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Beyond the Sound Bites: Election 2016
Our election coverage provides the context, history and investigative substance necessary to hold officials - and the system as a whole - accountable to democracy.
The Long Victory of Bernie Sanders
The most unexpected presidential candidacy in modern American history very nearly pulled it off.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Deal That Sanders, Clinton and Trump All Oppose
Presidential candidates Sanders, Clinton and Trump all see the TPP as a bad trade deal.
Donald Trump and the Dangers of Confusing the Ability to Offend With the Ability to Govern
Why has seeking negative attention proved so successful for Trump?
How the GOP Is Using Dark Money and the “Opioid Epidemic” to Save Its Senate Majority
Should Republicans be playing politics with the nation's painkiller problems?
Brand New Congress Works to Launch Progressive Upstarts Into Office
Some veterans of the Sanders campaign have an ambitious plan to enact progressive policies.
Congress and Activists Mobilize to Fight Voter Suppression
A national alliance is forming to resist voter suppression as progressives in Congress organize a Voting Rights Caucus.
Hillary Clinton’s VP Short List Is Short on Progressives
While Sen. Elizabeth Warren remains an unlikely choice, Clinton's other potential picks include centrists Tim Kaine and Julian Castro.
Moving Beyond Bernie Sanders’ “Political Revolution“
Just as the Sanders campaign didn't arise in a vacuum, there's no reason to expect it will leave a vacuum behind it.
On Women Who Oppose Hillary Clinton: A Conversation With Liza Featherstone
Author Liza Featherstone discusses the presumptive Democratic nominee's “trickle-down feminism,” arguing that Clinton's policies fail most women.
Why the Sanders “Revolution” Must Take on the Permanent War State
Even though the permanent war state seems to be at the peak of its power, at this point in time, the legitimacy of this institution is extremely tenuous.