The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

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Bernie-or-Bust Is Real and Probably Not Going Away Anytime Soon
The DNC is shaking up to be a wild experiment in democracy.
Kate Aronoff

Rural America
Fast-Food Chains Can Stop the Overuse of Antibiotics on Factory Farms
Claire Rater, Carol Spiegel and Jim Goodman

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Why Tim Kaine is a Smart—and Progressive—Pick for Vice President
His life and career show Kaine to be an effective advocate for social change.
Thad Williamson

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How the Democratic Convention Became a One-Stop Shop for Corporations Seeking Political Influence
A group of activists in Philadelphia is fighting back.
Ethan Corey

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Leaked DNC Emails Show How Blatantly Democrats Trade Access For Donations
The WikiLeaks dump reveals an entrenched pay-to-play culture within the Democratic Party.
Branko Marcetic

Rural America
Colorado Community Rights Amendment Builds Largest Campaign to Date, But Falls Short of 2016 Ballot
Rural America In These Times

Labor
A Message To Democrats: ‘Working Class’ Is Not a Dirty Word
Tamara Draut

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz Is Done at the DNC. But She’s Not the Only Obstacle To Party Unity.
Divisions within the Democratic Party take center stage at this week's convention.
Kate Aronoff

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Inside the Corporate Utopias Where Capitalism Rules and Labor Laws Don’t Apply
Our reporters gained access to three of the world’s “special economic zones”—and found paradises for corporations and wastelands for workers’ rights.
Matt Kennard and Claire Provost

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Superdelegate Showdown: Round One Goes to the Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party activists lost at the Rules Committee meeting, but garnered enough support to take their fight to abolish superdelegates to the floor of the convention.
Kate Aronoff

Rural America
Rural Stories Making Headlines (July 23, 2016)
Rural America In These Times

Labor
Why Black Lives Matter Is Taking On Police Unions
Adeshina Emmanuel

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Activists Push the Democrats for Real Solutions on Climate Change
The Democrats' climate platform beats the Republicans', but it doesn't go far enough.
Kate Aronoff

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Trump Has Concocted a Dangerous New Blend of Pseudo-Leftism and Nativist Populism
The RNC showed Republicans are moving in a new, and frightening, direction.
Theo Anderson

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Is Hillary Clinton a Progressive? Not If She Chooses Tim Kaine
By choosing Tim Kaine as her vice president, Clinton signaled that she values progressives in name and vote only.
Jodi Jacobson

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Yale Worker Who Shattered Racist Window: ‘People are Tired of Being Victims’
Corey Menafee tells In These Times what brought him to the breaking point.
Michelle Chen

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U.S.-Led Airstrikes Just Killed 85 Syrian Civilians—And the Corporate Media Looked Away
More died than in last week's Nice, France attack, but far fewer words were written.
Adam Johnson

Labor
Wall Street Vultures May Have Wrecked the Central States Pension Fund
Bruce Vail
