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Bernie Sanders

Postal Workers Endorse Austerity-Foe Bernie Sanders Postal Workers Endorse Austerity-Foe Bernie Sanders

An endorsement of a longtime foe of privatization who supports postal banking.

Nov 12, 2015 / John Nichols

We Don’t Need to Wait on Congress to Fight Homelessness

We Don’t Need to Wait on Congress to Fight Homelessness We Don’t Need to Wait on Congress to Fight Homelessness

County trust funds that provide money for emergency shelters and affordable housing are one approach we can take towards ensuring that every person finds shelter.

Nov 12, 2015 / James Abro

How Much Does It Cost to Liberate a Country?

How Much Does It Cost to Liberate a Country? How Much Does It Cost to Liberate a Country?

American war-making in the Middle East has represented perhaps the least effective use of funds in the history of modern warfare.

Nov 12, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

Trump SNL Protest

Does Larry David Deserve $5,000 for Kinda, Sorta Calling Donald Trump a Racist? Does Larry David Deserve $5,000 for Kinda, Sorta Calling Donald Trump a Racist?

Comedians and activists weigh in on whether David called attention to Trump’s racism or protected SNL from criticism.

Nov 12, 2015 / Katie Halper

How Edward Snowden Changed Everything

How Edward Snowden Changed Everything How Edward Snowden Changed Everything

ACLU attorney Ben Wizner discusses the “Snowden effect” and why courts are taking privacy claims seriously now.

Nov 12, 2015 / Sagiv Galai and Tekendra Parmar

King Salman of Saudi Arabia addresses a summit of Arab and South American leaders in Riyadh.

The Saudis Are Stumbling. They May Take the Middle East with Them. The Saudis Are Stumbling. They May Take the Middle East with Them.

America’s leading Sunni ally is proving how easily hubris, delusion, and old-fashioned ineptitude can trump even bottomless wealth.

Nov 12, 2015 / Conn Hallinan

The Missouri Tigers and the Hidden History of Black College Football Activists

The Missouri Tigers and the Hidden History of Black College Football Activists The Missouri Tigers and the Hidden History of Black College Football Activists

The strike against racism by Mizzou football players was brave, historic, and profoundly significant—but it wasn’t unprecedented.

Nov 12, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Ben Carson

Ben Carson Is As Wrong About Wage Hikes as He Was About the Pyramids Ben Carson Is As Wrong About Wage Hikes as He Was About the Pyramids

Truman almost doubled the minimum wage. A year later, the unemployment rate was dramatically lower.

Nov 11, 2015 / John Nichols

Why Isn’t Yale As Radical as Mizzou?

Why Isn’t Yale As Radical as Mizzou? Why Isn’t Yale As Radical as Mizzou?

University of Missouri students pulled all the right levers for structural change. Why hasn’t Yale done the same?

Nov 11, 2015 / StudentNation / Daniel Moattar

Burma: Democracy with an Asterisk?

Burma: Democracy with an Asterisk? Burma: Democracy with an Asterisk?

Burma’s Constitution awards a quarter of its Parliament to the military. But that’s not Aung San Suu Kyi’s biggest problem by a long shot.

Nov 11, 2015 / John Feffer

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