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Even Mayoral Races Are Getting Distorted by Big Money in Politics
In San Jose, wealthy donors and special interests play a disproportionate role in elections.
Puerto Rico’s Uprisings Have Empowered a New Leadership Among the Oppressed
Rising activist leadership from youth, LGBTQ people and Black Puerto Ricans is a step toward liberation for the island.
Trump’s New Spy Chief Worked for Oligarch Barred From Entering US by State Dept.
Acting intelligence director Richard Grenell used to do advocacy work on behalf of a Moldovan politician.
Centrists Use Nevada Debate to Position Themselves Between Bloomberg and Sanders
Centrist candidates are using Bloomberg to argue that Sanders is as risky of a bet as an oligarch to defeat Trump.
Wendy’s Billionaire Owner Has Held Trump’s Priciest Fundraiser to Date
Nelson Peltz has refused to join the Fair Food Program for better wages and safer working conditions for farmworkers.
Anti-Immigrant Nationalism Is Poisoning the Streets of London
An ugly new nationalism has become ubiquitous under Britain’s rigid post-Brexit immigration rules.
Sanders Calls Trump’s Clemency for Corrupt Officials Proof of a Broken System
Sanders is running on a platform that includes sweeping reforms to the criminal legal system.
Trump Wants to Control the Judicial System, But Judges Are Fighting Back
Judges and former DOJ employees are criticizing Trump in ways that may prove hard for Senate Republicans to ignore.
Impunity for Torturers Made Trump’s Invulnerability Possible
If one administration can get away with torture, another can go unpunished for putting migrant children in cages.
Nevada Is a Big Test for Bernie Sanders’s Medicare for All Plan
Will Joe Biden’s attacks on Medicare for All backfire in the Silver State?