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Ban Guns, Not Tennis Balls: As NRA Addresses RNC, CodePink Protests Ohio’s Open-Carry Law
Anti-gun activists rallied at the RNC against the fact that civilians are being allowed to carry military-grade weapons in downtown Cleveland.
Henry A. Giroux on Violence, Neoliberalism and the Hallucinatory Anti-Politics of the Trump Era
Cultural critic Henry Giroux explains how violence seeped from the United States' background into the foreground of our psychology.
People’s Justice and Peace Convention, Protests Mark RNC’s Opening Weekend
Activists from across the U.S. held a “people's convention,” and hit the streets to protest police violence and Trump.
Is What’s Good for Facebook Not So Good for Democracy?
Why the social media honeymoon may be over for some activists.
The Long Victory of Bernie Sanders
The most unexpected presidential candidacy in modern American history very nearly pulled it off.
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How the Media Overthrew Party Politics
The 2016 campaign is less a populist revolt than a corporate media takeover.
As Sanders Endorses Clinton, How Far Left Has He Pushed the Democratic Party Platform?
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is expected to endorse former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today.
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Trump U’s Alumni Network
How the FBI’s Judgment Still Damages the Clinton Campaign
The FBI terming Clinton's use of an unsecured email server as “extremely careless” but not criminal was the worst possible news for the Democratic Party.
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