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The Ex-Con Factor

Felony-disenfranchisement laws suppress black turnout enough to swing elections, and the future of reform is murky.

As recent calamities show, change takes empathy—plus insisting on making yourself heard.

How a union of Yale employees aligned itself with community activists and won control of a beleaguered city.

by Abby Rapoport April 1, 2013

How did deep-red North Dakota end up with the nation’s most populist financial institution?

Conservatives’ support for state-based think tanks is paying off in regressive legislation. Liberals are scrambling to keep up.

Nonunion workers’ groups are gathering strength across the country. But will they ever make the kind of impact that traditional labor once did?

America’s electoral map has changed to the Democrats’ advantage—and it’s going to change a whole lot more.

Illustrator Victor Juhasz spent three weeks in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Here, a sampling of his work.

Prince George’s County was a symbol of African American prosperity. Then came the housing crisis.

The Nuns on the Bus are just one example of progressive dissidents  challenging the hierarchy of the Catholic Church.