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Samantha Bee | Team Cruz

April 8, 2016

Who are some of Ted Cruz's biggest fans? Prepare to be horrified, but not surprised in the slightest.

Crosby Stills Nash & Young | Teach Your Children

April 8, 2016

The classic about the influence on society of what we teach our children. With lyrics and the history of the song.

Was Hillary Influenced by Bankers? Elizabeth Warren Answers

April 8, 2016

Hillary Clinton said "You will not find that I ever changed a view or vote because of any donation that I ever received ... Just name one thing." Luckily, we have Elizabeth Warren, speaking to Bill Moyers.

April 8, 2016

On the Family, Pope Francis Teaches Flexibility

Ruth Graham Slate

“Amoris Laetitia” sums up everything that’s awesome and frustrating about Pope Francis.

April 8, 2016

The Problem With Hillary Clinton Isn’t Just Her Corporate Cash. It’s Her Corporate Worldview.

Naomi Klein The Nation

While Clinton is great at warring with Republicans, taking on powerful corporations goes against her entire worldview, against everything she’s built, and everything she stands for. The real issue, in other words, isn’t Clinton’s corporate cash, it’s her deeply pro-corporate ideology.

April 8, 2016

Why I’m Ready to Get Arrested With Restaurant Workers

John Cavanagh Inequality.org

From April 11 to 18, I’ll be joining thousands of people from all walks of life – from workers to environmentalists to the just plain angry – who will descend on Capitol Hill in waves to risk arrest and offer a primal scream for democracy.

April 8, 2016

Bernie, Hillary, and Fractivism 2.0 in NY

Ari Phillips Fusion

Since NY has banned fracking, a lot of people are working to try and develop clean energy at the state, county, and local levels. These efforts together are known as “fractivism 2.0.” “They’re trying to prevent the country and the planet from digging their own graves by committing ourselves to another 50 or 100 years of burning fossil fuels.”

April 8, 2016

Friday Nite Videos -- April 8, 2016

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Was Hillary Influenced by Bankers? Elizabeth Warren Answers. Crosby Stills Nash & Young | Teach Your Children. Samantha Bee | Team Cruz. Rachel Maddow Interviews Jane Sanders. Panama Papers: Shadow Economy for the World's Elites.

April 7, 2016

The Cosmopolitans Tackles Race and Ageing - Interview with Sarah Schulman

Josephine Livingstone The Guardian

Writer and activist Sarah Schulman, whose new novel, The Cosmopolitans, tackles race and ageing, explains focus on LGBT lives and how gentrification isn't as simple as it seems. The Cosmopolitans is a beautifully written, page-turning novel about friendship, love, and revenge set in the disappeared world of 1950s New York.

April 7, 2016

Labor for Bernie and Beyond Plans for the Primaries and the Future

Dan La Botz New Politics

Labor for Bernie believes their candidate can defeat Hillary Clinton for the nomination. But Sanders supporters know that their candidate—even if he wins big in several more states—could have victory wrested from him at the convention. Therefore labor supporters gathered to discuss how to continue the movement into the future, win or lose.