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Democratic Debates Were Depth-Free. Will Future Rounds Be Better?
Many of the candidates were jockeying for prominence in promoting Bernie Sanders’s ideas.
Sanders Says US Leaders Need to Have the Guts to Take on Powerful Corporations
Sanders's closing speech was widely viewed as his strongest moment of the night.
Medicare for All Emerges as Early Divide in First Democratic Debate
The single-payer talk set off other discussions about the role of health insurance and the cost of care.
Calling Trump’s Rationale “Contrived,” Supreme Court Halts Citizenship Question
The court's opinion confronted the Trump administration’s false justification for adding the citizenship question.
SCOTUS Hands GOP Gerrymandering Victory, Ensuring “Massive Election Rigging”
The Supreme Court decision is a GOP victory that allows extreme partisan gerrymandering to continue.
Families Torn Apart by the US’s Deadly Immigration Policy
Six migrant children have died in U.S. detention since Trump took office. Six families will never be reunited.
Joe Biden, Get Out of Stonewall
The Democratic Party is not a true ally in the fight for LGBTQ liberation.
Joe Biden and Chuck Todd Lose the Second Democratic Debate
Biden had a bad night, full stop. The ground has shifted.
LGBTQ Activists Demand an End to the Pinkwashing of Militarism
Opposing militarism is central to guaranteeing that trans people can survive and thrive everywhere.
There’s No Such Thing as a War That Doesn’t Impact Civilians
A former war correspondent returning from Libya shares his account of the civil war currently underway .