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April 21, 2016
What Happened to Sandra Bland?
To answer that question, you must begin way before she died in a Texas jail.
Debbie Nathan
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February 10, 2016
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.
Michelle Alexander
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February 8, 2016
My Generation’s Best Chance Is Socialism
You don’t need a $200,000 college degree to know when you’re getting screwed.
Sarah Leonard
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January 28, 2016
‘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 continues.
Seth Freed Wessler
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January 28, 2016
The 25 Men Whose Lives Ended Under Questionable Circumstances
Medical doctors agreed that inadequate care likely contributed to the premature deaths of these men inside the Bureau of Prison’s private facilities.
Seth Freed Wessler
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January 4, 2016
January 4, 2007: Nancy Pelosi Becomes the First Woman Elected Speaker of the House of Representatives
“She will be aided if others turn up the heat on her, raising their expectations for what Democrats can achieve.”
Richard Kreitner
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October 21, 2015
How Bernie Sanders Should Talk About Democratic Socialism
Instead of looking to Europe, Sanders could evoke the rich heritage of American radicalism.
Eric Foner
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September 8, 2015
Radical Histories: Waging Peace in the Pages of ‘The Nation’
For 150 years The Nation has refused to join the war party, instead urging skepticism, sobriety and pragmatism in the use of force for political ends.
The Nation
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September 3, 2015
Age of the Unicorn: How the Fed Tried to Fix the Recession, and Created the Tech Bubble
The number of “unicorn” tech companies is increasing dramatically—but the bubble will burst eventually.
Doug Henwood
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August 17, 2015
Equality: Why We Can’t Wait
In a 1991 special issue, Julian Bond argued that the fight for racial and gender equality wasn’t a “special interest”—it was essential to the progressive struggle.
Julian Bond and Adolph Reed Jr.