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It Happened Here

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BY TED RALL It began with the global economic crisis. All around the world, millions of people who had nothing to do with the stock market...

Why Democrats Love Bernie

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH Why do Democrats love Bernie Sanders? OK, it’s not just because he’s “cute” [as some younger voters are calling him]. In point of fact, could someone tell me when 74-year-old bald Jewish men became America’s symbol of “cute”? Larry David pulls it off, but I’m not so sure about Bernie Sanders. It […]

Living In The Past

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BY BOB BEARDEN Tennessee just passed an anti-LGBT law similar to the one North Carolina passed a couple of weeks ago. Pointy-headed logic I guess...

How Do You Make Change? Show Up

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER In my travels and conversations this year, I’ve been encouraged that grassroots people of all progressive stripes [populist, labor, liberal, environmental, women, civil libertarian, et al.] are well aware of the slipperiness of “victory” and want Washington to get it right this time. So over and over, Question No. 1 that I […]

We Don’t Need Another Hero

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN From Mad Max in 1979 to the Road Warrior in 1981 and Beyond the Thunderdome four years later, Max Rockatansky, played by...