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“Everything is personal”: How Donald Trump manipulates the media to expand his empire
Elias Isquith
The Donald has been famous since the '80s. That's no accident, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael D'Antonio tells Salon
Barack Obama just gave the most important racial justice speech of his presidency. Here’s why
Brittney Cooper
Over the weekend, the president gave an unprecedented speech addressing the plight of black women
Stephen Colbert dismantles Ted Cruz’s anti-gay bigotry & tax cut fanaticism
Sophia Tesfaye
"The Late Show" host quizzed Cruz on the Constitution, while the audience booed the presidential hopeful
Colbert’s Ted Cruz (calm and fair) smackdown: How “The Late Show” is triumphing with even-handed intelligence in these polarized times
Scott Timberg
Last night, Colbert and Cruz sparred over Reagan and gay marriage
Conservatives who hate the pope rush to his defense: White House’s papal guest list like “an open bar at Alcoholics Anonymous meeting”
Scott Eric Kaufman
Megyn Kelly and Mike Huckabee make it seem like the pope will personally greet all 15,000 guests on the list
The looming threat to democracy: How congressional inaction could put your vote at risk in 2016
Elias Isquith
If lawmakers don't do something soon, 2016 could be a repeat of 2000, Brennan Center for Justice expert tells Salon
5 worst right-wing moments of the week — Sarah Palin targets Ahmed Mohamed
Janet Allon
The former Alaskan governor suspects the Texas teen of terrorism, while Ben Carson endorses Trump's pseudoscience
Muslims need not apply: Ted Cruz argues that U.S. should only take in Christian refugees
Scott Eric Kaufman
The Muslim refugees should go to wealthy Arab countries, because some of them may be terrorists
“This is the year 2015!”: Bernie Sanders rips Ben Carson’s Islamophobic remarks as being un-American
Scott Eric Kaufman
"This is the year 2015," Sanders said, before listing other groups the GOP thought were "unfit" to be president
Ben Carson’s Islamophobia: “I would not ever advocate putting a Muslim in charge of this nation”
Scott Eric Kaufman
Islam "is not consistent with the Constitution" and doesn't fit "within the realm of America," he argued
The right’s dumbest birther meme: Hillary Clinton started it!
Gary Legum
With Donald Trump's response to a questioner reviving the conspiracy theory, a laughable canard rears its head
Cookie Lyon is a national treasure — but Taraji P. Henson shouldn’t win an “Empire” Emmy just yet
Shannon M. Houston
I never thought I'd see a character like Cookie on prime-time TV, but her true greatness is yet to come
The media’s big Bernie Sanders myth: Here’s how we build the coalition that shatters Clintonism, neoliberalism
Anis Shivani
Hillary-bots argue that Sanders only appeals to white Iowa & New Hampshire voters. Here's how he proves that wrong
Glenn Beck vs. Donald Trump: Why the wing-nut icon’s new war on the billionaire really matters
Matthew Pulver
When one iconic conservative provocateur calls out another, it isn't just a feud — it's a civil war
Congress is a confederacy of dunces — and its Republicans should be made to sit in the corner
Michael Winship
After all the damage the last government shutdown wrought, our elected officials are gearing up for a sequel
Behind the scenes with Bernie Sanders: Three days in Iowa that explain why Hillary’s fading and the Dems have a new front-runner
Shane Ryan
If you want to understand the Sanders shocker, just go to Iowa and listen to his ideas and Hillary's platitudes
George W. Bush’s enduring shame: The twisted legal rationales we can’t escape, a dozen years later
Paul Rosenberg
We know why W. embraced John Yoo's strategy of hiding and obfuscation. The question is, why must President Obama?
The right’s Planned Parenthood trap: Manufactured controversies, pliant Democrats and the decades-long plot to “defund the left”
Josh Mound
Planned Parenthood non-troversy is the latest chapter in a 40-year crusade to cut the left off at the grassoots
Donald Trump’s xenophobic genius: The GOP frontrunner will never give up racist pandering — because it’s working
Bob Cesca
Trump continues to appeal to the lowest and most vile common denominator with zero repercussions
Donald Trump is America’s apathetic avatar: Inside our alarming willingness to ignore Islamophobia
Jack Mirkinson
The Donald allowed a racist supporter to voice appalling anti-Muslim sentiments on Thursday. He's not the only one
Bernie Sanders rips Donald Trump for refusing to rebuke Islamophobic questioner: “It’s an outrage”
Scott Eric Kaufman
"It's a disgrace," he said, "to question once again whether the president of the United States was born here"
Donald Trump: “We’re going to be looking at” how to “get rid of Muslims” and foreigners like Obama
Scott Eric Kaufman
"We have a problem in this country, it's called Muslims," the questioner asked. "When can we get rid of them?"
Who better than the Kochs to dish up some handy tips for lifting people out of poverty
Eric Stern
If you like your life skills advice with a side helping of conservative politics, Bridge to Wellbeing is for you
Is Trump too honest for the GOP? He’s actually challenging Republican fantasies — but it could spell trouble
Simon Maloy
Can Trump maintain favor with GOP voters by saying taxes aren't "socialism" and Bush screwed up the Middle East?
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