In a tense debate between Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer and liberal activist Torie Osborn, Scheer warned U.S. liberals against whitewashing Hillary Clinton’s record in the interest of getting her nominated during an election season when many voters recognize that the Democratic establishment has sold them out.
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The European Parliament—the E.U.’s legislative arm—passed a controversial legislative package with the potential to allow member countries to restrict what journalists report.
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In an interview with the presidential candidate about his plans to woo black voters, Fox’s “O’Reilly Factor” host sank to new lows.
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Many Americans are fed up with a congressional majority bought and paid for by wealthy special interests. Fifteen protesters were arrested Friday in Washington, D.C., after voicing their disapproval.
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A group of high-profile Wall Street figures “are prepared to abandon pure self-interest and embrace the radical financial reforms espoused by Bernie Sanders.”
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By Gabriel Thompson —
A few lessons about nonviolence “as a method of political conflict”: Nonviolent movements are twice as likely to succeed as violent insurgencies; success is practically guaranteed if 3.5 percent of the population actively takes part; and effective nonviolent protest is always disruptive and polarizing.
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By Frida Berrigan / TomDispatch —
“I almost feel sorry for Trump, because a man so programmed to grab for every headline and steal every show and say whatever he can to keep the hot lights of the media on him undoubtedly wasn’t listened to as a kid.”
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By Paul Brown / Climate News Network —
Historic change heralded as investors are told they face losing their money if they continue to back the industry that is causing global warming.
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Turns out U.S. corporations get workers’ hard-earned money in the form of tax breaks and then offload it in tax havens.
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By Alexander Reed Kelly — “... Too many people have checked out of politics. Bernie is changing that, and with the enthusiasm he’s creating, with the ground he’s making with your generation, we could make it very difficult for those politicians to keep screwing with us.”
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The 40th president had a reputation as a rube, but that persona may have been an act. Look no further than the late Phil Hartman’s impersonation of the former commander in chief in 1986.
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By Michael Winship —
As much as President Clinton and President Obama like to talk about “free trade” deals, the truth is that the working class ends up paying.
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By Amy Goodman & Dana Frank / Democracy Now! —
In an interview on “Democracy Now!,” Frank, an expert on human rights and U.S. policy in Honduras, takes the presidential contender to task over her statements about the 2009 ouster of the Honduras president.
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By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan —
As with his pledge to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, President Obama’s pledge to move the U.S. toward nuclear disarmament seems to have been abandoned.
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By Sonali Kolhatkar — Like the Occupy Wall Street movement, the Paris “Nuit Debout” protests over labor reforms are fueled by social media, which allow people to communicate instantly with one another and bypass corporate media when it ignores them.
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By Vijay Prashad / AlterNet —
Bloggers’ deaths are buried in the language of terrorism, but it’s much more complicated than that.
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“There are a lot of people here tonight!” the presidential contender shouted to an estimated 27,000 people in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park on Wednesday, ahead of New York’s primary Tuesday.
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History shows that the GOP will probably survive Donald Trump; Ted Cruz once supported a ban on dildos; meanwhile, a New York Daily News writer argues vehemently against his paper’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton. These discoveries and more after the jump.
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By Juan Cole — There were five major stories in the U.S. and European press about Syria on Thursday.
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By Jill Richardson / OtherWords —
The lives of people of color are shaped by race in more ways than a white person might guess.
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