Gerrymandering, RIP?

Miles Rapoport The American Prospect
Republicans’ hold on Congress and statehouses could be more vulnerable than once thought.

Progressives Seek to Shut Down Superdelegates

Steven Rosenfeld Alternet
To many progressives and Berniecrats in particular the superdelegates stand apart and exist for one purpose: to take the nomination away from voters.

Anonymous

Peter Neil Carroll Chiron Review
"Oral history we call it: I want his past, he hopes/ for my future." So poet/historian Peter Neil Carroll traces the story of a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade who fought the good fight, stuck to his principles to the end.

Why a Children’s Book has Zionists Losing Their Minds

Steven Salaita Mondoweiss
In this moment of nuclear proliferation, police brutality, resurgent Nazism, and stunning inequality, the real enemy: is a children’s book. The offending title, P is for Palestine, was recently published by Golbarg Bashi and Golrokh Nafisi after a long crowdfunding campaign. Supporters of Israeli settlements and Zionist organizations have reacted as if it’s the Hamas charter.