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Clinton and Sanders Sue Arizona Over 5-Hour Lines in the March Primary

Clinton and Sanders Sue Arizona Over 5-Hour Lines in the March Primary Clinton and Sanders Sue Arizona Over 5-Hour Lines in the March Primary

Arizona’s election problems showed the disastrous consequences of gutting the Voting Rights Act.

Apr 15, 2016 / Ari Berman

All the Euphemisms We Use for ‘War’

All the Euphemisms We Use for ‘War’ All the Euphemisms We Use for ‘War’

How words have shaped the United States government’s ongoing cycle of violence.

Apr 15, 2016 / William J. Astore

A demonstrator supports bailing out Puerto Rico

Orwell in Puerto Rico: Congress ‘Promises’ a New Dictatorship Orwell in Puerto Rico: Congress ‘Promises’ a New Dictatorship

It says it’s going to resolve the island’s debt fairly, but the PROMESA bill establishes an authoritarian collection agency for hedge funders.

Apr 15, 2016 / Nelson Denis

Sanders Clinton CNN debate

The Debate in Brooklyn Was Sanders’s Best Yet. But Was It Enough? The Debate in Brooklyn Was Sanders’s Best Yet. But Was It Enough?

As always, Clinton was far more attentive to local concerns, and that matters.

Apr 15, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

Why Thousands of Nurses Are Feeling the Bern

Why Thousands of Nurses Are Feeling the Bern Why Thousands of Nurses Are Feeling the Bern

For nurses, everything begins with a basic dedication to their patients, which is why so many of them are supporting Bernie Sanders for president.

Apr 14, 2016 / RoseAnn DeMoro

Sanders with CWA workers in Brooklyn

Bernie Sanders Embraces Union Struggles and Welcomes the Contempt of CEOs Bernie Sanders Embraces Union Struggles and Welcomes the Contempt of CEOs

Campaigning in New York, the senator from Vermont rallies with transport workers, pickets with striking phone workers, and tangles with corporate bosses.

Apr 14, 2016 / John Nichols

The Conspiracy Theory That the Clinton Campaign Stole Votes Makes No Sense

The Conspiracy Theory That the Clinton Campaign Stole Votes Makes No Sense The Conspiracy Theory That the Clinton Campaign Stole Votes Makes No Sense

Why would any campaign, no matter how unprincipled, fix a race that it’s been winning from the start?

Apr 14, 2016 / Joshua Holland

The Newtown Families Just Won a Big Victory in Their Fight Against Remington Guns

The Newtown Families Just Won a Big Victory in Their Fight Against Remington Guns The Newtown Families Just Won a Big Victory in Their Fight Against Remington Guns

Will the gunmaker have to pay the price for the Sandy Hook mass shooting?

Apr 14, 2016 / George Zornick

Black Voters in Ferguson

America’s Changing Racial Makeup Won’t Magically Save the Democratic Party America’s Changing Racial Makeup Won’t Magically Save the Democratic Party

Read Steve Phillips’s new book for the smart analysis of electoral strategy, not for his breakdown of race in the 21st century.

Apr 14, 2016 / Julianne Hing

Democracy Spring

Hundreds of People Are Getting Arrested For Democracy This Week Hundreds of People Are Getting Arrested For Democracy This Week

The Democracy Spring protests in DC are building the power needed to break our politics free of its corporate choke-hold.

Apr 14, 2016 / John Cavanagh

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