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Green Party Nominee Jill Stein: “We Are Saying No to the ‘Lesser Evil’ and Yes to the Greater Good”
In Houston, Texas, Dr. Jill Stein formally accepted the Green Party's nomination for president.
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Trump’s Bunker
Dave Zirin: Protests by Athletes and Displaced Rio Residents Accompany Opening of 2016 Olympic Games
Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation magazine, says protests from athletes attending the 2016 Olympics.
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Scenes From a Convention
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The Decay of US Politics: An Ode to Ike and Adlai
The thicket of unreality that is US politics has now become all-enveloping.
Messages for the Future From the Margins of the DNC
Laura Flanders shares perspectives on the DNC from people who are building revolutionary movements beyond the election.
First Evidence Surfaces of Foreign Money Pouring Into US Elections After “Citizens United”
Direct evidence has emerged for the first time showing a foreign company has donated money to a federal campaign.
Why Calls for “Unity” Are Not Enough: Look at the 1930s and 1940s
The parallels between the two eras aren't perfect, but today's political climate is strikingly similar to the late 1930s.
Courts Strike Down Voter Restriction Laws That Target Black People With “Surgical Precision”
Voting rights advocates have won a number of major victories that could reshape the November election.
Trump Attacks Muslim Mother of Slain US Soldier in Comments “Beyond Limit of Human Decency”
Khizr Khan is the father of a US soldier who died serving in Iraq in 2004.