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In the fourth part of this series we examine how voters’ feelings on socialism have shifted. Half of Americans under 40 say they would prefer to live in a socialist country

I am tired of big financial firms looting the economy to pad their own pockets while the rest of the economy suffers. I will stop the looting and make sure Wall Street serves the rest of the economy, rather than the other way around.

Twitter; Whitewashing the Shootings; That Times Headline; Warren for Net Accessibility; Schmucker; Facebook and Surveillance; Cops Propagandize Online

The data "contradicts both the mainstream narrative and some national polling data that suggest that only a centrist Democrat could succeed in this political environment."

Tuesday night was Bernie and Liz vs. the world. Warren and Sanders parried attack after attack from a number of centrists desperate to claw their way into the next debate, counter-punching hard as they defended their stridently progressive policies.

The Democratic debate was an inevitable by-product of turning news into an entertainment and cultural product

Most of the candidates for the Democratic Presidential nomination seem to have no problem with the presence of grand private fortunes

How can Americans of all generations come together to fight for greater economic security for all of us? Today's tyrants are trying to convince younger generations to fight older generations over scraps, rather than joining together to demand more.