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Why Trump Can Lie and No One Seems to Care
The GOP candidate gets away with contradictory statements because the mainstream media and the public let him.
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Rising Rage Against DNC/RNC Deeds Could Gut Both and Launch a National Independent Party
Having robbed voters of presidential selections, the DNC and RNC could be overthrown by millions of independents.
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Third Parties Eager to Disrupt the Presidential Race and the Two-Party System
This election season, third-party candidates are fighting for votes, media coverage and debate time like never before.
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Meet the Ayn Rand Enthusiast Whose Private College Empire Reaps a Fortune From the Government
Carl Barney says Rand gave him his “central purpose.”
Thomas Frank: Bill Clinton’s Five Major Achievements Were Longstanding GOP Objectives
Thomas Frank, author of “Listen, Liberal,” discusses how the Democratic Party stopped governing on behalf of the working class.
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To Leave the Future Open: On the False “Choices” of Election 2016
My reasons for not voting for Clinton are not rooted in an uncritical, magic-inflected allegiance to Bernie Sanders.
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Why the Economy Should Stop Growing — and Just Grow Up
Local initiatives across the world are looking for maturity instead as they rebuild caring, place-based communities and economies.
The Supreme Court Is at Stake: Why the Presidential Election Matters
A US Supreme Court for the few or the many? Not voting gives your voice to others to decide.
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Donald Trump’s Unsurprising Surprise
Trump's rise is a fire bell in the night warning us of a dangerous cultural development.
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Boxed Voices From UK Detention Centers
The isolation of detention forces us to forget what we sound like, and eventually to forget how to speak.