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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.
Why Iowa and New Hampshire Should No Longer Start the US Election Process
It's time for states that reflect the country's changing demographics to kick off the campaign season.
Democracy in Peril: Twenty Years of Media Consolidation Under the Telecommunications Act
In 1996, President Clinton signed the bill into law. Today, the media industry is donating big to Hillary Clinton's campaign.
How Sanders’s Grassroots Fundraising Is Defying the 2016 “Billionaire Primary”
Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign is raking in millions of individual small-dollar contributions.
Without Paper Ballots, Fear of Vote Rigging Clouds 2016 Primaries
To ensure election integrity, officials should use paper ballots, counted in public and recounted or audited when necessary.
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Regulating Banks vs. Displacing Them: Where Clinton and Sanders Disagree on Wall Street
Sanders and Clinton often use similar rhetoric when discussing Wall Street, but their financial policies are far from the same.
Dahr Jamail | Aiming for Venus: Top GOP Candidates United in Denying Climate Change
If a Republican candidate were to become the next president, the prospects for the planet and the climate are bleak.
William Rivers Pitt | The New Hampshire Primary and Beyond
“If a more perfect metaphor for the 2016 New Hampshire primary has presented itself, I haven't heard of it.”
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Surely Hillary Clinton Knows Why Wall Street Pays Her
Hillary Clinton is surely aware that Wall Street won't give politicians millions without expecting something big in return.
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“Hillary the Pragmatist vs. Bernie the Dreamer” Is “Big Lie” Propaganda
Public policy that serves the majority of people is only considered an impractical dream in a plutocracy like the US.
William Rivers Pitt | Sanders Surges, the Dog Ate Trump’s Homework: Iowa’s Wild Night
The outcome of last night's Iowa caucus on the Republican side was merely wild. On the Democratic side, it was positively astonishing.