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The Man Who Knew Infinity

March 4, 2016

The true story of a poor, largely self-educated Indian genius who crashed the elite world of mathematics. Stars Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan.

Donald Trump's Fascist Week

March 4, 2016

Donald Trump may have more in common with fascism founder Benito Mussolini than he realizes.

Bernie Sanders' Democratic Socialism

March 4, 2016

Seth Meyers takes a closer look at the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign.

Are We Alone in the Universe?

March 4, 2016

David Kaplan explores the best ways to search for alien life on distant planets.

March 4, 2016

It’s Too Late for the GOP to Stop Trump, But Not for Progressives

Terrance Heath Campaign for America's Future

Republicans spent decades paving the way and priming the party base for a candidate just like Donald Trump. They were never going to stop him. That job falls to progressive movements.

March 4, 2016

Race and Representation in the Twilight of the Obama Era

Derrick Jackson The American Prospect

Will the eight years of America's first black president lead to more political voice for black citizens—or less?

March 4, 2016

Reich: Why the Critics of Bernienomics Are Wrong

Robert Reich Robert Reich

The critics of Bernie Sanders' economic plan fail to reckon with the long-term benefits of a single-payer health care system.

March 4, 2016

WHATEVER IT IS, IT COMES IN WAVES

Maggie Clark Rattle

In the same weeks that astronomers sighted the brightest supernova and the sound of a radiation wave confirmed Einstein's gravitational theory, the poet Maggie Clark turned her eye to the human dimension and noted the death of a great poet C.D. Wright.