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This Is the Next Big Fight Between Progressives and the Wall Street Dems

This Is the Next Big Fight Between Progressives and the Wall Street Dems This Is the Next Big Fight Between Progressives and the Wall Street Dems

Progressive senators are objecting to Obama’s latest Wall Street nominee.

Nov 24, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America

What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America

Warnings about the human and environmental costs went unheeded. Now the most vulnerable Central Americans are paying the price.

Nov 24, 2014 / Manuel Pérez-Rocha, Julia Paley, and Foreign Policy In Focus

Fifteen Millennial Movements Taking Off This Week

Fifteen Millennial Movements Taking Off This Week Fifteen Millennial Movements Taking Off This Week

From New York to Ferguson to Santa Cruz, a generation rises.

Nov 24, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Who’s Ready for Hillary?

Who’s Ready for Hillary? Who’s Ready for Hillary?

Depending on whom you ask, Clinton is a triangulating pro-corporate Democrat or a heroic shatterer of glass ceilings—or both.

Nov 24, 2014 / Feature / Kathleen Geier, Joan Walsh, Jamelle Bouie, Doug Henwood, Heather Digby Parton, Steven Teles, and Richard Yeselson

Leslie Feinberg: Defiant Radical, Gender Queer Revolutionary

Leslie Feinberg: Defiant Radical, Gender Queer Revolutionary Leslie Feinberg: Defiant Radical, Gender Queer Revolutionary

Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues is best understood within the genre of American revolutionary fiction that linked oppressions, forged solidarity and expressed utopian longings. ...

Nov 24, 2014 / Jack Halberstam

$1 Billion: That’s How Much Walmart Avoids Paying in Taxes Each Year Through Loopholes

$1 Billion: That’s How Much Walmart Avoids Paying in Taxes Each Year Through Loopholes $1 Billion: That’s How Much Walmart Avoids Paying in Taxes Each Year Through Loopholes

Think you're getting a great deal on Black Friday? You should see how much Walmart is "saving."

Nov 24, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Why Chuck Hagel’s Departure Really Matters

Why Chuck Hagel’s Departure Really Matters Why Chuck Hagel’s Departure Really Matters

The United States is rapidly shifting toward a more aggressive foreign policy with limited public debate.

Nov 24, 2014 / George Zornick

5 US Assumptions About the Middle East That Are Just Plain Wrong

5 US Assumptions About the Middle East That Are Just Plain Wrong 5 US Assumptions About the Middle East That Are Just Plain Wrong

After thirteen years of the failed war on terror, it’s time to scrutinize America’s assumptions about military involvement in the Middle East.

Nov 24, 2014 / Andrew J. Bacevich

What the Media Are Not Telling You About the Late Marion Barry

What the Media Are Not Telling You About the Late Marion Barry What the Media Are Not Telling You About the Late Marion Barry

The death of four-time mayor Marion Barry sent shockwaves through the District.

Nov 24, 2014 / Dave Zirin

Some Fox Newsers Are Falling Short in Bashing ‘Bamnesty’

Some Fox Newsers Are Falling Short in Bashing ‘Bamnesty’ Some Fox Newsers Are Falling Short in Bashing ‘Bamnesty’

Are some Fox hosts going soft on immigration?

Nov 21, 2014 / Leslie Savan

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