The Conspiracy Theory That the Clinton Campaign Stole Votes Makes No Sense The Conspiracy Theory That the Clinton Campaign Stole Votes Makes No Sense
Why would any campaign, no matter how unprincipled, fix a race that it’s been winning from the start?
Apr 14, 2016 / Joshua Holland
America’s Changing Racial Makeup Won’t Magically Save the Democratic Party America’s Changing Racial Makeup Won’t Magically Save the Democratic Party
Read Steve Phillips’s new book for the smart analysis of electoral strategy, not for his breakdown of race in the 21st century.
Apr 14, 2016 / Julianne Hing
We Need to Build a Voting-Rights Movement We Need to Build a Voting-Rights Movement
The time has come to translate widespread outrage about voter suppression into momentum for an actionable voting-rights agenda.
Apr 14, 2016 / Rep. John Conyers and Barbara Arnwine
Note to Bill Clinton: There Is No Inherent Criminality Note to Bill Clinton: There Is No Inherent Criminality
At the heart of Bill Clinton’s comments about the 1994 crime bill is the belief in a natural and permanent class of criminals.
Apr 14, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein Says Climate Justice Requires Bernie’s Boldness Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein Says Climate Justice Requires Bernie’s Boldness
Plus Andrew Bacevich on our wars in the Middle East, and Amy Goodman on 20 years of Democracy Now!
Apr 14, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Mr. Sanders Goes to the Vatican Mr. Sanders Goes to the Vatican
Bernie may be Jewish, but he seems to have found an echo of his politics in the Catholic Church’s call for social justice—especially under Pope Francis.
Apr 14, 2016 / Edouard Tétreau
A Black Man Brought 3 Forms of ID to the Polls in Wisconsin. He Still Couldn’t Vote. A Black Man Brought 3 Forms of ID to the Polls in Wisconsin. He Still Couldn’t Vote.
Now Eddie Lee Holloway is suing—and a federal court just agreed with him.
Apr 13, 2016 / Ari Berman
Bernie Sanders Is Doing Something More Than Just Running for President Bernie Sanders Is Doing Something More Than Just Running for President
As the senator barnstorms New York state, he’s staging a modern-day, secular revival.
Apr 13, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan
Hundreds of People Were Just Arrested Outside Congress Hundreds of People Were Just Arrested Outside Congress
One of the largest acts of civil disobedience in Washington barely got any attention from the mainstream press.
Apr 12, 2016 / George Zornick
Did Bernie Sanders Commit ‘Blood Libel’ Against Israel? Did Bernie Sanders Commit ‘Blood Libel’ Against Israel?
That’s what some of the country’s defenders are saying. But his claim that Israel used indiscriminate force in Gaza is accurate.
Apr 12, 2016 / Norman G. Finkelstein