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Bernard Shaw gets fresh with Henry James.

Aug 25

Remembering a time when Ralph Nader scared corporate America witless.

Aug 23

"It is no excuse for such a state of things that the rich give employment. There is no merit in giving employment."

Jul 26

John Gunther and the lost art of speaking frankly about places that stink.

Jul 16

The political war we expected between old and young is not the one we got.

Jul 2

In 1975 California, prodded by Chavez, gave agricultural workers the only labor rights they had. This week the Supreme Court took the most important of…

Jun 24

Who speaks for the undeserving meritocrat?

Jun 18

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