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Progressive Picks
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Pushing Left: A 16-Priority Agenda for the 2016 US Presidential Election
Here's what sociologist Salvatore Babones suggests 2016 presidential contenders campaign about.
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We Have a Supreme Court That Comforts the Comfortable and Afflicts the Afflicted
Millhiser has written a scathing indictment of how SCOTUS has undermined our rights.
Tom Hayden: Cuba Has Stood Up to US Hegemony for 55 Years
Activist and author Tom Hayden discusses his new book, “Listen, Yankee! Why Cuba Matters.”
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“Listen, Yankee!”: Tom Hayden Captures Absurdity of Cuban Embargo
As tensions begin to cool, looking back at US-Cuba relations paves a way forward.
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New Perspectives on Why Cuba Matters
Tom Hayden provides examples of the price we have paid for isolating ourselves from Cuba.
How “Hate” Lets Us Off the Hook
Our political realities become determined by whom we are against.
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Imagining Social Justice as a Communal Process
Hate violence is inextricably bound to broader social and political systems.
The Fight Against High-Stakes Testing: A Civil Rights Movement
Teacher and author Jesse Hagopian talks about the fight against high-stakes testing.
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A Brief History of the “Testocracy,” Standardized Testing and Test-Defying
Who are these testocrats who would replace teaching with testing?
Tariq Ali: The Claim That Democracy Is Tied to Capitalism Is a Lie
Only populist movements that resist global institutional financial constraints will be able to restore robust democracies, says military historian and filmmaker Tariq Ali.