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Ed Schultz | The Ed Show | (Video Interview) | – – “Presidential Candidate and Senator Bernie Sanders, I-VT, joins Ed Schultz to discuss a wide range of issues including why his message is resonating with Democrats, how he responds to those who say he can’t win, getting respect from the media, and the narrative […]

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Trump in Alabama: Playing George Wallace & making Latinos the new N-Word

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Margaret Howell and Jo Ankier | (TheLipTV Video News Commentary) | – – “Donald Trump held a pep rally at the Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Alabama on Friday night drawing around 30,000 people. The Republican frontrunner’s speech highlighted his immigration stance, which many have condemned as racist, sparking comparisons to segregationist George Wallace from both his […]

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How Black Lives Matter is making Bernie Sanders a better candidate

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By Kate Aronoff | ( Waging Nonviolence) If you spent any time in the progressive blogosphere this past week and a half, chances are that you have some feelings about activists in Seattle disrupting a rally for Bernie Sanders last weekend. To recap: On two Saturdays ago, Black Lives Matter Seattle organizers Marissa Johnson and […]

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Bernie Sanders launches “Political Revolution” w/ 100K Virtual House Partiers

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Bernie Sanders spoke from a house party in Washington, D.C., to supporters gathering in 3500 homes and other locations around the country in groups ranging from 7-8 to 80 or 90. He said it was a “historical night” and unprecedented to have these coordinated gatherings with an on-line streamed […]

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White Male News: As US Diversifies, Newsrooms Lag

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By Nora Happel | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Although the United States as a whole is becoming more ethnically diverse, newsrooms remain largely dominated by white, male reporters, according to a recent investigation by The Atlantic magazine. It found that just 22.4 percent of television journalists, 13 percent of […]

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Sandra Bland: Could training Police in Conflict Resolution instead of Force have Saved Her?

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By Megan Price | (The Conversation) | – – The disturbing video released earlier this week of the stop and arrest of Sandra Bland highlights once again the excessive and inexcusable use of force by police officers in this country. The 28-year-old’s death in police custody after a routine traffic stop is currently being investigated […]

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Muslim-Americans raising $100K to Rebuild burned Black Churches

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Nik Zecevik and Margaret Howell | (TheLipTV2 Video) | – – “Respond With Love” a Muslim charity has raised nearly [$90,000] $45,000 to aid black churches that were burned down during the two weeks that followed the mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. During that time six predominantly black churches fell victim […]

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South Carolina removes the Physical Flag: Can it remove the Spiritual Illness of Racial Discrimination?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The South Carolina legislature has voted to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the statehouse. It was put there in 1961 as a show of defiance against the Civil Rights movement, i.e. against the demand that the system of legally-imposed segregation of African-Americans cease. […]

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Bernie Sanders’ 10,000-person crowd in Madison biggest of any Candidate so Far

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Democratic Party’s left wing is fed up and isn’t going to take it any more. Americans in opinion polling overwhelmingly favor the positions of Bernie Sanders on most political and social issues. But gerrymandering, big money in politics, and voter suppression have produced presidents who […]