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Protesters are removed from Trump rally in Buffalo

‘Hate Is Not Welcome Here’ ‘Hate Is Not Welcome Here’

These protesters disrupted one of the biggest rallies of Trump’s campaign.

Apr 19, 2016 / George Zornick

Kobe Bryant After Last Game

Wrestling With Kobe Bryant’s Forgotten Apology Wrestling With Kobe Bryant’s Forgotten Apology

After being cleared of rape charges in 2003, the basketball star conceded that the absence of consent may have occurred. Here’s why that matters.

Apr 19, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Guantanamo Bay protest

What Really Stands in the Way of Closing Guantánamo What Really Stands in the Way of Closing Guantánamo

On his first day in the Oval Office, Obama swore he’d close Gitmo. He’s got nine months left to do it.

Apr 19, 2016 / Karen J. Greenberg

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Primary Season That Won’t End The Primary Season That Won’t End

An ongoing series that won’t be over any time soon.

Apr 19, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Bernie Sanders leaves the Vatican

Why Sanders Skipped Clooney and Visited the Vatican Why Sanders Skipped Clooney and Visited the Vatican

Sanders’s hope for a moral economy is amplified at the Vatican.

Apr 19, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Callan Wink

Callan Wink’s New West and Old Feelings Callan Wink’s New West and Old Feelings

In Dog Run Moon, disaster strikes everyone, even those who are right living.

Apr 19, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof

Black Lives Matter

The Black Lives Matter Movement Is Most Visible on Twitter. Its True Home Is Elsewhere. The Black Lives Matter Movement Is Most Visible on Twitter. Its True Home Is Elsewhere.

For the movement to survive, it needs to focus on work that doesn’t lend itself to 140 characters.

Apr 19, 2016 / Feature / Dani McClain

Sanders Meets with Native American Leaders

Bernie Sanders Is Courting Indigenous Peoples—Even Those Who Pledged Not to Vote Bernie Sanders Is Courting Indigenous Peoples—Even Those Who Pledged Not to Vote

The presidential hopeful is linking his “political revolution” with the concerns of Native Americans.

Apr 18, 2016 / Andrew Bard Epstein

The Most Important Protest of the 2016 Election

The Most Important Protest of the 2016 Election The Most Important Protest of the 2016 Election

1,400 activists have been arrested at Democracy Awakening and Democracy Spring, but few in the media have covered it. 

Apr 18, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter and Ari Berman

4 Ways to Keep the Peace When Your Partner Is Voting for Hillary—or Bernie

4 Ways to Keep the Peace When Your Partner Is Voting for Hillary—or Bernie 4 Ways to Keep the Peace When Your Partner Is Voting for Hillary—or Bernie

Advice for surviving the primaries from a mixed-candidate couple.

Apr 18, 2016 / Suzanna Danuta Walters and Laurie Essig

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