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The Phony Populism of Donald Trump The Phony Populism of Donald Trump

Defeating Trump means unapologetically embracing the progressive populism needed to move the country forward.

Aug 16, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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India’s New Child-Labor Loophole India’s New Child-Labor Loophole

India’s new child-labor bill is a cause for celebration for the bosses, not children and human-rights advocates. 

Aug 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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The Other Olympic Village Continues to Resist Displacement The Other Olympic Village Continues to Resist Displacement

Messages of resilience sprang up as quickly as the cookie-cutter homes Rio built for the favela’s remaining citizens.

Aug 12, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Women in STEM

80 Percent of Patents Belong Solely to Men 80 Percent of Patents Belong Solely to Men

Female inventors are claiming only a tiny sliver of patents, reflecting a gender bias in technological and scientific invention.

Aug 12, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Asking for a Friend: Should I Put Up a Black Lives Matter Sign in Our Lily-White Neighborhood?

Asking for a Friend: Should I Put Up a Black Lives Matter Sign in Our Lily-White Neighborhood? Asking for a Friend: Should I Put Up a Black Lives Matter Sign in Our Lily-White Neighborhood?

And another inquirer could move into the middle class by buying a house—but not without gentrifying.

Aug 12, 2016 / Liza Featherstone

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Welcome to Sunny Barcelona, Where the Government Is Embracing Coops, Citizen Activism, and Solar Energy Welcome to Sunny Barcelona, Where the Government Is Embracing Coops, Citizen Activism, and Solar Energy

The city that resisted Franco is looking to its radical past to build a progressive future.

Aug 11, 2016 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

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Letters From the August 29-September 5, 2016, Issue Letters From the August 29-September 5, 2016, Issue

Each one teach one…

Aug 11, 2016 / Our Readers and George Joseph

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Olympic Joy in the Face of Erasure Olympic Joy in the Face of Erasure

On the mat, Rafaela Silva won for her marginalized favela. In the streets, activists are winning the right to protest.

Aug 10, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Poultry farm

Chemical Burns, Frostbite, Broken Bones—All for Cheap Chicken Chemical Burns, Frostbite, Broken Bones—All for Cheap Chicken

The workers who put poultry on your table are subject to horrible conditions on the job.

Aug 10, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Trump speaks at Detroit Economic Club

Donald Trump Spreads Economic Fairy Dust Donald Trump Spreads Economic Fairy Dust

He’s pushing the same old failures of Reaganomics: tax cuts for the rich and deregulation, along with nostalgia for an industrial era long gone.

Aug 10, 2016 / Jeff Madrick

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