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GOP declares war on the Supreme Court: What’s really behind the reactionary plot against the judiciary
Jim Newell
There's some serious conservative rage to be leveraged right now, and Ted Cruz is leading the pandering contest
America is changing, and marriage equality is a huge victory — but we need to go so much further
Andrew O'Hehir
It wasn't judges or politicians who made this breakthrough happen -- it was the people. Now we must demand more
“The Wire” is right about everything: David Simon nailed the police, media, politicians
Kristin Henning
With each year, the show's moral clarity and portrayal of rotted-out institutions/ambitious climbers stings more
William F. Buckley and National Review’s vile race stance: Everything you need to know about conservatives and civil rights
Kevin M. Schultz
Remembering the night William F. Buckley took his genteel racism to Cambridge--and left destroyed by James Baldwin
They really are the party of stupid: The real story behind Scott Walker’s war on higher education
Heather Cox Richardson
The new GOP war on universities is just the next step in an anti-intellectual struggle against critical thinking
Bernie Sanders is the 1 percent’s worst nightmare: How he promises to upend America’s oligarchy
Jim Newell
2016's socialist candidate wants to use the tax code to transfer wealth downward. Are you terrified yet?
6 Things You Need to Know About Bernie Sanders
Scott Eric Kaufman
Sanders: I'm not running against Hillary Clinton, I'm running against the oligarchy
Jay Z’s war on the oligarchy: Hip-hop’s biggest star gets radical in the age of Baltimore & Ferguson
Matthew Pulver
America is beginning to notice what fans have known for years: Jay Z is more than just a business, man
Pope Francis vs. American imperialism: Catholicism, death squads, and the martyrdom of Óscar Romero
Matthew Pulver
Later this month, the Pope will beatify Óscar Romero, who was murdered by an American-trained death squad in 1980
What we talk about when we talk about black protesters: A history of right-wing dogwhistles
Conor Lynch
Ronald Reagan perfected the use of coded racial language to court white voters. His strategy persists to this day
How to demolish the oligarchy in 3 easy steps
Michael Lind
American democracy has been tainted by lobbying and corporate interests. How do we fix it? Blow it all up
“Calling Obama a ‘global George Zimmerman’? No. No.”: Michael Eric Dyson sounds off on Cornel West, Obama & his critics
Joan Walsh
The Georgetown University scholar and author reflects on his very public break with his mentor turned tormentor
This is what oligarchy looks like: Why the 1 percent is the real target of the 2016 campaigns
Elias Isquith
Because campaign finance rules are basically nonexistent, primary contestants for 2016 run an elaborate con game
This is how the oligarchy wins: Money, politics, and the perils of part-time lawmakers
Sean McElwee
There are many reasons for our broken system. One surprising one: Our lawmakers are getting ripped off
9 basic concepts Americans fail to grasp
Alex Henderson
A lack of worldliness is clouding our vision on everything from sex to economics, and the proof is in our policies
David Brooks just makes God up: More horse-and-buggy priggishness from deeply unserious NYT writer
Jeffrey Tayler
NYT columnist urges us all to the pews, but the Bible can not help us live
Bernie Sanders is increasingly iffy on running for president — and the reason is thoroughly depressing
Luke Brinker
What the progressive senator's reticence reveals about a poisoned political process
This SCOTUS destroyed America: How Citizens United is ruining more than our elections
Elias Isquith
Thanks to Anthony Kennedy, the decision responsible for our new oligarchy has made Washington even more grotesque
“People are really getting angry”: How Bernie Sanders just electrified Iowa — and what it means for ’16
Robert Leonard
At an under-the-radar town hall in Des Moines, Sanders had the crowd begging for more. Here's why it matters
“Fascism is rising in America”: The Koch brothers and democracy’s dispiriting demise
Thom Hartmann
We're still paying the price for Citizens United, and our oligarchs are poised to capture even more political power
Ivy League’s meritocracy lie: How Harvard and Yale cook the books for the 1 percent
Lani Guinier
"We are credentializing a new elite by legitimizing people with an inflated sense of their own merit"
Stephen Colbert’s one mistake: The monstrous Henry Kissinger shouldn’t get to laugh his sins away
Paul Rosenberg
Henry Kissinger is not a cute pop-culture prop. He's got more blood on his hands than perhaps any other American
Stephen Colbert schooled Fox News hard: Comedy, Bill O’Reilly and the exposure of right-wing patriotism lies
Sophia A. McClennen
The comedian's hyper-patriotic persona was the key to parodying blathering know-nothings like Fox's Bill O'Reilly
American exceptionalism is dead: Why the nation rediscovered its protest roots
David Dayen
A nation’s delusion finally ends. And from fast food to Ferguson to Moral Mondays, the evidence is in the streets
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