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A California judge affirmed that it’s illegal to detain children, and ordered their mothers released, too.

BY JOSEPH SORRENTINO

Attendees at parties across Iowa say that Bernie is “the guy we need right now.”

Andrew Highsmith charts the rise and fall of Flint, a city deserted by industry and divided by segregation.

BY DANIEL HERTZ

The cure for planned Apple-escence.

BY KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS

The vision of the socialist organizer remains inspiring.

BY MAURICE ISSERMAN

U.S. media commentary on the accord portrays U.S. global military supremacy as natural and desirable.

BY GREGORY SHUPAK

Critics who simply claim that “Coates is no Baldwin” are ignoring what can be a comparison that allows us to understand both writers more deeply.

BY ANDY SEAL

On postwar anti-communist surveillance in Britain.

BY JANE MILLER

Continually policing the ways women talk will further reduce them to silence.

BY MAX BLUMENTHAL

WORKING IN THESE TIMES

As Nabisco Ships 600 Jobs Out of Chicago to Mexico, Maybe It’s Time To Give Up Oreos

Chicago is poised to lose 600 well-paying jobs on the city’s Southwest Side.

BY MARILYN KATZ

RURAL AMERICA

In his new climate encyclical, Pope Francis seeks to rekindle ecological consciousness.

BY DAYTON MARTINDALE