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On Eve of Election, Progressives Ready to 'Transform American Politics'

"This is a process that doesn't end on November 8," said Shannon Jackson, executive director of Our Revolution. "We're going to work to keep people engaged, so we'll see a new generation of Bernie-crats in cycles to come." (Photo: Alexander Jonesi/cc/flickr)

DOJ to Spread Poll Monitors Thin Despite Widespread Concerns

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

The 2013 gutting of the Voting Rights Act means the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will deploy just 500 election monitors to polling places in 28 states on Tuesday—hundreds less than in 2012, and imbued with...

In Blow to Enbridge, Canada to Ban Oil Tankers Off Northern B.C. Coast

Nika Knight, staff writer

Canada Transportation Minister Marc Garneau made headlines this weekend when he...

'We Can't Wait Until 2186': French Women Strike Against Pay Gap

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

French women walked off their jobs en masse Monday afternoon, as part of a...

With Charges Dropped, Climate Documentarian Vows, 'We Fight On'

'Planetary Disaster': Threat of Trump Presidency Looms Over UN Climate Talks

'We Are All Suffering': Hazardous Smog Leaves New Delhi Choking for Over a Week

'There Is Shame In All This': Naomi Klein Voices Rage as Reef Disappears

Another Tear Gas Standoff With Police as Water Protectors Defend Sacred Land

Oklahoma Rattled by Earthquake Near Pipeline Epicenter

'A Recipe for Disaster': Rights Advocates Fear Intimidation at Polls from Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Clinton Rolls Eyes, Trump Lashes Out as Comey Announces FBI Found Nothing New

Sanders Says Donald Trump Simply Too Dangerous 'To Sit This One Out'

Final Readers' Survey: 50% for Hillary Clinton, 36% for Jill Stein, 7% to Write-In Bernie

Protester Says He Was Nearly Killed After Trump Says 'Take Him Out' in Reno

Dakota Access Pipeline Builder Ignored Obama Admin Request to Halt Construction

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This Is Your World

Thank God, almost done. Some final video nudges, elegant to profane, to remind you what's needed here and now: A gentle Three Pigs and Wolf metaphor from Stanley Tucci and Funny Or Die - "You got to come out, take a stand, stop the wolf" - a passionate, obscene, hilarious "Holy Sh*t You've Got To Vote" plea to stop the "orange talking STD" and "sentient septic tank" in our midst, and a revisit to Woody Guthrie's stubbornly patriotic avowal, "This is your world."