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- Bernie Sanders has trapped himself: Why going negative on Hillary could prove fatal to his campaign
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- The “Serial” effect: Adnan Syed gets a new hearing — and potential alibi witness Asia McClain will be heard
- Netanyahu’s apartheid policies: It’s occupation and anti-Palestinian discrimination that fuel conflict
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- Amid racial justice protests, Mizzou president Tim Wolfe resigns
- Ben Carson’s harsh spotlight: An unfit candidate struggles under intense scrutiny
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- Ted Cruz’s pyrrhic victory: He’s looking better and better — but that means disaster for the GOP
- David Vitter, dead man walking: Louisiana’s most feared Republican is now its most loathed — and he’s going to lose
- Thanks for nothing, “SNL” and Donald Trump: Welcome to the nightmare of “equal time” for these GOP candidates
- Marc Maron finally gets the truth about his failed “SNL” audition from Lorne Michaels
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- Ben Carson, Barack Obama, and “bias”: Unraveling the right’s “liberal media” security blanket
- “That is old-fashioned racism!” Bernie Sanders tears down Donald Trump over never-ending campaign insanity
- “A life sentence to poverty”: How our laws deny ex-offenders a true second chance
- John Oliver’s best piece ever: This brilliant expose on our endless prison cycle is an absolute must
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- A new “Better Call Saul” trailer hints at Jimmy’s “Breaking Bad” evolution
- “PC” is another right-wing lie: Missouri proves reactionary forces really are waging war against college kids
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- Sotomayor shreds conservative SCOTUS justices for justifying “deadly force for no discernible gain”
