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Robert Reich endorses Bernie Sanders

Black share of South Carolina Democratic primary increases over 2008, nearly 60%

Clinton Wins Big in South Carolina

As Trump Gains Momentum, Both Sides Ask: Who Can Stop Him?
If Dems want to defeat Trump, 'they must make absolutely sure that Bernie Sanders is the Democratic nominee for President.'

Debate on Puerto Rico’s financial crisis resumes, but pols in Congress divided on solution

Ted Cruz faces must-win situation in Texas primary

Why Did It Take an Activist to Bring ‘Superpredators’ Into the Campaign?

Melissa Harris-Perry Walks Off Her MSNBC Show After Pre-emptions

Pot is power hungry: why the marijuana industry's energy footprint is growing
The $3.5bn industry is one of the nation’s most energy intensive, often demanding 24-hour indoor lighting rigs, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems at multiplying grow sites

Man shot by Baltimore police acquitted as jury rejects officers' testimony
Unlike Freddie Gray, who died in custody, Keith Davis was shot in the face but survived. A jury cleared him on 14 counts but convicted him of gun possession

The new south: searching for Jefferson in Charlottesville, Virginia
The final part of a trip through the six southern Super Tuesday states took us to Virginia, birthplace of the American presidency.

Everything You Need to Know About the South Carolina Democratic Primary

There Goes the Firewall: Hillary Clinton’s Response to BLM May Have Cost Her The Election

A Cease-Fire to Re-Load or to Build Peace?

The major presidential candidates on voting rights

Mexicans fear Trump rhetoric is a poison that will infect US border policy
Observers warn that even if a wall is never built, the current political climate threatens to derail decades of cooperation and economic ties

Does Mitch McConnell Really Give a Damn About the Supreme Court?

US War Hawks Against Iran Are Merchants of Perpetual Death
-- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout

Two suicide bombers kill 15 at Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad

Clinton Deflects Calls To Release Wall St. Speech Transcripts

Will Guantánamo Ever Close? Fourteen Years After Prison's Opening, Indefinite Detention Persists
-- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout

Lindsey Graham Just Perfectly Summed Up the 2016 Race: “My Party Has Gone Batshit Crazy"

Chris Christie endorses Trump

Chicago often tests water for lead in homes where risk is low

Sanders unloads on Clinton during raucous speech in Chicago

Republican debate turns nasty as Rubio lays into Trump

Rubio prepares for contested convention

Mississippi governor: April named Confederate Heritage Month

CEO of Goldman Sachs Lambasted Sanders as Grave Threat, but Not Clinton. Why?
-- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout

Climate Expert says “We’ve Blown It… But Pessimism is Not Acceptable”

#WhichHillary: Hashtag Calls Out Clinton's Hypocrisy

Why the coming cuts to Teamster pensions deserve more national news coverage

Court Overturns Conviction of Palestinian-American Community Leader Rasmea Odeh

James Inhofe blames Flint water crisis on Obama’s climate agenda

Caste protests in Delhi spring from deep economic distress

Human Rights Activists Dispute "Success" of "Plan Colombia"

Exploring Birth Justice: A Conversation With Julia Chinyere Oparah and Alicia Bonaparte

Pets in Flint Are Also Victims of Lead Poisoning

Five things to watch at Texas's GOP debate

Democracy and Decentralization: UK Labour Leaders Reframe Socialism for the 21st Century

Report: LGBTQ People Targeted, Brutalized by Criminal Justice System

NYT Editorial: McConnell Has 'Lost Touch With Reality And The Constitution'

The Dominant Media, "Left-Leaning" Economists and the Illusion of Consensus

Ted Cruz: I Would Pardon David Daleiden

Women Farmers and Land Grabs in Haiti: An Interview With Iderle Brénus

Apple fight puts Obama in a bind

Can Democrats Keep The SCOTUS Fight Alive All Year?

How Obama, Dems plan to win fight on high court

The US's Problem With Writers of Color

Nearly 20% of Trump Fans Think Freeing the Slaves Was a Bad Idea

Ebola Survivors Suffer Long-Term Consequences: Studies

Flame retardant levels drop in breast milk of California women, study finds

Sanders the ‘Realist’; Hillary the ‘Neocon’

The new south: all roads lead to Atlanta, Georgia, city of black power
In the fourth part of a trip through southern Super Tuesday states, Atlanta’s powerbrokers have a critical role to play in shaping the Democratic race

Uphill climb for school discipline reform in Virginia
Three measures die in legislature but two other remain alive

The FDA Now Officially Belongs to Big Pharma
Robert Califf's ties to Big Pharma run deep and the Obama nominee just sailed through the U.S. Senate.

Oregon refuge occupiers plead not guilty as prosecutors say more people could be charged

European Parliament calls for Saudi arms embargo

Black thinkers like Bernie Sanders. They've studied the Clintons' true cost
Spike Lee endorsed the Vermont senator on Tuesday. He is the latest in a series of black intellectual heavy-weights to have come out in support of him

Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim, California, erupts in violence; three stabbed, 13 arrested

Cease-fire brings comparative calm to Syria

Bernie Sanders is right: Bill Clinton’s welfare law doubled extreme poverty

Justice Scalia Spent His Final Hours With Members of an Ancient, Secretive Society of Elite Hunters
The mysterious International Order of St. Hubertus is steeped in the heritage of European nobility, the "royal hunt" — and war.

