Government

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

More Notes From the Long Slog to Election Day More Notes From the Long Slog to Election Day

Which is still very far away.

Mar 15, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Family Sues Private-Prison Operator Over Deaths at Immigrant-Only Facilities

Family Sues Private-Prison Operator Over Deaths at Immigrant-Only Facilities Family Sues Private-Prison Operator Over Deaths at Immigrant-Only Facilities

An investigation found dozens of questionable deaths related to cost cutting in privatized federal prisons.

Mar 15, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

How the Sanders Campaign Is Reinventing the Use of Tech in Politics

How the Sanders Campaign Is Reinventing the Use of Tech in Politics How the Sanders Campaign Is Reinventing the Use of Tech in Politics

The watchword is no longer Big Data but Big Organizing, in which thousands of volunteers play a leadership role in the campaign.

Mar 14, 2016 / Micah L. Sifry

Trump protest Chicago

How Far Should Anti-Trump Protesters Take It? How Far Should Anti-Trump Protesters Take It?

The students at Chicago were brave and organized. But there’s also a danger to escalating confrontations.

Mar 14, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

Protest Donald Trump and What He Stands for Everywhere

Protest Donald Trump and What He Stands for Everywhere Protest Donald Trump and What He Stands for Everywhere

Violence—actual, desired, and imagined—has been at the spasmodic heart of American politics since September 11, and the GOP front-runner knows it.

Mar 14, 2016 / Bruce Shapiro

Relax—Bernie’s Supporters Will Back Hillary If She’s the Nominee

Relax—Bernie’s Supporters Will Back Hillary If She’s the Nominee Relax—Bernie’s Supporters Will Back Hillary If She’s the Nominee

Come November, the Democratic coalition is going to vote in force to stop Donald Trump or Ted Cruz.

Mar 14, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Trump

Trump’s Storm Troopers and the Possibility of American Fascism Trump’s Storm Troopers and the Possibility of American Fascism

He may not be Hitler or Mussolini, but his campaign should have voters worried for the future.

Mar 14, 2016 / Bob Dreyfuss

North Carolina Voter ID Flyers

North Carolina’s Voter ID Law Could Block 218,000 Registered Voters From the Polls North Carolina’s Voter ID Law Could Block 218,000 Registered Voters From the Polls

The controversial restriction takes effect for the first time in the March 15 primary.

Mar 14, 2016 / Ari Berman

Reverend William Barber

It’s Not About Trump. Our Political Culture Is Corrupt It’s Not About Trump. Our Political Culture Is Corrupt

The Southern strategy created an us-against-them politics with a perverse idea of morality.

Mar 12, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Bernie Sanders Rally

Win or Lose, the Sanders Campaign Is Building a Movement in Florida Win or Lose, the Sanders Campaign Is Building a Movement in Florida

When Sanders says this isn’t just about electing a president, he means it. So do his supporters.

Mar 11, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

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