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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.
From Resentment to Possibility: How Enjoyment Shapes the Political Imagination in Election 2016
Our political worldviews are shaped by the narratives through which we understand our desires.
Behind the Booing: A Sanders Delegate Reflects on the DNC Protests
Sanders delegates did not succeed in changing DNC rules but they brought the TPP to the forefront of media discussions.
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Beyond Trump: Why We Need to Take Our Eyes Off the Show
The real threat to US democracy is the cult of personality in our political campaigns that got Trump the nomination.
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From World War II to Iraq: Captain Khan and the Citizen Soldier
As we rightly denounce Trump's attacks on the Khans, we can't forget Clinton backed the war that took Humayun's life.
Here’s a Terrifying Truth: Trump Could Win
With 44 percent of white Americans scoring high on the authoritarianism scale, Trump can't be far behind.
Law, Order and the Wall: Would Trump and Pence Fuel the Drug War?
Team Trump seems eager to return to a time when health problems like drug misuse were blamed on moral decay.
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.
William Rivers Pitt | Folded, Spindled, Mutilated: The Unspooling of Donald Trump
You're supposed to kiss the babies, not have them removed. You're also not supposed to refuse to endorse your own party's leaders.
After Three Decades of Neglect, Antitrust Is Back on the Democratic Platform
If elected, would Clinton have the will to enforce the antitrust laws Democrats have neglected since the Reagan years?
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Labor’s Stockholm Syndrome: Why Unions Must Stop Backing Anti-Labor Candidates in the Primaries
Alternative strategies to labor's current custom of backing anti-worker Democrats are both necessary and viable.