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Schechter: Hollywood Glamorizes Cia In Iran
Jun 20, 2012
Once again, mindlessness leads to malice in a search not for truth but box office revenues
Swanson: Dude, That Is So Killer
Jun 17, 2012
U.S. wars are one-sided slaughters
Street: Obama’s “Rosy Claim”
Jun 12, 2012
Manufacturing a deficit panic is a pretext for dismantling social programs and rolling back public workers’ wages, benefits, and union rights
Schools: The New Misogyny
Jun 11, 2012
Students need a critical understanding of women’s lives and struggles in the past to understand and respond to the present
Schulte: Why is it Still 77 Cents?
Jun 10, 2012
A look at the Democrats' election-time pledge to narrow the wage gap between women and men--and what it will take to actually win equal pay
Street: John Edwards’ Forgotten Sin
Jun 05, 2012
If nothing else, crazy John Edwards deserves a little credit at least for having tried to buck corporate wealth in the primaries
Schechter: Beyond Citizens United
Jun 04, 2012
Politics is now a growing industry with money and politics more joined at the hip than ever
Shiva: 20 Years After Earth Summit
May 24, 2012
Every day is an earth summit in our lives
Swanson: Chicago: Peace Town
May 22, 2012
This event, with massive turnout and tremendous energy, saw the participation of numerous groups from Chicago and the surrounding area
Swanson: Judge Deliberates on Saving Earth
May 13, 2012
Surely there is a violation of the Constitution in making the earth uninhabitable
Street: Left Invisible
May 11, 2012
The experience of being told that you don’t officially exist can be more than a little chilling
Street: Left Educational Tasks
May 09, 2012
Perceiving that strong class conflict exists is simply not the same as thinking that America’s harsh class inequality is a problem that should be overcome
Schechter: Iceberg Ahead
May 07, 2012
We ignore, to our detriment, that vast iceberg of money, stacked in the billions, that threatens to sink what’s left of our democracy
Street: Three May Day Meanings
May 02, 2012
The signs of hardship have intensified under Barack Obama
Swanson: Confessions of a Drone
May 01, 2012
They told me I was the best, better than any human. I didn't hesitate. I didn't flinch. I didn't think
Shah: Revenge of the Microbes
Apr 30, 2012
The sad truth is that each wonder drug we’ve thrown at malaria—and every other infectious disease—has fallen to drug-resistant pathogens
Schechter: The Inequality That Ate American Democracy
Apr 26, 2012
We can all expect to lose because economics (and inequality) guides and trumps politics
Schechter: “Spring Trained” For May Day
Apr 23, 2012
Can this relatively new movement pull off an ambitious General Strike to shut down a city like New York?
Schechter: Media Coverage of Elections
Apr 17, 2012
Our media coverage plays as intense a role in undermining democracy as the relative handful of wealthy donors who now dominate and finance our politics
Jun 26, 2012
Racial division was only one of many economic and social problems all impervious to quick fixes