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September 7, 2018
How ‘No More Miss America’ Announced a Feminist Upheaval
A bold and irreverent protest 50 years ago put a renewed women’s liberation movement on the public map—and offers important lessons for today’s resistance.
Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler
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August 16, 2018
The World of Eduardo Galeano
The writer's radical commitments made him an intimate witness to many of the major turning points in Latin American politics over the last 75 years.
Mark Engler
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ActivismMarch 7, 2016
Three Times When ‘Impractical’ Movements Led to Real Change
Against all odds, the world broke open. Could it happen again in 2016?
Mark Engler and Paul Engler
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ActivismNovember 11, 2014
History Didn’t Bring Down the Berlin Wall—Activists Did
Mass uprisings like the one that brought down the Soviet bloc are neither as rare—nor as spontaneous—as they first appear.
Mark Engler, Paul Engler and Foreign Policy In Focus
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EconomyMay 11, 2011
A Fair Tax on Millionaires
Why should those worth hundreds of millions pay tax at the same rate as those who are middle class?
Mark Engler
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Climate ChangeAugust 12, 2010
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EconomicsJanuary 15, 2010
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Economics: Through Jobs, Freedom
How would Dr. King have responded to the current crises of recession, unemployment, and foreclosure?
Mark Engler
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EconomyNovember 25, 2008
Spreading the Wealth: Knowledge as Social Inheritance
Amid the ruins of a new gilded age, the devalued and depressed American people are ready to demand more.
Mark Engler
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Regions and CountriesNovember 7, 2006
The Return of Daniel Ortega
Despite Daniel Ortega's many flaws, the return of the Sandinistas to power creates the possibility that his challenge to the "savage capitalism" of the previous regime can genuinely benefit Nicaragua's poor.
Mark Engler
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Regions and CountriesApril 18, 2006
Peru’s Populist Gamble
Can Peruvian presidential hopeful Ollanta Humala shed his authoritarian image and chart a new course for his country?
Mark Engler