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On Dorothea Lange, Michael Harrington, Earth Day and solitary confinement

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

Fifty years after the publication of The Other America, imagining that the author would find cause for hope—and dismay—in today's political culture.

Feedback on the April 2 Occupy USA issue and Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Rediscovering Poverty.”

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The Other America offered a view of poverty that seemed designed to comfort the already comfortable.

The history of our nation has many rich and vibrant hues—some of them red.

Drawing on his past as a Trotskyite, Irving Kristol states his case for capitalism--but cautiously.

Bob Dylan probably had no idea how much the times really were a' changin'.

Demonstrations April 4 calling Wall Street to account could help progressive populism come alive in America. Obama and Congress need the pressure.