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It’s time to ditch the political euphemisms, and start calling lies, theft and greed by their true name.

On October 22, people across the country gathered for the seventeenth National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation.

How can progressives balance support for the Democrats with the need to mobilize grassroots support for social and economic causes?

American Freedom Defense Initiative's Islamophobic ad campaign faced massive pushback from the forces of decency and justice.

The documentary, starring the late Andrew Breitbart, is a deranged hodge-podge of bizarre memes, wild dot-connecting and unadulterated fury.

Where their interests overlap, progressive politics can thrive.

In a second Obama term, we must organize to win a new social contract for a new economy.

In this election and after, we need to write a new story for our changing nation that places care and connection at the center.

The reverend sat down with The Nation to talk about his humanitarian trip to Africa and poverty in America.

Members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot will soon get a chance to appeal their sentence of two years in prison on charges of "hooliganism."