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Having witnessed both priests and nuns in action, there’s no doubt in my mind which group dominates in the getting-shit-done department.

The Trayvon Martin case is not rooted in an individual’s bigotry, nor will the issues it raises be resolved by a single trial.

It took some 100 days of massive, concerted protest before the student strike in Québec finally started getting traction in the U.S. media.

Is the topic of income inequality “Too Hot for TED“?

Ideology and reality have been set on a collision course, and this absurd mash-up is the result.

This spring is a season of confrontation at the shareholders’ meetings of U.S. banks and other major corporations. And this week, Bank of America has been in the spotlight.

The death of Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs, a fresh wave of investigative reports, and protests by Chinese workers themselves have reopened discussion of a reality we regularly prefer …

Customers should be able to know if companies that they are supporting with their purchases are busy spending money on groups that bolster the right-wing legislative vanguard.

Collaboration or cooptation? Expansion or dilution? Mark Engler on what to make of the 99% Spring.

A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.