The Democratic presidential candidate spoke to the nation’s largest labor union, and defended both collective bargaining and public charter schools.
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“You’re Being Cheated, and We’re Going to Protect You”
In this year’s election, Democrats ought to talk about the many ways Americans are being ripped off—with Trump University as a top example.
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Will Clinton Move to the Center? Don’t Bet on It.
Widespread assumptions that Hillary Clinton and her party are poised to shift rightward overlook dramatic changes in the electorate since her husband occupied the White House.
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Trump Lays Bare the Moral Bankruptcy of the Religious Right
The movement’s top leaders crown the foul-mouthed casino owner as their savior.
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The First Post-Middle-Class Election
The politics of downward mobility and racial diversity have eroded the center, pushing Democrats to the left and Republicans toward an authoritarian right.
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Report: Dark Money Surges in State and Local Elections
Undisclosed political spending is both more pronounced and more influential at the state and local level than it is in federal elections, concludes a new report by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s School of Law. Also on the rise in state elections is what the report calls “gray money”-money that moves […]
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Wisconsin Redistricting Lawsuit Could Reverberate Nationally
A federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s Republican-drawn state legislative district lines could have sweeping implications for gerrymandered districts nationwide.
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Foreign Contributions Risk Unites Liberals, Conservatives
Campaign-finance deregulation has elevated the risk that foreign money will make its way into American elections, and this danger is emerging as a rare point of bipartisan agreement between liberals and conservatives. The threat of foreign campaign contributions and how to stop it was the topic of a bipartisan forum at the Federal Election Commission […]
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Will Obama Heed Advocates’ Call to Act on Dark Money and Voting Rights?
President Obama used his final State of the Union address to call for a “better politics”-declaring, “We have to reduce the influence of money in our politics, so that a handful of families and hidden interests can’t bankroll our elections.” He added, “We’ve got to make it easier to vote, not harder. We need to […]
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Does Ryan’s Endorsement of Trump Signal a Koch Change of Heart?
The Koch brothers love Speaker Ryan and hate Donald Trump. But if Trump is the only game in town, the Koch network needs him.
