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On the Corrupting Influence of Money in Politics, Bernie Sanders Is Dead Right
"Congress is owned by big money and refuses to do what the American people want them to do," says Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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Reclaiming Democracy From a Rogue Supreme Court
Author Derek Cressman discusses how a constitutional amendment may be our best chance to overturn the Citizens United ruling.
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Flint Refuses to Be Poisoned
Michigan's Republican Gov. Rick Snyder is finally feeling the heat for the outrageous crime of contaminating a city's water supply.
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Juanita Broaddrick
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Hillary Clinton Declares War on Single-Payer Health Care
Hillary Clinton's attacks on Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All plan could do long-term damage to the movement for universal health care.
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Bernie Sanders and Election Season at the Supreme Court
Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign is an opportunity to reveal the dangers of the Supreme Court's political overreach.
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Clinton vs. Sanders: Who Do Progressives Choose?
As the Democratic race intensifies, we host our own debate between two self-described socialist feminists
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The Scandal of the DNC Data Breach
The DNC is a powerful political machine that plays an important role in the selection of a Democratic candidate for each presidential election.
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Reclaim MLK: Beyond Sanitized Narratives
If we want to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, we must recognize the need for direct action to create social change.
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2016 Will Be a Test for Super PACs
Sanders and Trump have one distinctive thing in common: they have no Super PACs propping up their candidacies.