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Our readers sound off on Fox News, S.E. Cupp and the fight against voter suppression.

Republicans are turning to tired, failed strategies in an effort to alienate both black and white voters from President Obama.

Hey, look it over—public ownership is the most effective way to fix America’s economy.

The recently discovered photographs of Vivian Maier are tantalizing works of artistry and ambition.

We should shrink the alliance’s budget and ambitions and focus on the greatest threat to the West: economic crisis.

Richard Kim on Obama and same-sex marriage, Connor Guy on the truth about Tasers, Hannah Murphy on Activist New York

What exactly does the president mean when he promises a “clear timeline to wind down the war"?

Outside the US, May 1 is international workers’ day. Unions, immigrant activists and Occupiers are now resurrecting May Day for Americans. 

How Pakistan makes Washington pay for the Afghan war.

Residents in four New York City districts had the chance to allocate funding for community improvement themselves. Can participatory budgeting make American democracy less lonely?