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The Quixotic Rise of Russell Brand
When Fox News hosts decided to attack Russell Brand's "Newsnight" appearance, they all but released the genie.
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Introducing The Next System Project
It's time to face the depth of the systemic crisis – to explore genuine alternatives and new models, and to debate what it will take to move our country to a very different place.
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Here Are All the Athletes, Celebrities, and CEOs Joining the Indiana Backlash
The state is reeling from a PR crisis since Gov. Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which will give businesses the option to discriminate against LGBT customers on religious grounds.
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Columbia Students Launch Divestment Campaign To Get Money Out Of Prisons
Columbia Prison Divest pressured the university to dump $8 million in Corrections Corporation of America, the country’s largest private prison company, as well as shares in other behemoths of the private security industry.
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The Dance of Liberals and Radicals
History shows that liberals need radicals.
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Obama Administration Issues New Fracking Rules to Mixed Response
The Obama administration on Friday made its most significant move yet toward regulating hydraulic fracturing, forcing companies to disclose which chemicals they're injecting into the ground and enabling government inspection of drill sites.
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The Most Dangerous Woman in America
The hostility to socialist ideas is fading, as the majority of young Americans are experiencing the deep failures of capitalism.
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U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Restore Voting Rights to Ex-Convicts
The Democracy Restoration Act would end criminal disfranchisement currently on the books in 35 states – enabling nearly 4.4 million U.S. citizens with past convictions to vote after they're released from prison.
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David Graeber's Utopia of Rules: Why Deregulation Is Actually Expanding Bureaucracy
His new book asserts that the 1% pushes a message of deregulation even as it feeds off an ever-growing global regulatory system of its own making.