Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
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Dispatches From Brazil's World Cup: "No One Lives Here Anymore"
At a favela five minutes from Brazil's most famous stadium, every family has been removed by force.
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Politicians Ingore Poverty – Because Half of Congress Are Millionaires
For the first time, more than half of the members of Congress are millionaires. Maybe the country would be better off if they had some first-hand encounters with need.
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Why Koch-Funded "Generation Opportunity" Is A Big Zero for America's Youth
It's time to debunk far right, corporatist, big business propaganda when it masquerades as an opportunity for young people to engage in politics.
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Chomsky: How Edward Snowden Became the World's Most Wanted Criminal
Power must not be exposed to the sunlight – and Snowden failed to comprehend this essential maxim.
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Corporations Are Not People. Period.
80% of the American public believes corporations should not have the same rights as people. Yet our community is one of thousands that has been slapped down in the name of “corporate personhood.”
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Twitter Has Quietly Learned To Censor And Ban Its Users When Governments Ask
Twitter has a reputation as an open platform for expressing one's opinions. Last week, it agreed to censor a pro-Ukrainian Twitter feed in Russia. It also blocked a "blasphemous" account in Pakistan. It's not the first time Twitter has censored politically sensitive accounts. Now, it seems, Twitter's reputation as a platform for free speech is at risk.
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The VA Scandal Is Just the Latest Bait and Switch By Big Corporate Government
An anti-government narrative, perpetuated by the deceitful role-playing of Democrats and Republicans, creates the conditions that make a corporate heist of public resources possible.
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Hacker-Informant "Sabu" Betrayed Anonymous – And Now Freed After "Extraordinary" FBI Cooperation
Anonymous condemned the court's decision, saying the FBI uses captured informants to "pacify online dissent and snuff out journalistic investigations into the U.S. government’s misconduct.”
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What the Left Can Learn From the Far Right's Political Gains In Europe
The extreme right has worked hard to make themselves more palatable – while demonstrating that the old formula of scapegoating the already marginalized continues to be a winner.
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What 60 Years of Political Gerrymandering Looks Like
Redistricting is one of the biggest threats to our democracy.