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Patti Smith on Closing Guantánamo, Remembering Rachel Corrie and Obama
Beside being known for her music and writing, Patti Smith has been a longtime activist.
Millions Spent by 487 Organizations to Influence TPP Outcome
487 clients paid lobbyists to meet with lawmakers to discuss the trade pact.
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The “Radical” Pope Francis
Remembering Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015): “We Have to Change Ourselves in Order to Change the World”
The legendary Detroit activist and philosopher Grace Lee Boggs died Monday at the age of 100.
Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Bernie Sanders’ Surging Campaign
Robert Reich discusses the economic plans of Democratic front-runners Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
Protect Social Security Disability Insurance Without Cutting Benefits
For millions of Americans, these earned benefit programs are crucial lifelines that ensure a basic sense of economic security.
Calling Out “Activist Tourism” and the “Progressive” Mainstream
Ball discusses “activist tourism,” the mainstream press and how books and museums shape cultural and collective memory.
Pope Francis Compares Thomas Merton and Dorothy Day to Lincoln and MLK
During his speech before Congress, Pope Francis highlighted the work of four “great” Americans.
Pope Francis in the USA: Calling for Revolution of Tenderness, Pope Touches Down in Richest Nation
Francis will make history, becoming the first pope to address a joint session of Congress.
Henry A. Giroux Discusses Political Frauds and the Ghost of Totalitarianism
Henry Giroux argues that Trump's popularity is both an expression of right wing populism and extremism.