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The Secret History of Superdelegates
In July, 712 Democratic officials will decide the nomination—just as the party planned it.
Branko Marcetic

Rural America
Watch Your Language: Good Food Words Co-opted by Big Ag
Melody Morrell

Feature
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

Feature
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

Labor
The ‘Sharing Economy’ Is a Sham for Workers
Jim Hightower

Rural America
The Alberta Wildfire: Heating Up the Blogosphere
John Collins

Culture
Cuts for the Poor, Tax Havens for the Rich
The Panama Papers expose the hypocrisy of England's oligarchs.
Jane Miller

Culture
Jane Austen, Class Warrior
Most Austen adaptations are little more than 'buttoned-up, tea-drinking porn.' But Whit Stillman's new film 'Love & Friendship' foregrounds Austen's sharp observations on social mobility.
Eileen Jones

Comics
The Democratic Party’s Real Message to Youth Voters
Matt Bors
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