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The protests in Wisconsin have inspired a new generation of candidates—and they’re winning.

Bernard Rapoport's death at the age of ninety-four has brought to a close one of the storied chapters in the history of American liberalism.

It eliminates competition and guarantees incumbent power.

Not content with their successful assaults on public workers, Republicans are set on destroying private sector unions, pushing “right to work” laws with false promises of job creation.

Not content with their successful assaults on public workers, Republicans are set on destroying private sector unions, pushing “right to work” laws with false promises of job creation.

Should states or the rubber-stamp NRC decide whether nuclear plants continue to operate?

In just two years, half the country’s states have passed extreme fetal-rights amendments.

This holiday season, we celebrate the most inspiring activists, organizations and politicians who are fighting for the 99 percent.

John Nichols on Barney Frank’s last year, Josh Eidelson on the never-ending foreclosure crisis, the editors on Tom Wicker’s passing

It’s not surprising that  Greece’s proposed referendum elicited such outrage. Europe doesn’t work like that.