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Why Hope Has Power in This Gut-Wrenching Election Year
Cynicism and despair are among democracy's worst enemies.
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Revealed: AARP Is Funding ALEC
AARP isn't exactly hiding its new financial relationship with ALEC.
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With the Clinton Coronation Underway, Did Sanders Actually Win the Primary?
As the DNC heads to its climax, the question remains, "Did Hillary win fair and square?"
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Riding Trump’s Wave, Former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke Runs for Senate
The climate of fear, bigotry and xenophobia stoked by the RNC may help KKK's David Duke reemerge as a political voice.
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Danny Glover and Bernie Delegate Larry Hamm: The Sanders Movement Must Stay Mobilized to Push Change
The address at the DNC from mothers whose unarmed children were killed by law enforcement, or due to gun violence, marked an extraordinary moment.
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Chaos on Convention Floor: Protests, Boos and Chants of “Bernie” Mark Opening of DNC
Supporters of Sanders chanted "Run! Run! Run!" and "Bernie or Bust!"
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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange on Releasing DNC Emails That Ousted Debbie Wasserman Schultz
The Democratic National Convention is opening today in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, amid massive party turmoil.
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Clinton Running Mate Tim Kaine Supported TPP, Offshore Drilling and Anti-Union, Right-to-Work Measures
Tension is rising between supporters of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
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The Far Right Proposals in the 2016 Republican Party Platform
What Trump, a GOP Congress and GOP-appointed Supreme Court would do to the US.
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Pokémon Go for Radicals
Pokemon Go one-ups social media's ability to draw people out, given that it actually gets bodies moving and to a particular location.