Stories by Sarah Jaffe

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Posted on: Mar 6, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Even if stations ditch Limbaugh, there are still thousands of proto-Rushes waiting in the wings around the country.

Posted on: Mar 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Limbaugh is losing advertisers fast after calling law student Sandra Fluke a "slut"--but bad behavior is nothing new for Rush. Here are five of his worst moments.

Posted on: Mar 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The upscale grocery delivery service pays less than $9 an hour, has faced discrimination complaints, and is a union-buster--so why is New York giving it a handout?

Posted on: Feb 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Bruce Springsteen long ago achieved the American Dream, but he never stopped singing about the people he grew up, and never stopped identifying as a member of the working class.

Posted on: Feb 27, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Posted on: Feb 23, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Journalist Paul Mason covered the uprisings of 2011 as they occurred. His new book "Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere," explains why they all happened at once.

Posted on: Feb 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Millions of young people may have a much harder time paying for an education.

Posted on: Feb 20, 2012, Source: AlterNet

John Nichols talks about his new book, "Uprising: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, from Madison to Occupy Wall Street," and what happens next.

Posted on: Feb 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Americans' views on the most pressing issues of the day are actually solidly progressive, so why do the media keep getting the story wrong?

Posted on: Feb 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Multimedia photo essay from a community protest of a local grocery's exploitative treatment of its workers.

Posted on: Feb 9, 2012, Source: AlterNet

When state after state slashes education dollars, we see what matters to them--and where they spend while cutting schools tells us even more.

Posted on: Feb 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Santorum's success in the Midwest has come through a combination of race and class-based grievances as well as his appeal to social conservatives.

Posted on: Feb 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Right-wingers claim Obama and Democrats across the country are waging a war on religion -- and of course, conservatives are the civilian casualties.

Posted on: Feb 6, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Two progressive champions are facing off for one seat in Congress. What's a voter to do?

Posted on: Feb 6, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Posted on: Feb 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Jan Brewer has decided to get in on the union-busting action, introducing a bill that makes Ohio's and Wisconsin's attacks on public workers look mild.

Posted on: Feb 2, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A new study on government employees' earnings has the Right buzzing -- and some progressive pundits repeating the myth that government workers are "overpaid."

Posted on: Jan 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The B of A death watch continues as a new petition calls for federal regulators to dismantle the big bank before it implodes.

Posted on: Jan 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Unless we act now, the current $1 trillion student debt bubble is going to look small in 18 years—and the only ones able to go to college will be the children of the 1%.

Posted on: Jan 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet

USAS has been fighting steadily for workers' rights even when the issue wasn't front-page news--and they're helping spearhead a new movement for economic justice.

Posted on: Jan 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Sam Mayfield is finishing a documentary on the fight for union rights in Wisconsin this past year, and she tells AlterNet her story.

Posted on: Jan 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Teachers, parents and activists are organizing to fight standardized testing in schools -- and the big companies that profit from the tests.

Posted on: Jan 2, 2012, Source: AlterNet

With a new year comes new chances for change--and we have some guesses as to where we'll see some exciting actions in 2012.

Posted on: Dec 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Members of Congress have only gotten richer over the last 25 years, while their constituents have gotten poorer.

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