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Deval Patrick, These Student Climate Activists Are Your Political Future

Deval Patrick, These Student Climate Activists Are Your Political Future Deval Patrick, These Student Climate Activists Are Your Political Future

Student climate activists in Massachusetts win a meeting with Governor Deval Patrick about banning new fossil-fuel infrastructure. But they need more than a meeting.

Apr 1, 2014 / Wen Stephenson

The Function of Black Rage

The Function of Black Rage The Function of Black Rage

Our impatience and rage is what has produced progress. That we are still impatient and angry reflects not black people’s failing but how far America still has to go.

Apr 1, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

On Racism and Sexism, Don’t Let Progress Be the Enemy of More Progress

On Racism and Sexism, Don’t Let Progress Be the Enemy of More Progress On Racism and Sexism, Don’t Let Progress Be the Enemy of More Progress

Ta-Nehisi Coates's detractors are too quick to declare him overly pessimistic about how white supremacy still shapes our society.

Apr 1, 2014 / Bryce Covert

Good News! Janet Yellen Speaks English, Not Fedspeak

Good News! Janet Yellen Speaks English, Not Fedspeak Good News! Janet Yellen Speaks English, Not Fedspeak

The new Fed chair came out in strong support of working families and the unemployed in her foundational speech this week. 

Apr 1, 2014 / William Greider

Ralph Nader on the GM Scandal: ‘Detroit has Washington Pretty Greased’

Ralph Nader on the GM Scandal: ‘Detroit has Washington Pretty Greased’ Ralph Nader on the GM Scandal: ‘Detroit has Washington Pretty Greased’

FIfty-five years after the consumer rights advocate published his first article ridiculing the auto industry for negligence, Congress is investigating another scandal. 

Apr 1, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Dan Snyder’s Anti-Public Relations and #CancelColbert

Dan Snyder’s Anti-Public Relations and #CancelColbert Dan Snyder’s Anti-Public Relations and #CancelColbert

We should not assume the #CancelColbert hashtag let Dan Snyder off the hook.

Apr 1, 2014 / Dave Zirin

Why Obamacare Must Always Be Failing in the Right-Wing Media

Why Obamacare Must Always Be Failing in the Right-Wing Media Why Obamacare Must Always Be Failing in the Right-Wing Media

Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on Obamacare and the right-wing media.

Apr 1, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Mississippi Grants Death Row Inmate Michelle Byrom a New Trial

Mississippi Grants Death Row Inmate Michelle Byrom a New Trial Mississippi Grants Death Row Inmate Michelle Byrom a New Trial

The State Supreme Court decision reverses Byrom's capital murder conviction for conspiring to kill her husband, a crime her son confessed to.

Apr 1, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Beneath Our Facade of Rationality

Beneath Our Facade of Rationality Beneath Our Facade of Rationality

There’s always a cauldron of crazy simmering just beneath the surface of our ‘rational’ lives. 

Apr 1, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow

Warlords and Corruption are on the Rise as Afghanistan Prepares to Vote

Warlords and Corruption are on the Rise as Afghanistan Prepares to Vote Warlords and Corruption are on the Rise as Afghanistan Prepares to Vote

Obama wants the security accord, but Karzai says he supports Russia's annexation of Crimea.

Apr 1, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss

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