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Borrow a sewing machine? Sacramento Public Library to start loaning more than books
The Library of Things is part of an ongoing push by the Sacramento Public Library system and libraries around the country to expand and diversify their role beyond book borrowing. By Ellen Garrison.
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Here’s what I’ll do the day after the election
At a time of massive political discontent, we need a new administration that has both vision and courage. By Bernie Sanders.
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After Bernie: Will “Our Revolution” Deliver on Its Promise of “Political Revolution”?
In a post-Sanders era filled with possibilities and pitfalls, a down-ticket strategy appears to be gaining momentum. By Michael Corcoran.
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The Next Big Thing: Job Benefits That Go Where You Go
We need to overhaul America’s social safety net, which was designed for a different labor market and economy. By Chris Farrell.
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Bernie Sanders Is Running a Shadow Campaign
In Colorado, Sanders is campaigning for Clinton, but also firing up his followers to keep his ideas alive. By Leonid Bershidsky.
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For Those Who Don’t Want to Vote for the Lesser of Two Evils
Ranked-choice voting is catching on, and Maine might become the first state to help citizens vote for candidates they actually want. By Peter White.
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The truth about trade
It’s possible to be a believer in international trade and an opponent of TPP and TTIP. By Jeffrey D. Sachs.
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Prince of Peace
San Salvador’s upstart mayor, Nayib Bukele, has promised a new way forward for a city besieged by decades of violence. His biggest obstacle, however, may not be the city’s gangs, but the city’s idea of itself. By Juan Carlos.
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If Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine are “Progressive,” Then the Word Has Lost All Meaning
How the term ‘progressive’ became an empty marketing tool for corporate Democrats. By Kathleen Geier.
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Bernie Sanders and the New Class Politics
Adolph Reed on assumptions about black voters, the legacy of the Sanders campaign, and the task ahead. By Daniel Zamora.
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Labour Party will appeal against High Court decision to allow 130,000 new members to vote in leadership election
Jeremy Corbyn has received a huge boost after up to 130,000 Labour Party members won the right to vote in the upcoming leadership election. By Laura Hughes.
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What Does the Democratic Party Stand for Now? Good Question.
What program, what vision of America, can possibly contain all of this? By Emmett Rensin. (July 29, 2016)
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Lessons From Vermont
Five things a Vermont third party can teach us about carving out a space to the left of the Democrats. By Luke Elliott-Negri.
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Why Bernie Backed Hillary
The path to an eventual progressive victory is to take over the Democratic Party, not break it. By Doug Muder.
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Attacking Trump for the Few Sensible Things He Says is Both Bad Politics and Bad Strategy
Donald Trump is a monster, a buffoon, an ignorant orange clown, a sociopath and a narcissist. He is racist and misogynist. He has so little impulse control that he erupted with a pathetic defense of the size of his penis in the middle of a presidential debate… By Mark Weisbrot.
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Corporate Democrats Have Always Hated the Left — Now They’re Shocked to Learn That We Hate Them Back
Since the 1970's, the American left has been on the defensive. Facing both an increasingly ambitious business offensive against the core tenets of the New Deal and a Democratic Party establishment that was slowly beginning its rightward shift, progressive activists were pushed out of the mainstream, where they had remained a solid force during the Roosevelt era and through the 1960's. By Jake Johnson.
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Why I Will Vote for Hillary Clinton
I cast my first vote in 1960, when I was 22. That was before 18-year-olds were allowed to vote. I voted for John F. Kennedy, and I worked in his campaign. I was thrilled when he visited campaign headquarters, and I got to shake his hand. He was exciting and dynamic. At the time, critics said he was no better than Richard Nixon.… By Diane Ravitch.
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Bad Moon Rising
Here we are in the desert of moderate liberalism. The storm has hit, and nobody was prepared. By Laurie Penny. (July 26, 2016)
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Thomas Frank and Robert Scheer on the Democratic Party Establishment
In their discussion, Scheer and Frank discuss how the Democratic Party has crumbled and what the future of the establishment looks like. (July 26, 2016)
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What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
Thomas Frank
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