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![Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally against the Republican tax plan on December 13, 2017, in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-891728142-400x300.jpg)
Bernie Sanders Seems Busier Pursuing Progressive Laws Than the Presidency
Sanders has set out to replace non-progressive Democrats in congressional caucuses in upcoming elections.
![Eric Greitens speaks at the Robin Hood Veterans Summit at Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum on May 7, 2012 in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-143993212-400x300.jpg)
Missouri’s Dark Money Scandal, Explained
It's getting harder for voters to identify exactly who is trying to influence their vote.
![U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/rickperry-400x300.jpg)
Rick Perry Resorts to Subsidizing Coal With Measures Used in Wartime and Natural Disasters
Energy Secretary Rick Perry is propping up dying coal and nuclear plants under the purported banner of national security.
![US President Donald Trump gestures toward journalists shouting questions as he departs the White House May 29, 2018 in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-963609510-400x300.jpg)
It Didn’t Have to Be This Way: How Trump Filled the Void
Trump is aftermath; what got us here is the real problem.
![Instinct for Cooperation](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/InstinctForCooperation_37-1-e1527928257868-400x300.jpg)
Noam Chomsky: Building Spaces of Resistance
Capitalism atomizes society into individuals who accept the status quo.
![US Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens as Donald Trump delivers a speech at Manchester Community College in Manchester, New Hampshire, on March 19, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-934621540-400x300.jpg)
Spygate’s a Big Bust, but Donald Trump Still Hates Jeff Sessions
The Department of Justice had succumbed to pressure to allow the president's henchmen to see some highly classified information about the FBI's use of a confidential informant in the …
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John Bolton Names Professional Islamophobe and Bush Official Fred Fleitz to National Security Staff
Eric Levitz discusses more.
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Penguin Thinks We’re Nazis
You can't dehumanize entire groups of people like this!
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Candidates Backed by Sanders’s “Our Revolution” Organization Achieve Early Success
Win or lose, progressives are gaining ground down-ballot.
![Roseanne Barr interviewed by Dana Weiss during the 7th Annual Jerusalem Post Conference at Marriott Marquis Hotel on April 29, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/GettyImages-955531684-400x300.jpg)
Barr the Bigot: How Racism Exposes the Authoritarian Strain
ABC and Disney deserve everything that is coming their way.