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Obama: Walk Your Talk on Guantánamo

As the hunger strike approaches its 100th day on May 17, 100 prisoners are refusing food.
by The Editors

Senate to Investigate Texas Plant Explosion
Why won't the EPA regulate ammonium nitrate? Barbara Boxer wants to know.
George Zornick
Posted Apr 30 2013 - 4:12pm
Terror in Texas
There ought to be a response to violence besides callous indifference and total social warfare.
Richard Kim
Posted Apr 24 2013 - 12:28pm
Wanted: A Progressive Mayor
After two decades of Republican rule, will New York finally elect a progressive to City Hall?
Jarrett Murphy
Posted Apr 16 2013 - 4:27pm

News and Features

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Obama's Crackdown on Whistleblowers (Executive Branch, Covert Ops, Law, US Intelligence)

The NSA Four reveal how a toxic mix of cronyism and fraud blinded the agency before 9/11.

Tim Shorrock
Alaska's Lesson for the Left (US Politics, Government, Political Figures, States, Politics)

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins pulled off a huge upset in a state legislative race by showing that he cared.

Russell Mokhiber
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The Right Leans In (Conservatives and the American Right, Media)

Media-savvy conservative think tanks take aim and fire at progressive power bases in the states. 

Lee Fang
How to save the Democratic party
How to Save the Democratic Party: Replies (US Politics, The Left)

We need to intensify the engagement of grassroots Democrats with progressive ideals.

Various Contributors
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Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania (Economy, Environment, Politics)

Farming communities are being turned into huge, open-air laboratories by energy companies—with ordinary people serving as guinea pigs.

Ellen Cantarow

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