Democrats Voting in South Carolina Primary

Thousands line up to see Bernie Sanders in Austin

Republican voter registration tanks in California as fewer voters choose a party

A Kind of Victory: Reflections of a Migrant Aid Worker

The U.S. Extends Its Drone War Deeper Into Africa With Secretive Base

Unions and Cooperatives: How Workers Can Survive and Thrive

Unclassified Clinton Emails May Have Consequences for a Key Deputy

Donald Trump and Chris Christie Start a Bully Bromance

Bernie Is Probably Going to Lose a Bunch of Upcoming Primaries - Here's His Political Survival Plan

The disturbing demagoguery on LGBT rights

This Campus Building Is Named After the First Klan Grand Wizard. Can These Students Change It?

Anti-Hillary Clinton Hashtag Breaks the Internet 2 Days Before South Carolina Primary

Terrorism Is American as Apple Pie

This Radical Librarian May Soon Run the World’s Largest Library

Bernie Will Ban Private Prisons. Hillary Accepted $133,246 From Prison Lobbyists

Scalia Took Dozens of Trips Funded by Private Sponsors

The Fight Continues to Free Detained Central American High Schoolers in the US

Remember That War in Ukraine? They’re Still Fighting It
Despite the supposed truce, the front moves back and forth, destroying civilian lives and property at every turn.

Obama Administration Set to Expand Sharing of Data That NSA Intercepts

How Wal-Mart Explains the Difference Between Clinton and Sanders

Public Defender Meltdown in Louisiana
-- Bill Quigley for BuzzFlash at Truthout

Former Disney IT Worker To Congress: How Can You Allow This?

Giving Up Its U.S. Citizenship Could Save Pfizer $35 billion In Taxes

Ted Cruz Blocks Emergency Relief To Flint But Demanded Aid For Texas

Apple court papers: FBI is seeking 'dangerous power' that violates its constitutional rights

Eric Holder: It’s Time To Talk About Decriminalizing Marijuana

Here's How to Get #JUSTICEFORFLINT Even Before Sunday's Big Show

Guatemalan Activists Say Freedom of Expression Under Threat

Activist who confronted Clinton: ‘I wanted her to be confronted with that very racist thing she said’

Three Somali brothers from Middle Tennessee have served between two and four years in a federal jail. They have yet to face a jury.

What determines whether people accept climate science? Politics, politics, politics

Congresswoman Asks Why Drug Tests Are Only Being Considered For Food Stamp Recipients, Not Farmers

From DACA Recipient to Rocket Engineer

A Cemetery of Life Vests But Not Lives
The European Union should stop squabbling and work together on a coordinated response to the European refugee crisis.

Governor Jerry Brown Receives Cold, Dead Fish Award Four Years In A Row

“He was your average Joe”: The police and the media coddle another white killer
A lone wolf, a "regular Joe." Maybe mentally disturbed. Again, we talk differently about white killers and Muslims

White Nationalist David Duke: A Vote Against Trump Is ‘Treason

Hispanics are still anti-GOP: Poll shows how little progress Republicans have made with Latino voters
Trump's a disaster with Latino voters, and neither Ted Cruz nor Marco Rubio do better than past GOP nominees

Connecticut Program Makes Solar Affordable for Low-Income Families

Bolivians Rally For and Against President Evo Morales' Ability to Run for Fourth Term

L.A. is seizing tiny homes for the homeless

This City Just Banned Single Use Coffee Pods: Will Others Follow?
-- Cole Mellino for BuzzFlash at Truthout

Black Votes Matter, Because Black Lives Matter

Sanders draws thousands in Missouri and Oklahoma as Clinton stays put in South Carolina

Black Lives Matter activist confronts Clinton over mass incarceration: ‘I am not a super-predator’

Jailed for being homeless

Tampax tampons and Always sanitary towels among feminine hygiene products 'contain toxic chemicals'

'Poisonous lands': Pennsylvania prison built next to toxic dump

Girl Scout Cookies Under Attack by St. Louis Archbishop
-- Bill Berkowitz for BuzzFlash at Truthout

Palestinian hunger striker’s life “in God’s hands”

Brian Sandoval for supreme court seat is 'downright absurd', liberal activists say
Obama vetting Nevada governor for nomination could be strategy to break GOP blockade but may prompt resistance from Senate Democrats, experts say

Kansas Statistician Calls for Hand-Counted Paper Ballots After Court Blocks Review of 'Paper Trails'

A Terrifying Combination
Between 2010 And 2014, 43,000 Hate Crimes Involved Guns

Article on Sanders’ Complaints About Journalism Demonstrates Why Sanders Complains About Journalism

“I love the poorly educated”—Read Donald Trump’s full Nevada victory speech