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Larry Wilmore: Too black for the White House press corps?
Chauncey DeVega
The media elite panned Larry Wilmore's stand-up routine. It wasn't for them, and they didn't get it
“Cool Girls” don’t like Hillary: What “Gone Girl” and “30 Rock” taught me about politics, feminism and smashing the dude-bro patriarchy
Elizabeth Hogg
She's shrill, a robot, a total buzzkill—and Liz Lemon would be proud of how she's running with the "woman card" gag
It’s time to get real about the Obama legacy: Why his economic record is much more complicated than either party wants to admit
Conor Lynch
Republicans deride the president for a largely imagined set of failures. But Democrats are overstating their praise
Trump embraces blunt sexism: His supporters love the absurd idea that even the smartest woman isn’t as good as a man
Amanda Marcotte
His constant slams on women works with his ardent backers — but it will destroy him in November
Ted Cruz: “It’s people who are the predators,” not the “transgendered”
Scott Eric Kaufman
Even when he tries to show some humanity, he reveals his utter hatred for those unlike himself
Bernie Sanders is not a sore loser: Our democracy is screwed unless we fix the unfair rules
Sophia A. McClennen
Frank Bruni is wrong. Talking about reforming our undemocratic election rules is how we make the system stronger
“Your hair is so white, it tried to punch me at a Trump rally”: 10 best lines from Larry Wilmore’s scathing White House Correspondents’ Dinner monologue
Erin Keane
There aren’t enough fire and “100” emojis in the world to express how hard he worked that room
The Obama economy on May Day: “It could have been worse” isn’t nearly enough
Andrew O'Hehir
Irony abounds: The president defends his economic legacy -- on the international workers' holiday the U.S. ignores
Clintonism screwed the Democrats: How Bill, Hillary and the Democratic Leadership Council gutted progressivism
Paul Rosenberg
Imagine there's no Clintons. It's easy if you try! Without pernicious DLC, liberalism is a stronger movement today
Stop calling them conservatives! The new GOP of Trump & Cruz is the party of nihilism
Conor Lynch
Even as unattractive a label as "conservative" is too good for the extremism of today's leading Republicans
Death, carnage and chaos: How NATO became one of the most destructive forces on the planet
Vijay Prashad
From Eastern Europe to Afghanistan and Libya, the military alliance has left a trail of devastation in its wake
We must shame dumb Trump fans: The white working class are not victims
David Masciotra
It's not smug liberalism to point out Trump backers are low-educated. What's dangerous is to sympathize with them
Paul Ryan has an idea for replacing Obamacare, and once you stop laughing I’ll tell you what it is
Gary Legum
The speaker of the House had a message earlier this week for people with pre-existing conditions: Oh well!
Ted Cruz’s VP sham: He picked Carly Fiorina as running mate for all the wrong reasons
Simon Maloy
The way Ted Cruz made the "solemn choice" of picking a running mate reveals how awful a president he would be
Worse than Paul LePage: Portland is a case study in how not to handle an opioid crisis
Sarah Lazare, Meaghan LaSala
Budget cuts by an unelected city manager threaten to compound the destruction of a sadistic new anti-drug measure
“She understands this is a dangerous world”: Ted Cruz taps Carly Fiorina as VP pick
Brendan Gauthier
Cruz said he's announcing his VP pick early because "where we are right now, nobody is getting to 1,237 delegates"
Trump’s foreign policy nonsense: An incoherent mess that closely tracks the GOP mainstream
Simon Maloy
Reporters and pundits mock Trump for saying pretty much the same garbled idiocy that "respectable" Republicans say
Carly Fiorina for Cruz VP? The former tech CEO would be a disastrous running mate
Simon Maloy
Ted Cruz is considering Carly Fiorina for VP, which would sling all her outsourcing and layoffs around his neck
Hillary Clinton surges toward nomination with at least 3 more primary wins
The Associated Press
The Democratic front-runner expanded her sizable delegate lead with wins in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware
Sean Hannity whines about “anti-cop” Beyoncé and Michelle Obama in bizarre defense of Curt Schilling’s transphobia
Sophia Tesfaye
"Do you really want your daughters dressing like Beyoncé," Hannity asked, suggesting Schilling's a better example
Donald Trump wipes away Hillary Clinton’s troubles with millennials: New poll shows Clinton sweeping young voters by larger margins than Obama won in 2008
Sophia Tesfaye
Another poll shows Clinton winning Latino voters against Trump by greater margins than Obama won against McCain
The best reason for Bernie Sanders to fight on: Hawkish, neoliberal Clintons need a watchful eye from progressives
Jim Sleeper
Yes, Sanders needs to play it smart from here. But let's not forget that we need a check on Hillary's deep failings
Robert Reich: Bernie voters might not rally around Hillary after all
Robert Reich
The Clinton campaign faces unprecedented anti-establishment fury. It can't assume a wholesale transfer of loyalty
Why I say “Bernie or Bust”: If Sanders isn’t the Democratic nominee, his backers should not pull the lever for Hillary Clinton
H.A. Goodman
Party loyalty should be reciprocal; not simply a lesser evil calculus
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