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Senator Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren Blasts a Republican Plan to Protect White-Collar Criminals Elizabeth Warren Blasts a Republican Plan to Protect White-Collar Criminals

“It’s like you can’t make this stuff up, right? The idea that the Republicans are trying to gut one of the main laws to prevent bank fraud—that’s their response to the 2008 financi...

Feb 4, 2016 / George Zornick

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

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Letters From the February 22, 2016, Issue Letters From the February 22, 2016, Issue

Responses to our endorsement of Bernie Sanders for president.

Feb 4, 2016 / Letters / Our Readers

Dirty water

‘Can Anybody Tell Me Why the Governor of Michigan Is Not Here Today?’ ‘Can Anybody Tell Me Why the Governor of Michigan Is Not Here Today?’

Flint residents rode buses overnight to tell Congress about how the water crisis has upended their lives. Their governor was conspicuously absent.

Feb 3, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

To Fix the Racial Wealth Gap, We Need Solutions That Sound Radical

To Fix the Racial Wealth Gap, We Need Solutions That Sound Radical To Fix the Racial Wealth Gap, We Need Solutions That Sound Radical

If progressives want to improve the conditions in underserved and underdeveloped communities, then bigger and bolder policy solutions are required.

Feb 3, 2016 / Steve Phillips

Guestworkers processing crabs

The Two-Tier Employment System You Haven’t Heard Of The Two-Tier Employment System You Haven’t Heard Of

Migrants on guestworker visas are constrained by the border on one side and their boss on the other.

Feb 3, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Palestinian child collecting water

Flint and Gaza: Water Crises of Colonialism Flint and Gaza: Water Crises of Colonialism

In both places, local people have been deprived of autonomy, and they face a severe public health crisis as a result.

Feb 3, 2016 / Juan Cole

Democratic presidential candidate Sanders greets students after a town hall meeting with students at George Mason University in Fairfax

How Bernie Sanders Is Challenging a Downsized Politics of Excluded Alternatives How Bernie Sanders Is Challenging a Downsized Politics of Excluded Alternatives

Why we need a grown-up conversation about taxes.

Feb 2, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Iowa protestors

The Fight for 15 in Iowa The Fight for 15 in Iowa

A platform built on workers’ stories rather than political rhetoric will keep the movement alive long past Election Day.

Feb 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Hamtramck mural

What’s Life Like in America’s First City With a Muslim-Majority City Council? What’s Life Like in America’s First City With a Muslim-Majority City Council?

While the media highlight “conflict,” residents say there’s not much ethnic tension worth mentioning.

Feb 1, 2016 / Tom Perkins

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