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Republican fanatics are trying to take the country back to a time when workers had no rights.

Liza Featherstone on the class action gender discrimination suit against Wal-Mart; John Nichols on net neutrality

Finally! The announced departure of Lawrence Summers as the president’s top economic adviser is welcome news.

The Obama administration recently submitted a report on its own human rights record to the United Nations, becoming the first time US administration to do so. Barbara Crossette and Anja Rudiger explain what this means for the state of human rights in this country.

The military's media megaphone and the U.S. global military presence.

Rafael Ferrer and Christian Marclay prize an aesthetic of spontaneous responsiveness irrespective of subject.

In the anarchic days after Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans police department were responsible for much of the deadly violence.

He'll probably fend off J.D. Hayworth, but in order to win he's lost most of his principles.

All the strangeness of our American world in one article.

"Gender mainstreaming" at the United Nations failed. Will an agency solely dedicated to promoting women's rights in development do better?