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Socialism in America Is Closer Than You Think

Socialism in America Is Closer Than You Think Socialism in America Is Closer Than You Think

Experiments with public ownership are thriving across the country. The challenge is to link them and scale them up.

Feb 11, 2016 / Feature / Gar Alperovitz

Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote

Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote

From the crime bill to welfare reform, policies Bill Clinton enacted—and Hillary Clinton supported—decimated black America.

Feb 10, 2016 / Feature / Michelle Alexander

What Do Cubans Think of Normalization With the United States?

What Do Cubans Think of Normalization With the United States? What Do Cubans Think of Normalization With the United States?

They’re divided, by generation and class, over whether it will be a good thing.

Feb 9, 2016 / Feature / Sujatha Fernandes

Did ExxonMobil Lie to Investors About Climate Change?

Did ExxonMobil Lie to Investors About Climate Change? Did ExxonMobil Lie to Investors About Climate Change?

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pursuing an investigation—one of many signs that momentum is on the side of climate-justice activists.

Feb 4, 2016 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

Racial Justice Is the Key to Democracy Reform

Racial Justice Is the Key to Democracy Reform Racial Justice Is the Key to Democracy Reform

It is time for progressive advocates to rethink their colorblind approach to civic engagement.

Feb 4, 2016 / Feature / Gara LaMarche

Donald Trump greets his fans at the Westin Hilton Head Island Resort and Spa; Hillary Clinton with supporters at a campaign stop in West Columbia.

South Carolina’s Democratic and Republican Primaries Are Taking Place in Parallel Universes South Carolina’s Democratic and Republican Primaries Are Taking Place in Parallel Universes

And race, as always, is the dividing line.

Feb 3, 2016 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and supporters

How Populists Like Bernie Sanders Should Talk About Racism How Populists Like Bernie Sanders Should Talk About Racism

To mobilize a multiracial coalition, progressives need to demonstrate how racism hurts us all.

Jan 28, 2016 / Feature / Ian Haney López and Heather McGhee

Citizens of Oslo celebrate Syttende Mai (May Seventeenth), Norway's national day commemorating the adoption of its Constitution.

After I Lived in Norway, America Felt Backward. Here’s Why. After I Lived in Norway, America Felt Backward. Here’s Why.

A crash course in social democracy.

Jan 28, 2016 / Feature / Ann Jones

Federal Correctional Institution, Big Spring, a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Texas.

‘This Man Will Almost Certainly Die’ ‘This Man Will Almost Certainly Die’

Dozens of men have died in disturbing circumstances in privatized, immigrant-only prisons. The Bureau of Prisons itself says there’s a problem. And yet the privatization scheme con...

Jan 28, 2016 / Feature / Seth Freed Wessler

The Young Activists Who Remade the Democratic Party’s Immigration Politics

The Young Activists Who Remade the Democratic Party’s Immigration Politics The Young Activists Who Remade the Democratic Party’s Immigration Politics

In 2012, DREAMers were once cajoling Democrats to be more creative and aggressive. In 2016, they’re leaders in both Bernie and Hillary’s campaigns.

Jan 21, 2016 / Feature / Julianne Hing

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