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The Occupy movement takes on neoliberal education reform and the Bloomberg Department of Education.

A (self-) graduation speech for the Occupiers at Zuccotti Park.

The new leader of the National Front has risen in the polls by borrowing arguments from the left. But critics worry: has she turned against her father’s bigotry, or merely made it more presentable?

With help (and pressure) from the EU, Greece could emerge from the current tumult with a more efficient public sector, less tied to political patronage.

By providing all-expenses paid trips to Israel for Jewish young adults, US funders and Israeli politicians are creating the next generations of American Zionists.

Zealots are trying to turn the military into a religious army. Mikey Weinstein is fighting back.

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

Have we learned the right lessons from the mistreatment of Shirley Sherrod?

Across the US, the juvenile justice system sends queer youth to prison in disproportionate numbers, fails to protect them from violence while they're inside and condones attempts to turn them straight.

 As Washington dithers, sites slated for cleanup long ago continue to threaten human health.