10 years. Just… more

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