While the media lit up with arguments over whether or not Craig Hicks’s execution-style killing of three young Arabs was a hate crime, the UNC community gathered to commemorate the lives of the slain.
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Index: The 1 Percent Cleans Up in Florida and the South
Since 2009, Florida’s elite captured all of the state’s income growth—and then some.
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Here’s How to Achieve Full Employment
If we don’t get there, then many communities—particularly those of color—will be left out of the recovery.
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What to Do When ‘I Do’ Is Done
LGBT activists and funders are debating the movement’s post-marriage priorities.
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Photo of the Day, Presidential Schmoozing Edition
View image | gettyimages.com President Obama meets with some “Dreamers” who have benefited from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. You know, just some folks sitting around, having a casual conversation.
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The Democrats in Opposition
They can become the party of working Americans and win. Or they can appease Wall Street and lose.
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McMorris-Rodgers and Anti-Choice Marchers All For ‘Life’ Until It’s Born
She’s all for the fetus, until it’s born and needs health insurance. Or anything.
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Labor at a Crossroads: Will Diversity Foster a New Solidarity and Save the Movement?
The determination to represent the entire working class is the best chance labor has had in over 40 years to put the “labor question” before the nation again.
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Five Years After Earthquake, Haiti Teeters Between Chaos and Hope
On a grim anniversary, much is left to be done. But a brewing political crisis could put a dent in those plans.
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The True Cost of Teach For America’s Impact on Urban Schools
Why are school districts paying millions in “finder’s fees” to an organization that places people without education degrees to teach in urban schools—even where applications from veteran teachers abound?
