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From the ethnic studies ban to firings over Travyon Martin, a strange hostility toward progressive education is emerging.

The Progressive Caucus chair is one of the most powerful liberals in America. But even though he's a long way from his Arizona home, he has not forgotten where he came from.

If you live just about anywhere in the American West, you or your children and grandchildren could soon enough be facing the Age of Thirst.

Occupy Wall Street has exposed a system that regards people as disposable, but not usually so literally.

Finding hope, small victories and larger opportunities in a world no one should write off as lost. 

Roller Derby marries an underground vibe with the fun of athletic competition.

Jeff Biggers on student protests in Arizona, John Nichols on Canada's New Democratic Party, and Kate Murphy on FAIR's twenty-fifth anniversary.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Westboro Baptist Church can't be punished for picketing at funerals. Is this really a win for free speech?

Remembering the progressive aide to Gabrielle Giffords who died in the attack in Tucson, Arizona.

President Obama's full remarks on the State of the Union, January 25, 2011.