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Barbara Lee

Obama Just Signed a Blank Check for Endless War in Afghanistan Obama Just Signed a Blank Check for Endless War in Afghanistan

And one congresswoman is not having it.

Oct 15, 2015 / John Nichols

Colleges Are Spending 7 Times More on Athletics Than They Are on Academics

Colleges Are Spending 7 Times More on Athletics Than They Are on Academics Colleges Are Spending 7 Times More on Athletics Than They Are on Academics

It’s time to stop and ask where your money is going—and why.

Oct 15, 2015 / Brave New Films

Fight for 15 protest

It’s Science: Raising the Minimum Wage Would Make America a Happier Place It’s Science: Raising the Minimum Wage Would Make America a Happier Place

The American Psychological Association is marshaling research that shows alleviating poverty improves mental health.

Oct 15, 2015 / Benjamin Ryan

Workers in a Foxconn factory in Guangdong province, China.

2 Things You Won’t Learn From the New Steve Jobs Film 2 Things You Won’t Learn From the New Steve Jobs Film

Apple is relentless toward its overseas labor force and remarkably innovative in its approach to tax avoidance.

Oct 15, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman

How Could Tamir Rice’s Death Be ‘Reasonable’?

How Could Tamir Rice’s Death Be ‘Reasonable’? How Could Tamir Rice’s Death Be ‘Reasonable’?

Imaginative legal reasoning deals a real blow.

Oct 15, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

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Letters From the November 2, 2015, Issue Letters From the November 2, 2015, Issue

Judging the Court… Hitchens’s exceptionalism… Don’t burn Bernie!… Sinatra always had a cold…

Oct 15, 2015 / Our Readers and Greg Grandin

East End Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, is one of several historic black cemeteries that have been overtaken by weeds and trash.

Black Deaths Matter Black Deaths Matter

Historic black cemeteries have devolved into trash dumps and overgrown forests, while tidy Confederate memorials still draw public funding.

Oct 15, 2015 / Feature / Seth Freed Wessler

Reclaiming Black History, One Grave at a Time

Reclaiming Black History, One Grave at a Time Reclaiming Black History, One Grave at a Time

Photojournalist Brian Palmer documents the effort to restore a Virginia cemetery overtaken by trash and brush during years of official neglect.

Oct 15, 2015 / Photo Essay / Brian Palmer and Erin Hollaway Palmer

October 15, 1966: The Black Panther Party Is Founded

October 15, 1966: The Black Panther Party Is Founded October 15, 1966: The Black Panther Party Is Founded

“The most that can be held out is the prospect of still more futile gestures, which assure the Panthers that their movement will some day be crushed.”

Oct 15, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Europe’s Left Continues Its Rise to Power—This Time in Portugal

Europe’s Left Continues Its Rise to Power—This Time in Portugal Europe’s Left Continues Its Rise to Power—This Time in Portugal

In recent elections, left parties garnered more than 50 percent of the vote and austerity took a major hit.

Oct 14, 2015 / Conn Hallinan

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