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Tom Toles The Washington Post

Dispatches from the Culture Wars - Be Careful What You Wish For edition

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Growth of Radical Right Wing Groups * Getting Rid of Lifeline "Obama Phones"? * Class Issues in Honey Boo Boo * Tech Companies Support Gay Marriage * Disney Video Game Shows Girls How to Climb the NYC Social Ladder * Father Hacks 'Donkey Kong' for Daughter * New Building Design for New Uses at Public Libraries * The Rise of `The American Conservative' * Surprising New Immigrant Geography * The `Harlem Shake' and Class Politics

Why Unions Are Going Into the Co-op Business

Amy Dean YES!
A cooperative model places union members firmly in the role of being innovators. It allows the labor movement not only to promote a positive vision of members realizing their best selves in the workplace, but also to provide the skills that will enable people to do that.

Obamacare's Other Benefit

Nelson Lichtenstein Los Angeles Times
More than medical care, it can open the door to the democratic empowerment of millions of poor Americans.

Robert Chrisman and The Black Scholar

Jean Damu Portside
Robert Chrisman and the Black Scholar occupied the vanguard of the struggle for recognition of Black Studies as a serious academic endeavor.

War Without End

Kathy Kelly Waging Nonviolence
Ten years ago, in March of 2003, Iraqis braced themselves for the anticipated "Shock and Awe" attacks that the U.S. was planning to launch against them.

Social Security for the Next Generation? If You're Under 40, You Should Be in the Streets

Robert Kuttner Policy Shop
The fact that employers have stopped providing good health insurance or good retirement benefits also has nothing to with technology or globalization or any of the other alibis. In a reasonable society, health insurance and decent retirement would be tax-supported and part of the basic package for everyone. The great hidden injustice in our society is the set of lead weights being placed on the feet of young adults. Your generation should be in the streets.