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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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An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders on Turning His Campaign Into a Movement

If Bernie's campaign is going to become the catalyst for long-term transformation that many hope it will, some changes are in order.

Erik Forman

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With 19 Arrests and More Planned, Students Just Upped the Ante for Fossil Fuel Divestment

The new round of demands for divestment have taken place at nine universities, and more are coming.

Kate Aronoff

Dispatch

Thanks to #BlackLivesMatter, Prosecutors Who Bungle Police Shooting Cases Face Tough Election Fights

While recognizing the limits of electoral politics, the movement has ousted two prosecutors--Anita Alvarez and Tim McGinty--and has more in its sights

Jennifer Ball

Comics

Don’t Take the Subway During Election Time

Matt Bors

Rural America

What the Candidates are Saying About Agriculture

John Collins

Labor

New Report: 90 Percent of the World’s Domestic Workers Lack Social Security Protection

Elizabeth Grossman

Labor

After Contract Talks Break Down, Nearly 40,000 Verizon Workers Set To Strike Tomorrow

David Moberg

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How Bernie Sanders Can Harness the Kind of Momentum Transforming British Politics

British activists could offer lessons for Americans who are feeling the Bern about how to transition from a political campaign to a long-term, mass movement.

Kate Aronoff

Viewpoint

The Paradox of Bernie Sanders and the Black Voter

Despite Sanders' historic election, we still don’t seem any closer to resolving the rancorous intra-left debates about race and class.

Salim Muwakkil

Viewpoint

From Broad City to the Era of the Single, Independent Woman: Female Solidarity Has Gone Mainstream

Amy Schumer, Samantha Bee and Rebecca Traister herald a new epoch of female independence

Susan J. Douglas

Labor

Labor Notes Conference Gathers Over 2,000 ‘Troublemaker’ Workers and Organizers in Chicago

David Moberg

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To Reform the Police, We Have To Expand Democratic Power Over Them

Technocratic tinkering will not solve the American problem of police brutality and community distrust of law enforcement.

Ben Rosenfield

Dispatch

Understanding What Makes Donald Trump Voters Tick: Is It Just Racism?

In Trump's appeal, the Left seeks clues on winning back the white working-class.

Ian Haney López and Matt Morrison

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Speaking to High Schoolers About the Truth of War Helped Me Deal with My Trauma from Being a Soldier

If a teenager is going to sign up to kill and die for a cause or even the promise of a better life, then the least he or she should know is the good, the bad and the ugly about the job.

Rory Fanning

Rural America

Clean Power Plan: An Equitable Energy Transition in Rural America

Tara Ritter

Labor

Why the Labor Movement Must Join the Anti-Racist Struggle To Make Black Lives Matter

Andrew Tillett-Saks

Labor

American and Palestinian Unionists Build International Solidarity To Win ‘Freedom’ for Palestine

Jeff Schuhrke