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The kids call BS, and the nation really never will be the same.

The Young Karl Marx (in Theaters!)

The narrative brilliance of director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro) tells the story of Karl Marx's marriage, soaring vision, political exile and partnership with Frederick Engels. Check local listings for showtimes.

Survivor to Rubio: Will You Reject NRA Money?

Cameron Kasky, one of the students who survived the shooting at Stoneman Douglas high school, asks Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) if the senator would continue to take campaign donations from the National Rifle Association.

Why The Rich Love Destroying Unions

 
Unions are on their last legs, and right-wing billionaires are getting ready to deal the final blow. And if you like having weekends, less than a 60-hour workweek and a living wage, then this is a big deal.

Sex, Drugs and Self-Control: How the Teen Brain Navigates Risk

Kerri Smith Nature
Teenagers leaps between buildings
In more ways than one, there is a lot going on in a teenager’s head. “In fact, it’s just beautiful,” says B. J. Casey, a neuroscientist at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. “It’s amazing that it unfolds correctly most of the time.”

Dispatches from Barbed Wire

Abigail Carl-Klassen Huizache: The Magazine of Latino Literature
The Wall goes on, but as the El Paso poet Abigail Carl-Klassen announces: “We’re still here. In protest. In Pachanga. Fists raised.”

A Pledge to Transform the Resistance, and America

Richard Eskow Our Future
A popular narrative today is that we live in a country which is deeply divided. And the Democratic Party, we are told, is nearly as split as the nation itself. But chatter in the press and social media may overlook some fundamental points of agreement about changes we need to make in our economy. That’s the premise behind a new pledge, the “Agenda for Good Jobs, Sustainable Prosperity, and Economic Justice,” that has been signed by more than 70 prominent progressives.