Elections

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

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

Voters stand in line

We Need to Build a Voting-Rights Movement We Need to Build a Voting-Rights Movement

The time has come to translate widespread outrage about voter suppression into momentum for an actionable voting-rights agenda.

Apr 14, 2016 / Rep. John Conyers and Barbara Arnwine

Bill Clinton

Note to Bill Clinton: There Is No Inherent Criminality Note to Bill Clinton: There Is No Inherent Criminality

At the heart of Bill Clinton’s comments about the 1994 crime bill is the belief in a natural and permanent class of criminals.

Apr 14, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Bernie Sanders New Hampshire

Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein Says Climate Justice Requires Bernie’s Boldness Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein Says Climate Justice Requires Bernie’s Boldness

Plus Andrew Bacevich on our wars in the Middle East, and Amy Goodman on 20 years of Democracy Now!

Apr 14, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Pope Francis

Mr. Sanders Goes to the Vatican Mr. Sanders Goes to the Vatican

Bernie may be Jewish, but he seems to have found an echo of his politics in the Catholic Church’s call for social justice—especially under Pope Francis.

Apr 14, 2016 / Edouard Tétreau

Voting in Wisconsin

A Black Man Brought 3 Forms of ID to the Polls in Wisconsin. He Still Couldn’t Vote. A Black Man Brought 3 Forms of ID to the Polls in Wisconsin. He Still Couldn’t Vote.

Now Eddie Lee Holloway is suing—and a federal court just agreed with him.

Apr 13, 2016 / Ari Berman

Bernie Sanders Is Doing Something More Than Just Running for President

Bernie Sanders Is Doing Something More Than Just Running for President Bernie Sanders Is Doing Something More Than Just Running for President

As the senator barnstorms New York state, he’s staging a modern-day, secular revival.

Apr 13, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

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