Features
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The Democratic Party Has Failed—We Need a Radical Vision to Defeat Trumpism
The neoliberal establishment couldn’t stop Trump. A campaign for real economic justice can. MORE
By Zack Exley
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A Message to Trump: We're Not Going Back in the Shadows
Undocumented immigrants are ready to mobilize and resist. MORE
By Prerna Lal
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An Indigenous Organizer at Standing Rock Speaks on Police Repression, Climate Chaos and Donald Trump
The water protectors at Standing Rock are still defiant in opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline. MORE
By Dayton Martindale
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The Woman Who Might Have Been President
It’s time to talk about sexism. MORE
By Susan J. Douglas
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The Rush To Normalize Trump
The mainstream media is woefully unprepared to grapple with the hatred and trauma of this election. MORE
By Rick Perlstein
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At Angola Prison, Getting Sick Can Be a Death Sentence
A 6-month investigation into the largest maximum-security state prison in the country. MORE
By Katie Rose Quandt and James Ridgeway
Act Locally
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Why Fair Scheduling Could Be Labor's Next Big Fight
A series of citywide ordinances are taking aim at erratic and unpredictable scheduling. MORE
By Jonathan Timm
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The Fight For Free College Moves to the States
How student organizers and a state representative are campaigning to eliminate tuition in Illinois. MORE
By Jeff Schuhrke
Culture
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Exit Signs
Thomas Friedman's Latest Book Is a Tour Through His Troubled, Neoliberal Mind
We read 500 pages of corporate platitudes and ungainly metaphor so you don’t have to. MORE
By Chris Lehmann
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books
Sci-Fi Iraq: Authors Envision Their Country in 2103, a Century After the U.S. Invasion
In a new collection, Iraqi writers explore their nation’s future, and ridicule their former occupiers. MORE
By M. Lynx Qualey
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Take Two
This Christmas, Go See a German Comedy About Consulting. No, Really.
Filmmaker Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann takes a wise and whimsical look at the struggles women face in the corporate world. MORE
By Michael Atkinson
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books
The Problem With Cancer Memoirs
Popular accounts ignore the underlying race and class dynamics that determine vulnerability to the disease. MORE
By Margaret Garb
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From the Old Country
Brexit, Trump and What We've Failed To Learn From the 1930s
Perhaps dark undercurrents rest beneath every society, waiting for a depression or a demagogue to unleash them. MORE
By Jane Miller