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Start Making Sense: Bernie on the Move Start Making Sense: Bernie on the Move

How Bernie won in Michigan. Plus, “Trump: fascist or clown?” and another kind of politics: the gay revolution.

Mar 10, 2016 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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Letters From the March 28–April 4, 2016, Issue Letters From the March 28–April 4, 2016, Issue

See ya, Scalia… Dogs will whistle… Co-ops and worker-owned… That short-fingered guy (again)…

Mar 10, 2016 / Letters / Our Readers

Donald Trump in the Spin Room

How We Got Trumped by the Media How We Got Trumped by the Media

They’re so obsessed with “The Donald” that they can barely be bothered to cover the other candidates, much less the important issues.

Mar 10, 2016 / Editorial / John Nichols

Neocons Helped Fuel the Rise of Donald Trump. Will They Apologize?

Neocons Helped Fuel the Rise of Donald Trump. Will They Apologize? Neocons Helped Fuel the Rise of Donald Trump. Will They Apologize?

GOP primary voters are rejecting foreign policies that dishonored their country.

Mar 10, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman

Will the Los Angeles River Become a Playground for the Rich?

Will the Los Angeles River Become a Playground for the Rich? Will the Los Angeles River Become a Playground for the Rich?

The revitalization of LA’s neglected riverfront has gone from social-justice crusade to money-soaked land grab.

Mar 10, 2016 / Feature / Richard Kreitner

Selecting a Presidential Nominee Through Primaries

Selecting a Presidential Nominee Through Primaries Selecting a Presidential Nominee Through Primaries

Approval of reform was quite emphatic: Let’s let the voters vote. That’s democratic. But now a question that’s distressing looms: Could we, in fact, prefer those smoke-filled rooms…

Mar 10, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A tire rests on the dry bed of Lake Mendocino, a key Mendocino County reservoir, in Ukiah, California February 25, 2014.

21 Kids Are Suing President Obama Over Climate Inaction 21 Kids Are Suing President Obama Over Climate Inaction

The complaint accuses the government of infringing on “the fundamental right of citizens to be free from government actions that harm life, liberty, and property” by “approving and...

Mar 9, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Why Has Charter School Violence Spiked at Double the Rate of Public Schools?

Why Has Charter School Violence Spiked at Double the Rate of Public Schools? Why Has Charter School Violence Spiked at Double the Rate of Public Schools?

Meanwhile, charter advocates continue to criticize the safety of traditional public schools.

Mar 9, 2016 / StudentNation / George Joseph

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Donald Has Tiny Hands Donald Has Tiny Hands

And other high-level discourse from this year’s totally normal presidential election.

Mar 9, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Trump and O'Neil

Yankee Great Paul O’Neill Endorses Trump, Slaps Latino Players Across the Face Yankee Great Paul O’Neill Endorses Trump, Slaps Latino Players Across the Face

He’s sending quite the message to his former teammates and the game he ostensibly loves.

Mar 9, 2016 / Dave Zirin

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