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Shawn Francis Peters’s The Catonsville Nine.

In his second inaugural address, the president stood for collective action, solidarity, social justice. Now let’s make him act on it.

We all know the damage done by corporate money in politics. On January 19, we have the opportunity to do something about it.

A decade after Illinois Governor George Ryan emptied death row and pardoned four innocent men who were tortured by police under Commander Jon Burge, the city of Chicago has not admitted to its collective crimes.

It's the antidote to the consumerism and cynicism that define our culture.

It’s how I came to understand that the world—and all oppression—is connected.

Why climate change won’t wait for the president.

Local and state governments are gaining the ability to restore basic services and infrastructure.

The victories of 2012 demand we double down in the fight against global warming. 

Peace forces could join with labor, civil rights and environmental coalitions to pressure Obama to “do some nation-building here at home.”