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Photo The Cima Dome area of the Mojave National Preserve. President Obama is granting national monument status to nearly 1.8 million acres of California desert that would link existing protected lands like this one. Credit David Danelski/The Press-Enterprise, via Associated Press LOS ANGELES — President Obama plans on Friday to designate three new national monuments…
Civil rights icon John Lewis told reporters that he never encountered Bernie Sanders when the Vermont senator was working with Lewis’ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s. Because he made his remarks at a press conference announcing the Congressional Black Caucus PAC’s endorsement of Sanders’ opponent, Hillary Clinton, Lewis’ comments can be seen…
The betting markets now say that the most likely Republican nominee for president is a man who mocks women, insults Latinos, endorses war crimes like torture, denounces party icons and favors barring people from the United States based on their religion. He’s less a true-believer conservative than an opportunist, though, for he has supported single-payer…
Facing off against Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday night, Hillary Clinton did not comport herself like someone who had just suffered a landslide loss in New Hampshire. She did not raise her voice or express anger. She did not demonize Mr. Sanders or suggest he would be a dangerous choice for Democrats. She remained calm…
Bernie Sanders attends the PBS Democratic debate in Milwaukee on Thursday night.Darren Hauck/Reuters After a number of Democratic debates in which criminal justice got barely any air time, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton spent several minutes agreeing with each other Thursday night about holding police officers accountable for criminal misconduct, getting rid of racial…
“I think we need to believe in a leader like Bernie Sanders. People are dying. This is real. We need a president that will talk about it. Bernie is a protester. He’s not scared to go up against the criminal justice system. He is not scared.” – Erica Garner ——— ★ Join the political revolution…
On Tuesday, Bernie Sanders swept to victory in the New Hampshire primary over rival Hillary Clinton. To be sure, Sanders was expected to win. Handily. Still, there’s something surreal about the fact that America is edging ever closer to a situation that will see an avowed socialist square off against one of the country’s quintessential…
January 31, 2016|9:49 am (Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks about the Global Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, August 16, 2010. Hello Democratic Caucus and Primary voters! Before you cast your ballot next month, it’s time to play everyone’s favorite pop quiz…
(Photo: Mike Mozart / Flickr) The Greek playwright Aeschylus — who fought at Marathon in 490 BC, the battle that defeated the first Persian invasion of Greece — had few illusions about the consequences of war. No wonder, in the tragedy Oresteia, he gave his character Agamemnon these verses: They sent forth men to battle….
Bernie Sanders celebrates his victory during a primary night rally in Concord, New Hampshire. JEWEL SAMAD / AFP / Getty Images MANCHESTER, N.H. — Bernie Sanders won and won big here on Tuesday. He earned 60 percent of the vote in New Hampshire and won nearly every town and city in the state. The size…