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Sasha Abramsky

Sasha Abramsky, a Nation contributing writer, is the author of several books, including, most recently, Inside Obama’s Brain, Breadline USA and American Furies. His next book, The American Way of Poverty, will be published by Nation Books in the fall.

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'Investigations Weren't Being Done. We Changed That': A Q&A With Hilda Solis (Economics, Labor, Wages and Hours)

Hilda Solis talks to The Nation about getting the Labor Department its teeth back, her worst moment as secretary and her legacy.

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Why Has Obama Pardoned So Few Prisoners? (Barack Obama, Drug War and Drug Policy, Jails and Prisons, The Courts)

Cases like that of Weldon Angelos, who was given a fifty-five-year sentence for selling marijuana, cry out for mercy. But calls for clemency have fallen on deaf ears.

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In California and Beyond, Voters Say Yes to Higher Taxes, Better Services (Movements, Government, Cities, States, Taxes)

Local and state governments are gaining the ability to restore basic services and infrastructure.

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Wresting Gun Policy From the Hands of the Radical Fringe: A Q&A With Garen Wintemute (Guns and Gun Control, Youth)

Three hundred million firearms are already in circulation in the United States. We need gun control solutions that deal with that reality.

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George Goehl and the Fight Against Corporate Power (Activism, Corporations, Reimagining Capitalism)

What does the National People’s Action director have in store for Obama’s second term?

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The US Chamber of Commerce's Multimillion-Dollar Attack Plan (Campaign Finance, Corporate Lobbying, Conservatives and the American Right)

The nation’s top business lobby has built up a huge war chest for conservatives. But has it crossed the legal line?

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Running for President on the Justice Party Ticket: A Q&A with Rocky Anderson (Are Republicans and Democrats the Same?, Electoral Politics, Third Party Politics)

The former Salt Lake City mayor is mounting an unlikely protest against American plutocracy.

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Kamala Harris, Protecting and Serving the 99 Percent (Banking Predatory Lending, US Politics, Economics, Law)

When it comes to defending homeowners from the big banks, the California attorney general is on a roll.

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Questions for Idaho Economist Mike Ferguson (Education, States, Economy)

The state’s top number-cruncher discusses taxes, education and the consequences of drowning government in the bathtub.

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The Other America, 2012: Confronting the Poverty Epidemic (Economic Policy, Poverty)

To restore the American Dream for the 99 percent, we must first bring the “invisible poor” out of the shadows.

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