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In Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, A Refugees-Eye View of a France We Rarely See
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By Michael Atkinson
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Tuesday’s Baltimore Primary Results Mean a $15 Minimum Wage Is Likely Coming Soon
BALTIMORE—Although it was nowhere on the ballot, the Fight for 15 was a winner... more
By Bruce Vail
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The Real Heroes of the Flint Water Crisis
Flint residents refuse to be silenced more
By Victoria Goff
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Why Bernie Sanders Will, Should and Must Refuse To Drop Out Against Hillary Clinton
It's only the keepers of the established order who want him to bow out now. more
By Jim Hightower
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3 Next Steps for the Political Revolution
Bernie Sanders can't do it alone. more
By Larry Cohen
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‘City of Trees’ Provides a Look Into the Promise of Urban Green Jobs Programs
A film occasionally blindsides every self-professed cinephile with the depth and complexity with which it... more
By Jason Kozlowski
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Teamsters Activists Move To Prevent Slashing of Hundreds of Thousands of Retirees’ Pensions
With a key deadline looming early next month, pension activists in the Teamsters union are... more
By Bruce Vail
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How an Ex-Felon Voting Bloc Could Shape Baltimore’s Election
44,000 newly eligible voters can make a real difference more
By Katie Rose Quandt
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Why We Must Make Green Energy a Public Good
A 'Green Tea' coalition of conservatives and environmentalists are offering market-based alternatives to fossil fuels—but creating an equitable climate future will require public-sector solutions more
By Kate Aronoff
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Politics
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Democracy’s Fascism Problem
Europe has a ‘democracy deficit’ on both the Left and the Right more
By Slavoj Žižek
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The Real Heroes of the Flint Water Crisis
Flint residents refuse to be silenced more
By Victoria Goff
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3 Next Steps for the Political Revolution
Bernie Sanders can't do it alone. more
By Larry Cohen
Labor
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When the Steel Mill Gets Replaced by a GOP Megadonor’s Casino
A new book analyzes the demise of Bethlehem Steel and the rise of a casino in post-industrial Pennsylvania. more
By Catherine Tumber
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The Racist Agenda Behind the Now-Dead ‘Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case
A negative ruling would have led to a closing of the on-ramp to the middle class for women and people of color. more
By Naomi Walker
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These New Co-op Apps Show How to Build Worker Power In the Age of Uber
In the apps of the "platform cooperativism" movement, workers share in the profits more
By Tom Ladendorf
Culture
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From Broad City to the Era of the Single, Independent Woman: Female Solidarity Has Gone Mainstream
Amy Schumer, Samantha Bee and Rebecca Traister herald a new epoch of female independence more
By Susan J. Douglas
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Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New Comic Book ‘Black Panther #1’ Is ‘Black as Hell’
Comic book readers, writers and artists of color have long been excluded from the comic book world. That appears to be changing. more
By Darryl Holliday
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Prime Minister David Cameron Is Right; the U.K. Should Stay in the EU
But its half-hearted participation must go. more
By Jane Miller
The Movement
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Thanks to #BlackLivesMatter, Prosecutors Who Bungle Police Shooting Cases Face Tough Election Fights
While recognizing the limits of electoral politics, the movement has ousted two prosecutors--Anita Alvarez and Tim McGinty--and has more in its sights more
By Jennifer Ball
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To Reform the Police, We Have To Expand Democratic Power Over Them
Technocratic tinkering will not solve the American problem of police brutality and community distrust of law enforcement. more
By Ben Rosenfield
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In No Uncertain Terms, U.N. Calls Out U.S. for Lack of Reparations to African-Americans
40 acres and a mule won't cut it more
By Salim Muwakkil