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NC NAACP Wins Major Voting Rights Case

November 4, 2016

A federal judge orders North Carolina to reinstate the voter registrations of thousands who had been purged from the voter rolls. Lawrence O'Donnell discusses with Dr. William Barber.

Jon Stewart's Twitter Fight with Donald Trump

November 4, 2016

Jon Stewart: "Vote wisely this November."

Police Violently Attack Protesters At Standing Rock

November 4, 2016

Police continue to viciously attack protesters at Standing Rock, ND, with water hoses, pepper spray, rubber bullets and more.

November 4, 2016

FBI RenegadesTrying to Swing Election?

Whitney Snyder Vanity Fair

A whirlwind week of leaks from the FBI appear intended to cast a shadow over Clinton

November 4, 2016

#StandingRock Is One More Story of Injustice

Mark Trahant trahantreports.com

If the United States lived up to its own ideals there would be no stolen water, land, and dams on the Missouri River and the Army Corps of Engineers would have a long history of real negotiation with the tribes instead of a pretend consultation.

November 4, 2016

Donald Trump Is Taking a Page From Reconstruction-Era White Supremacists

Donald Nieman The Conversation

How can “Trump Election Observers” distinguish between qualified and unqualified voters? Trump doesn’t say. But his reference to “certain areas” – and the entire tenor of his campaign – suggests that their color will give them away.

November 4, 2016

How We Win

William Taylor Jr. portside.org

San Francisco poet William Taylor Jr. writes in the spirit of Beat poetry, finding sly ways of survival and triumph in an often dreary, hostile world.