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An estimated 500 lives have been saved since March in a peace process launched by imprisoned Salvadoran gang members.

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

A campaign that brought together African-Americans and undocumented workers stopped an anti-immigrant bill in its tracks.

Prison labor as the past—and future—of American “free-market” capitalism.

Gulf residents and cleanup workers continue to suffer serious health problems from the 2010 disaster, but the oil giant is not being held to account.

How some Republican are transforming a conspiracy theory into a policy position.

On its fiftieth anniversary, the founding declaration of SDS echoes today in democracy movements around the world.

Angela Davis’s student years in France were an alchemy of discipline and distraction.

Forcing the Komen reversal was huge—but it was a campaign born of outrage, not ambitious vision.

Republicans are using the redistricting process to undermine minority voting power and ensure their party's dominance.