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Progressives must take the fall election seriously, even as they challenge the limits of the debate.

Why is it so hard to understand that women's rights are an economic issue?

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

If their fortunes are ever to revive, liberals must find a way to recapture FDR’s militant and optimistic spirit.

He’s against most of what we’re for. What is it with progressive mancrushes on right-wing Republicans?

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

What US progressives can learn from British efforts to fight inequality.

Will it last? Skeptics are entitled to their doubts, but I'm confident that, as with the Populist movement of a century ago, OWS will bring lasting change

From Ohio to Maine to Mississippi, voters rejected the conservative agenda on key issues.

The movement’s urgent challenge is to meet organized repression with organized resistance.