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The most important government agency you’ve never heard of has never met a fracking lobbyist it didn’t like.

Syriza is just part of a wave of anti-austerity leftism in Europe, much of it led by young people.

BY BHASKAR SUKNARA

Residents fear that a new redevelopment initiative will usher in another wave of displacement.

BY REBECCA BURNS

A human rights attorney looks back at his nearly three decades going after Chicago’s notorious torturer of African-American men.

BY FLINT TAYLOR

One explanation is hidden in plain sight: the way the cult mirrors the star-obsessed, profit-driven culture of Hollywood.

BY EILEEN JONES

Monsanto is malevolent, but some scientists say Frankenfoods can do good.

BY MOLLY BENNET

As a staffer for Bill Clinton, Emanuel allegedly stated that if the polls said voters were in favor of killing a mentally incapacitated man, so was he.

Amid a wave of strikes, there are hopes for lasting workplace reforms in China.

BY CHRIS RHOMBERG

 

Every direct reference to the exclusive right of one group, based on its mythic and historical past, is a precursor to a justification of brutal power, a version of “might is right.”

BY SLAVOJ ZIZEK

How the “cozying up” at the SEC is just another example of regulatory capture.

BY DAVID SIROTA

WORKING IN THESE TIMES

Workers Say the Fight for 15 Isn’t Just About Raises, It’s a Fight for Meaning in Their Lives

The movement by low-wage workers for higher pay and a union has already won real gains and built up solidarity between workers from many different industries.

BY DAVID MOBERG