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Fifty years ago, college was cheap, unions were strong and there was no terrorism-industrial complex.

We all know the damage done by corporate money in politics. On January 19, we have the opportunity to do something about it.

Rick Perlstein joins Bryce Covert and George Zornick to explore the serpentine shifts and strange bedfellows of gun control politics. 

The track record of Obama's Treasury secretary nominee shows his financial incompetence and support for radical deregulation, leaving little hope that he will reign in Wall Street.

I refused to run a negative campaign for New York City Council, focusing instead on community and democratic empowerment.

Christie Thompson on the Wilmington Ten, Greg Mitchell on Al Jazeera America, Aura Bogado on Idle No More, John Nichols on Gerda Lerner

It’s tempting to let the GOP continue its slide toward irrelevance—but that would deny this country the robust political debate we need.

John Nichols on our unelected senators, Robert Dreyfuss on the Newtowns in Afghanistan, Natasja Sheriff on suicides in Tibet, Preston L. Schiller on Jane Holtz Kay

Refusing to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, Republicans are leaving rape victims with few options.

The man renowned as an anti-tax ideologue is actually a typical K Street operator.