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Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would limit the use of solitary confinement. This legislation is vital.

It is not simply the absence of war that creates prosperity or the preservation of good things — an enriched sense of civility does that.

The challenges that Joplin faces limit the futures of millions of students in rural, suburban, and inner-city school districts.

Hillary Clinton's talk about expanding the Medicare program to people in their 50s sounds like a step toward Medicare for all, but it isn't.

Faced with a deadly new threat, residents in one predominately African-American community are organizing their neighbors and allies from far and wide.

Author Rebecca Gordon explains why US officials must be held accountable for torture and other alleged war crimes.

Voters passed a precedent-setting ballot initiative that will prevent industrial bottling operations in their community.

Paying the government's debts by just issuing the money is as American as apple pie — if you go back far enough.

There are ways in which a diversity agenda aligns with neoliberal politics.

The system is trying to squeeze you harder than any generation before you.