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Ronald Reagan Made the War on Drugs a Race to Incarcerate
Sabrina Jones illustrates Marc Mauer's seminal new book, Race to Incarcerate.
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We Are All Ideological Now (and Always Have Been)
Media expert Robert Jensen: None of us can entirely escape ideology, so it's up to us to acknowledge and challenge our own ideological biases.
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The Internet Is in Danger of Being Strangled by Commercialism
Robert W. McChesney writes of the growing corrupting influence of advertising on the internet.
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How the Gun Industry Is Killing Americans
Excerpt from Tom Diaz's new text
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A DC Insider Explains How the Wall Street Lobby Owns DC: Crony Capitalism Prevails at Every Turn
Jeff Connaughton reveals detailed accounts of how the Wall Street chess board works.
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Al Gore: My Vision of the Future
Al Gore: "Indeed, I am an optimist - though my optimism is predicated on the hope that we will find ways to see and think clearly about the obvious …
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Sonia Sotomayor: From a Bronx Housing Project to the Supreme Court
Justice Sotomayor has emerged as a verbal match for the sardonic remarks of Justice Antonin Scalia.
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American Militarism: Costs and Consequences
As the military expands, the Department of State declines.
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Our Food System Is in Crisis Due to Technology Run Amok and Monopolizing Corporations
Monsanto may be perceived as the evil empire when it comes to food, but it is just the tip of the iceberg,
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“Kill Anything That Moves” Military Doctrine Began in Vietnam
This week's Progressive Pick is a top-selling investigation of the American war on Vietnamese civilians and the enduring legacy of atrocities that government secrecy cannot erase.