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The EU’s Future Ruins: Moria Refugee Camp in Lesbos

The EU’s Future Ruins: Moria Refugee Camp in Lesbos The EU’s Future Ruins: Moria Refugee Camp in Lesbos

“This is a prison. This is Guantánamo.”

Apr 15, 2016 / Yannis Hamilakis

Crumpled dollar

The Average Woman Loses Over $10,000 Dollars Every Year to the Gender Pay Gap The Average Woman Loses Over $10,000 Dollars Every Year to the Gender Pay Gap

It’s 2016 and women are still earning just 79 cents for every dollar made by men.

Apr 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Striking Verizon workers

40,000 Verizon Workers Launch One of the Biggest Strikes of the Decade 40,000 Verizon Workers Launch One of the Biggest Strikes of the Decade

Can the strike at Verizon help kickstart the American labor movement?

Apr 15, 2016 / Cole Stangler

Latino Voters in Texas

Latinos and the New Battle for Texas Latinos and the New Battle for Texas

Tejanos will change the state’s politics. But that remake won’t be as simple as either Republicans or Democrats assume.

Apr 15, 2016 / Roberto Lovato

El Mozote, El Salvador

Time for a US Apology to El Salvador Time for a US Apology to El Salvador

Obama recently expressed regret for US support of Argentina’s “dirty war.” It’s time Washington did the same regarding our active backing of right-wing butchery in El Salvador.

Apr 15, 2016 / Raymond Bonner

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders

Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Need Better Answers on the 1994 Crime Bill Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Need Better Answers on the 1994 Crime Bill

At last night’s debate, Clinton offered a grudging apology for “unintended” outcomes. Sanders wasn’t pressed on his vote for it—and he should be.

Apr 15, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Clinton and Sanders Sue Arizona Over 5-Hour Lines in the March Primary

Clinton and Sanders Sue Arizona Over 5-Hour Lines in the March Primary Clinton and Sanders Sue Arizona Over 5-Hour Lines in the March Primary

Arizona’s election problems showed the disastrous consequences of gutting the Voting Rights Act.

Apr 15, 2016 / Ari Berman

All the Euphemisms We Use for ‘War’

All the Euphemisms We Use for ‘War’ All the Euphemisms We Use for ‘War’

How words have shaped the United States government’s ongoing cycle of violence.

Apr 15, 2016 / William J. Astore

A demonstrator supports bailing out Puerto Rico

Orwell in Puerto Rico: Congress ‘Promises’ a New Dictatorship Orwell in Puerto Rico: Congress ‘Promises’ a New Dictatorship

It says it’s going to resolve the island’s debt fairly, but the PROMESA bill establishes an authoritarian collection agency for hedge funders.

Apr 15, 2016 / Nelson Denis

Sanders Clinton CNN debate

The Debate in Brooklyn Was Sanders’s Best Yet. But Was It Enough? The Debate in Brooklyn Was Sanders’s Best Yet. But Was It Enough?

As always, Clinton was far more attentive to local concerns, and that matters.

Apr 15, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

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