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Short version: a huge reduction in many of the programs they rely on.
Mar 12, 2013 / Bryce Covert
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The United States won’t invade Iran anytime soon—just look at what North Korea has gotten away with.
Mar 12, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
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When you argue that it’s impossible to stop rape, what you’re really saying is, I don’t care enough to do anything about it.
Mar 12, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
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For Native Americans, there's no place like home—especially when offensive imagery and racist policies threaten to take it away.
Mar 12, 2013 / Aura Bogado
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The Budget Committee chairman has produced a budget that only makes sense to the conservative base. And that’s fine by him.
Mar 12, 2013 / John Nichols
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Can the Kenyan Marxist save America from demolecuralization?
Mar 12, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
‘Don’t Frack My Mother’ ‘Don’t Frack My Mother’
One of the hippest and most amusing videos you’ll watch this year might also be the most important.
Mar 11, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
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Israel: Where Soccer Fans Boo Their Own Players When They Score Israel: Where Soccer Fans Boo Their Own Players When They Score
Hundreds of Israeli soccer fans couldn't stomach the sight of a Muslim player scoring for their own team.
Mar 11, 2013 / Dave Zirin
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Tens of thousands of austerity opponents took to the streets in Spain, Greece and Portugal this month.
Mar 11, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
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While unions have taken a battering in recent years, the US once exported labor rights to the world.
Mar 11, 2013 / John Nichols