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In “Rigged,” economist Dean Baker argues that there is nothing free or resilient about the myth of the “free market.”

Current levels of oligarchic inequality, together with financial corruption, critically weaken today's neoliberal capitalist societies.

Bernie Sanders isn't giving up, and he exhorts those who believe in a just, equitable US to continue the struggle.

Frida Kahlo didn't gain the recognition she deserved until many years after her death.

We need institutions of care that do not depend on endless war to provide much needed social supports for families.

Studs Terkel was the first radio broadcaster who invited Stokely Carmichael on his show.

Rikers is called a “jail complex” rather than a “prison” because the inmates are confined there, supposedly, for a short time only.

Some on the right simply reject the notion that more people voting is in itself a sign of civic health.

Most US citizens' knowledge about Native Americans is inaccurate, distorted or limited to elementary-school textbooks and spaghetti westerns.

A militaristic empire must inspire people to commit violence. It must reward the most extreme forms of bullying.