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Sanders Strengthens Convention Position DNC concedes more platform committee slots to Sanders. W. Post: "The senator from Vermont was allowed to choose nearly as many members of the Democratic Party platform-writing body as Clinton ... Sanders’s slate includes James...
The New Agenda For Taking On Wall Street
More than 20 progressive organizations representing millions of voters starting Tuesday are putting their weight behind a five-point agenda for the next stage of Wall Street reform.
Why Trump Might Win
Americans who feel like they’re being screwed are attracted to an authoritarian bully – a strongman who will kick ass. The former reality TV star appears tough and confrontational enough to take on powerful vested interests.
Obama Visits Vietnam To Promote TPP. Wait, VIETNAM? Really?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership appears to be a promise to countries in the Asian region to move production to boost their economies. American workers will pay the price.
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California, Here We Come Clinton and Sanders have heavy California schedules. NYT: "...Clinton will head West for almost four days of fund-raisers and campaign events in Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, Salinas, San Jose and other parts ... 'You’re going to see...
What Does Bernie Want?
He hopes to win the nomination. And he intends to build a “political revolution” to change the direction of the party and the country. As a movement builder, he has every reason to stay in the race.
Why Oppressing Transgender Students Is An Attack On Public Education
Conservatives have chosen public schools as the battleground to attack transgender student rights because that is one of the few places where the nation's diversity comes together to engage in its most collaborative endeavor.
Wingnut Week In Review: Masquerade
Just when it seemed things couldn’t get any weirder, it turns out Donald Trump likely masqueraded as his own publicist, during phone calls with reporters — proving he probably belongs in a shrink’s office, instead of the Oval Office.
Larry Summers Gets This Right: We Really Need An Infrastructure Decade
Money markets are demanding that governments spend more on infrastructure and education and services other things governments do to make people's lives better.
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Ways Bernie Sanders Will Be A Force At The Democratic Convention In Reuters, OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage explains why the Democratic convention matters: "...Sanders can assert that pressing her to embrace more of his ideas will strengthen rather than weaken the...
