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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.
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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.
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?”
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.
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.