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Meet the Rabbi Who Renounced Zionism and Embraced Palestinian Liberation
When Brant Rosen spoke out against Israel's occupation of Palestine, he lost his Jewish spiritual community, but quickly found another.
Eli Massey
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The Rising American Student Movement Is Part of a Battle for the Soul of Higher Education
Keep an eye on college campuses. The battles fought there are going to matter for the wider world tomorrow.
Aviva Chomsky
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Life After Coal in Harlan County, U.S.A.
Kentucky's lifeblood is drying up.
Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
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One of the Inventors of Superdelegates Explains Why They Were Created: To Stop ‘Outlier Candidates’
A member of the 1982 commission explains why they created superdelegates and what they hoped to prevent.
Branko Marcetic
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Norman Finkelstein’s ‘The Holocaust Industry’ and the Fight To Make All Suffering Count
Finkelstein's book is a call for Jewish suffering to be seen as part of the larger history of suffering under colonialism.
Max Ajl
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How to Make the Democratic Nominating Process Actually Democratic
A Sanders campaign advisor lays out 3 proposals.
Larry Cohen
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Hunting the Hunt Commission
The private meetings that led to the creation of superdelegates have never been published or made public—until now.
In These Times Contributors
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Donald Trump Has More in Common with Microsoft’s Racist Twitter-Bot ‘Tay’ Than Most Human Beings
The American people should take a note from Microsoft and shut down Donald Trump.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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Washington Post Squeezes Four Anti-Bernie Sanders Stories Out of One Tax Study in Just 7 Hours
The paper seems bent on taking down Bernie.
Adam Johnson
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In ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ Superheroes Fight for Freedom—The Kind Ayn Rand Fought For
The movie celebrates the roguish, rugged individual who seeks to exercise such personal freedom of choice without concern for others’ wishes.
Andrew Paul
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The Political Revolution Will Continue Long After Bernie Sanders’ Campaign. Here’s How.
Grassroots groups plan to harness Bernie's momentum—and, if he agrees, his voter lists.
Ethan Corey
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Lawmakers Push for Chicago Police Accountability With New Legislation in Springfield
New legislation from Illinois' state capital wants to change the way police misconduct is handled.
Adeshina Emmanuel
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Ilan Pappe: Israel Is the Last Remaining, Active Settler-Colonialist Project
Ilan Pappe discusses Noam Chomsky, Bernie Sanders and the post-Zionist movement.
Eli Massey
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The Most Important Thing Missing from Coverage of Syria: The Perspectives of Syrians Themselves
Given that Syrians are the ones most affected by the conflict, it's remarkable how little we hear from them.
Eli Massey
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Why Activists Today Should Still Care About the 40-Year-Old Church Committee Report
The Church Committee Report reveals the lengths the government was willing to go in order to crush grassroots activism and spy on American citizens.
Branko Marcetic
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Democracy’s Fascism Problem
Europe has a ‘democracy deficit’ on both the Left and the Right
Slavoj Žižek
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Thomas Frank on How Democrats Went From Being the ‘Party of the People’ to the Party of Rich Elites
Democrats have gone from the party of the New Deal to a party that is defending mass inequality.
Tobita Chow
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Why Bernie Sanders Will, Should and Must Refuse To Drop Out Against Hillary Clinton
It's only the keepers of the established order who want him to bow out now.
Jim Hightower
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3 Next Steps for the Political Revolution
Bernie Sanders can't do it alone.
Larry Cohen
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Bigger Than Bernie: The Other Progressive Challengers Taking On the Democratic Establishment
These challengers are also carrying the flag of the political revolution sparked by Bernie Sanders.
Christopher Hass
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Why We Must Make Green Energy a Public Good
A 'Green Tea' coalition of conservatives and environmentalists are offering market-based alternatives to fossil fuels—but creating an equitable climate future will require public-sector solutions
Kate Aronoff
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Whistleblowers Step Forward To Decry President Obama’s Drone Program
“You see someone die because you said it was okay to kill them."
Pratap Chatterjee
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In Defending Hillary Clinton’s Emails, Obama Shows His Double Standard on Classified Info
The Obama administration has cracked down on whistleblowers and leakers while offering Clinton a pass.
Branko Marcetic
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State Sen. Nina Turner on Why Black Voters Should Support Bernie—But Not Stop There
The Cleveland native and rising political star switched her support from Clinton to Sanders
Benjamin Dixon
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