Economy

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This Isn’t the First Time Cowboys Have Tried to Plunder 640 Million Acres of Public Land This Isn’t the First Time Cowboys Have Tried to Plunder 640 Million Acres of Public Land

In Utah and the Dakotas, history repeats itself as Native Americans fight to protect their lives—and ours.

Sep 20, 2016 / Chip Ward

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Why Domestic Violence Is an Economic Issue Why Domestic Violence Is an Economic Issue

Economic abuse is present in 98 percent of abusive relationships, and 60 percent of survivors report losing their jobs.

Sep 20, 2016 / Sady Doyle

Exclusive: Zach Galifianakis Wants You to Know How Bad Gerrymandering Has Gotten

Exclusive: Zach Galifianakis Wants You to Know How Bad Gerrymandering Has Gotten Exclusive: Zach Galifianakis Wants You to Know How Bad Gerrymandering Has Gotten

The new documentary series America Divided shines a light on voter restrictions, the housing crisis, and other symptoms of our unequal society.

Sep 20, 2016 / Video / The Nation

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4 Simple Ways to Help 44 Million Americans With Student Debt 4 Simple Ways to Help 44 Million Americans With Student Debt

The student-loan-debt crisis is very real, yet policies have failed to respond with any urgency.

Sep 19, 2016 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian

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Free-Trade Deals Are Making It Much Harder to Fight AIDS Free-Trade Deals Are Making It Much Harder to Fight AIDS

The Trans-Pacific Partnership and its ilk protect profits at the expense of prevention.

Sep 19, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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The Corporate Democrats of California—and the Progressives Who Are Fighting Them The Corporate Democrats of California—and the Progressives Who Are Fighting Them

The so-called “moderates” are doing the bidding of the oil and gas industry, agribusiness, real-estate developers, and a whole host of monied interests.

Sep 16, 2016 / Jon Wiener

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Another Free-Trade Deal Bites the Dust Another Free-Trade Deal Bites the Dust

Negotiations surrounding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership have been indefinitely suspended.

Sep 16, 2016 / Michelle Chen

The Get Down

Diamond-Dust Baroque Diamond-Dust Baroque

The Get Down, Baz Luhrman’s fairy-tale remix of the birth of hip hop, offers a glimpse of the beginning of the end of US power.

Sep 15, 2016 / Pop & Circumstance / Joshua Clover

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Violence Continues in Colombia as the Peace Accords Advance Violence Continues in Colombia as the Peace Accords Advance

The country’s long civil war may soon end—but not without triggering a violent backlash from the narco-elite and the paramilitary groups they command. 

Sep 15, 2016 / Greg Grandin

What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism.

What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism. What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism.

It’s going to take global solidarity to avoid a climate-change doomsday.

Sep 15, 2016 / Michael T. Klare

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