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Clinton Has Granite State Blues Clinton team sweats NH. LAT: "In every other early voting state, Clinton has gained a comfortable lead. In this state, she has been unable to replicate the formula ... The Sanders team sees New Hampshire as its ticket to redefining the...
Wingnut Year In Review: Just In Time For The Holidays
Are you dreading another holiday dinner with a talkative right-wing relative or two? If you’re getting heartburn from the thought of dinner with a side of right-wing, here’s a year’s worth of wingnuttia to shut them up.
"Make America White Again"
What if angry working class whites aren't attracted to Trump because of economic anxiety? What if their “anxiety” is really just about simple racism — the fact that people they believe are inferior to them are becoming equal in society?
2015: The Year That Black Lives Mattered, At Last
This was the year that #BlackLivesMatter mattered. It arrived precisely at a moment of crisis that called for a movement that values and demands respect above respectability, and doesn't hesitate to disrupt “business as usual.”
The Climate Battle Of 2016 Will Be Waged In The States
The EPA's Clean Power Plan is America's main tool for complying with the Paris agreement. States have until Sept. 6 to submit a plan that qualifies for extra federal support. Your mission: get your state to comply and submit a strong plan.
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Sanders Takes On Fed Sanders calls for Federal Reserve reform in NYT oped: "Banking industry executives must no longer be allowed to serve on the Fed’s boards and to handpick its members and staff." Both Sanders and Clinton camps say they might get out-fundraised. W....
The Country Is Moving Left
2015 marked a year of change in a progressive direction. And the country is solidly behind this move. Just look at Saturday’s (near-secret) Democratic debate.
Of Rotten Apples and Rotten Systems
Martin Shkreli, the former hedge-fund manager turned pharmaceutical CEO who was arrested last week, has been described as a sociopath. In reality, he’s a brasher version of what others in finance and corporate suites do all the time.
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America Moves Left America is moving left, argues The Atlantic's Peter Beinart: "That doesn’t mean the Republicans won’t retain strength in the nation’s statehouses and in Congress. It doesn’t mean a Republican won’t sooner or later claim the White House. It means...
The Important Education Issue Leaders Are Still Ignoring
The issue that remains mostly unaddressed in education policy is the massive under-funding of public schools. Most states provide less support per student for elementary and secondary schools than they did in 2008.
