Springsteen: 'I don't know if a lot of people feel if this song is true any more, and I'm not sure that it is, but I know that it ought to be.'
Bernie affirms his optimism, and urges citizens to become more deeply involved in the political process.
A vivid arc of life on Rikers as told by the people who experienced it — from the trauma of entry, the conflicts with other inmates and corrections officers, the stabbings and beatings, and the torture of solitary confinement to the psychological challenges of returning to the outside world
How did we get to this point? And what do we do now?
Three infamous incidents of violence reenacted with the racial roles reversed.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren at the AFL-CIO tears the mask from Donald Trump program for oligarchy and pledges, "We will stand up to bigotry, no compromises ever on this question."
Democracy is coming to the USA ("the cradle of the best and the worst"), Leonard Cohen wrote, "It's coming from the sorrow in the street / The holy places where the races meet." Cohen died this week, but we can still take his defiant, sardonic optimism into the streets with us.
Public schools are increasingly divided by race and class. John Oliver discusses the troubling trend towards school resegregation.
The filmmaker says the demonstrations that have broken out in the wake of Donald Trump's victory are only going to get bigger.
Millions sign petition for the Electoral College to elect the Hillary Clinton, who received the most votes, as president. The chair of the National Popular Vote Initiative explains how to assure that the top vote getter will win.
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