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Sanders-Warren Rally in Boston

Why It’s So Hard for Insurgent Democrats to Defeat the Party’s Old Guard Why It’s So Hard for Insurgent Democrats to Defeat the Party’s Old Guard

As recent races in Virginia, New Jersey, and elsewhere show, the Democratic establishment has formidable financial and bureaucratic resources and won’t go down without a fight.

Jun 20, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss

Betsy DeVos

Our Schools Are Actually Resegregating Our Schools Are Actually Resegregating

Here’s one way to stop the trend. 

Jun 20, 2017 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

Eric Garcetti

LA vs. the Olympics LA vs. the Olympics

The resistance to Los Angeles’s Olympic bid is only growing. 

Jun 20, 2017 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Trump’s Very Honest Cabinet Meeting Trump’s Very Honest Cabinet Meeting

“A genuinely historic percentage of the population finds you utterly repellant, Mr. President.”

Jun 20, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Women Are Leading the Charge in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District

Women Are Leading the Charge in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District Women Are Leading the Charge in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District

The local Indivisible chapter is campaigning hard for Jon Ossoff, but they have their eyes on a bigger prize as well.

Jun 19, 2017 / Joan Walsh

LIVE: Naomi Klein on Winning the World We Need

LIVE: Naomi Klein on Winning the World We Need LIVE: Naomi Klein on Winning the World We Need

The acclaimed journalist and author joins Brit Marling to explain why just resisting Trump is not enough.

Jun 19, 2017 / The Nation and Haymarket Books

Belief in ‘American Gods’

Belief in ‘American Gods’ Belief in ‘American Gods’

Based on a 2001 novel, the new TV show explores immigration, assimilation, and the march to modernity.

Jun 19, 2017 / Loren A. Lynch

Rancher

How to Protect the Environment Where It’s Worked by Human Hands How to Protect the Environment Where It’s Worked by Human Hands

In Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman, Miriam Horn reminds us what Middle America looks like as a place, not an ideology.

Jun 19, 2017 / Madeline Ostrander

Summer of Love

The Summer of Love Is Far More Relevant Today Than You Think The Summer of Love Is Far More Relevant Today Than You Think

Fifty years later, the hippies’ rebellion against the national security state is more important than ever.

Jun 19, 2017 / Ira Chernus

robert e lee removal

Inside the Fight to Take Down the Confederate Monuments in New Orleans Inside the Fight to Take Down the Confederate Monuments in New Orleans

Activists are taking on their city’s racist legacy—and winning.

Jun 19, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

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