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

Critics questioned welfare reform during the prosperous '90s, but the real crisis is emerging in the wake of the Bush recession.

The welfare reauthorization bill now championed by Senate conservatives—aka PRIDE—targets the poor, but it won't defeat poverty.

Bush Administration abuses perpetuate an atmosphere of intolerance against immigrants.

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

The Republicans' plan for control of the Senate makes business lobbyists giddy — but it should make you outraged.

The model of "free trade" and development promoted in Washington failed poor countries under Clinton, and is failing them under Bush.

A Review of Freedom Dreams by Robin D. G. Kelley

If you want an indication of how deep the WMD scandal goes, just look at what the apologists admit about the "real reasons" for war.

Cities must resist the federal crackdown on noncitizens in the United States.