Bernie Sanders Has a Secret Weapon, and the Media Elites Just Don’t Get It

Bernie Sanders Has a Secret Weapon, and the Media Elites Just Don’t Get It Americans are a people for whom ideology matters a lot less than speaking plainly and sticking by your beliefs. MARK HERTSGAARD shared from Black Deaths Matter Historic black cemeteries have devolved into trash dumps and overgrown forests, while tidy Confederate memorials still draw public funding. SETH FREED WESSLER Bernie Sanders Has a Secret Weapon, and the Media Elites Just Don’t Get It Americans are a people for whom ideology matters a lot less than speaking plainly and sticking by your beliefs. MARK HERTSGAARD It’s Science: Raising Minimum Wage Would Make America a Happier Place The American Psychological Association is marshaling research that shows alleviating poverty improves mental health. BENJAMIN RYAN How Could Tamir Rice’s Death Be ‘Reasonable’? Imaginative legal reasoning deals a real blow. PATRICIA J. WILLIAMS Why Is the CBO Concocting a Phony Debt Crisis? A simple accounting trick is arming austerity hawks with a powerful, phony weapon. ARI RABIN-HAVT We Should Never Pay Down Our $17 Trillion Debt—Just Ask the IMF Our money is better spent elsewhere for a few simple reasons. MIKE KONCZAL

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