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American Dreamers is a heartfelt assessment of the history of the social movements and individuals who challenged the established order of their day.

In the third video in the series “Peak Oil and a Changing Climate,” Nicole Foss explains how energy relates to the economy and what our impending energy crisis will look like.

The double book-keeping of Christopher Hitchens.

A progressive moment was supposed to follow Obama's election. Robert Kuttner's A Presidency in Peril asks where it went.

Henry lets his hair down.

...We All Scream for Howard Dean!

Kamuela, Hawaii

John Leonard, former literary editor of The Nation, died November 6 at 69. From the archives, his iconic piece on Toni Morrison's Nobel Prize win, in his honor.

The visionary professor who inspired the "free culture" movement takes on money in politics.

Juan Cole's Napoleon's Egypt examines the little dictator's doomed attempt to occupy an Arab country.

If we are ever to solve the Israel/Palestinian conflict, learning each other's historical narratives is surely the place to begin.