April

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Labor, progressives warn Congress: Keep ideological agenda out of spending bills

"Riders from the Republican leadership are a way to manipulate the rules in favor of the wealthy few and big corporations."

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Award-winning elementary principal criticizes Mayor Rahm Emanuel, loses job

The "reassignment" to a different position smelled like retribution for the outspoken principal's public criticism of the Chicago mayor.

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Hillary and Bernie eye a wall to keep out right wingers

Said Clinton, "We will unify our party to win this election; no matter if you support me or Sanders, there is much more that unites us than divides us."

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Hillary is not a neoconservative, but her foreign policy bears watching

Her acceptability and in some cases support by right wing extremism was exposed in the media on Sunday, but such support for Clinton is not entirely new.

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Ending corporate personhood: A bipartisan unicorn?

Due to voters' wariness of Wall Street 'elites', it comes as no surprise that there exists support for the elimination of corporate personhood.

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Over 100,000 New Yorkers banned from voting in primary

Even without list purges, New York State makes it difficult for people to vote, especially in primaries.

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Mass movement for democracy is being born

"We're going to reach out to working people. We're going to say: 'you're right to be angry, but many of you are looking in the wrong places for solutions.'"

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Sanders wins Wisconsin in a landslide, works to build unity

Bernie Sanders made a special appeal to union members, who for years have been the target of attacks by right-wing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.

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Democracy Spring kicks off in Philly

Activists have begun a march that they say will culminate with a massive civil disobedience action in the nation's capital. 

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Wisconsin primaries: Democrats debate, Republicans fight dirty

The Republican candidates are all about self-aggrandizement, tearing each other apart like kids in a vicious playground fight.