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Alabama currently has the 48th highest poverty rate in the country, yet their Governor refuses to give them anything above the ridiculously low federal minimum wage.

Obama can call Garland moderate and Republicans can call him liberal, but on the most important question of 2016 he is neither.

“The forces that contribute to racial disparities under prohibition are clearly still in place after legalization.”

Recent arguments made to bolster Clinton are flawed, as per usual.

Bernie Sanders is fighting for an increase in funding for the Older Americans Act programs. The increase would be an important step in meeting existing demand.

Let's expand our role of the national political whistleblower to cover educating the masses with knowledge, messages and frames they don't have -- and which politicians and the media obscure or block or defy. Let's recognize Sanders as the greatest progressive educator this era, maybe back two eras. Just naming his triad of empowered opponents confirms his historic significance. Win or not, he is a champion of elevating awareness.

“That respect and admiration that America once received is being steadily eroded largely because of the policies that the U.S. government is pursuing foreign affairs and domestic matters.”

Trump protesters blocked an Arizona highway preventing supporters from getting to a Trump rally.

The U.S. will no longer receive fish caught by slaves in Southeast Asia, gold mined by children in Africa or garments sewn by abused women in Bangladesh.

The fact is, recent trade deals are less about trade and more about global investment.