France’s Bernie Sanders Started His Own Party and Is Surging in the Polls
Jean Luc Mélenchon's supporters argue: "To beat Trump it would have been necessary to support Sanders. Let's not make the same mistake!"
Zaid Jilani
Zaid Jilani is a former Reporter at The Intercept. He has previously worked as a reporter-blogger for ThinkProgress, United Republic, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and Alternet.
He hails from Atlanta, Georgia, and graduated from the University of Georgia in 2009 with a bachelor of arts in international affairs and received his master's in public administration from Syracuse University in 2014.
He hails from Atlanta, Georgia, and graduated from the University of Georgia in 2009 with a bachelor of arts in international affairs and received his master's in public administration from Syracuse University in 2014.
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New York Times Promises Truth and Diversity, Then Hires Climate-Denying Anti-Arab White Guy
Readers have flocked to the New York Times after it reasserted its principles in the Trump era. Then it hired the Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens.
Some Populist! Trump Caves to Big Business in Epic "Bank of Boeing" Flip-Flop.
On the campaign trail, Trump said of the corporate welfare program called the Export-Import Bank: "I don't like it." But now he likes it just fine.
Trump Trial Balloon to Eliminate Social Security Tax Undermines Key Defense of the Program
A highly visible tax cut for workers would at the same time eliminate Social Security's dedicating funding stream, making it reliant on general revenues.
Donald Trump’s Own Defense Secretary Warned in 2013 Against Rushing to War Against Syria
"The desire to do something, the intention to do good, does not take the place of pragmatic, 'What is possible?'" James Mattis said.
Terrorism Smear Campaign Against Democratic Contender for Congress Run By Saudi Lobbyist
Former GOP Sen. Norm Coleman chairs the Congressional Leadership Fund — while simultaneously representing one of the countries most responsible for exporting extremism.
Minnesota is Trying to Crush Black Lives Movement Highway Protests, A Tactic Activists Have Used for Decades
Highway blockages date back at least to the 1990s, when a labor campaign called Justice for Janitors used the maneuver in Washington, D.C.
Bernie Sanders Wants to Expand Medicare to Everybody -- Exactly What Its Architects Wanted
"We expected Medicare to be a first step toward universal national health insurance," wrote Social Security commissioner Robert Ball.
Former Democratic Senators Advised Group Funding Anti-Muslim Extremist Frank Gaffney
The advisory board of a group shoveling money to an anti-Obama conspiracy theorist included four Democratic senators-turned-lobbyists.
Trump Insults the Media, but Bush Bullied and Defanged It to Sell the Iraq War
Trump’s got nothing on George W. Bush, who made the press a willing accomplice in going to war based on lies, 14 years ago this week.