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A Divided US: Sociologist Arlie Hochschild on the 2016 Presidential Election
Arlie Hochschild's five years in Louisiana led her to some surprising discoveries about the rise of Trump.
Trump’s Alleged Fraud and Child Rape: The Stranger-Than-Fiction Story of Election 2016
Itu2019s been an incredibly strange political year.
The Era of Post-Truth Politics Is the Failure to Adapt to the Digital Age
The question is, if we now live in a post-truth democracy, what does this say about the very idea we live in such a democracy?
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Zapatistas and Indigenous Congress Seek to Revolutionize Mexico’s 2018 Election
The Zapatistas and Indigenous Congress will use the 2018 presidential elections for popular organizing from below.
Why Police From Different States Invaded a Standing Rock Camp — and Other Questions
To clear the way for a pipeline, North Dakota invoked a measure reserved for state emergencies like natural disasters. That's one answer.
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The Billionaire Class Is Terrified That Russ Feingold Will Return to the Senate
The very rich are spending very heavily to prevent the return of a very serious reformer to the Senate.
Milwaukee Educators Thwart School Takeover Scheme
If the Wisconsin legislature had gotten its way, private charter companies would have taken over.
A Women’s Economic Agenda for the Next US President
Progress on closing the gap between men's and women's wages has been glacially slow in recent decades.
Will the FBI’s Document Release Disrupt the Election?
One week before Election Day, the race for the White House is shockingly close.
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Henry A. Giroux | Unthinkable Politics and the Dead Bodies of Children
The civic function of politics is collapsing, and violence has become the US's habitual response to social problems.