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Yes, some 50 percent of voters say they wouldn't vote for a socialist; but a lot of those are people
who haven't thought about the word since the 1970s. We should take this profession of hostility less
seriously.
Jedediah Purdy Professor, Duke Law School; Author, 'A Tolerable Anarchy'
We cannot simply call out the dirty tricks, we must mobilize to confront proponents of voter
suppression head-on. To keep rising, we need to convert the mass outrage fueled by voter
suppression not just into voter turnout but into mass strategic action that's outcomes-driven and
focused on political accountability and legislative
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I've deluded myself that there was a line that couldn't be crossed, and that Donald Trump, the most
odious specimen of humanity I have ever experienced in American public life -- not that he hasn't
had plenty of competition -- was on the other side of that line. As the results from New Hampshire
clearly prove, I've been an idiot.
Paul Slansky Paul Slansky is amassing a memory for Americans allergic to accountability and
addicted to amnesia.
LONDON -- Humanity is everybody's business, and an education is everybody's right. So it shouldn't
fall only to governments and international agencies to provide aid during a crisis. Inside the
humanitarian tent we need charities, philanthropists, businesses and social enterprises all working
together.
Gordon Brown Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; UN Special Envoy for Global
Education
I think that the Sanders campaign might represent a positive shift for the discussion of certain topics
within the Democratic Party. However, for all the positive things his campaign represents, it also
represents something deeply problematic: a fetishization of not knowing.
Donald Trump's decisive win in the New Hampshire Primary may have put the final nail in the coffin
of conventional and establishment theories on presidential campaigning in the United States, as a
new paradigm has arisen. Its author is Donald J. Trump.
Under the Obama administration, U.S. policy toward North Korea largely has devolved into the
president sitting in the Oval Office, closing his eyes, and hoping the nuclear monsters will go away.
Alas, it hasn't worked.
The dangerous water consumed by residents of Flint, MI is the canary in the coal mine of our
nation's crumbling infrastructure. Poisoned water endangers the health or millions of Americans,
especially children, and jeopardizes state and national economic vibrancy.
Dan Glickman Former Congressman and Secretary of Agriculture and a Senior Fellow at the
Bipartisan Policy Institute

Gender, race, economic justice, transphobia and homophobia matter in the United States today, and
Hillary Clinton's proud history of fighting for all of us give her knowledge, insights, and wisdom that
others do not have.
Sure Ohio Governor John Kasich seems like a longshot for the Republican nomination, despite his
impressive second place showing in New Hampshire. But his strategy for winning the GOP contest is
not that different from another longshot presidential hopeful from the Midwest.
John A. Tures Political science professor, LaGrange College in Georgia
That we as a nation have allowed this to go on is cause for profound self-reflection and atonement,
though, thanks to a supplicant mainstream press, few will ever know that any of this has transpired.
Dan Kovalik Human & Labor Rights Lawyer, Adjunct Professor of International Human Rights Law
The Republican Party is roughly evenly divided. There are the Crazies (Trump, Cruz, Carson) and
there is the Establishment (Bush, Kasich, Rubio, Christie). This is not a division between
conservatives and moderates; there's no ideological difference between the candidates; it's all about
anger.
Koch and his brother David and the extraordinary machine they have built in cahoots with fellow
billionaires and others, have spent hundreds and hundreds of millions to get their way -- "the great
wealth grab" in the words of Richard Eskow -- all part of one long story told in pursuit of a specific
end: to make the needs of the very, very few our nation's top priority and to thwart or destroy any
group effort among the poor and middle class to do or say otherwise.
Michael Winship Senior writer, BillMoyers.com. Former senior writing fellow, Demos. President,
Writers Guild of America, East.
Coming from a small place we had a certain trust for the police and other authority figures. This was
one of the things we had to learn when we came to the U.S. Seeking out the police for safety led to
our family being detained and being sent to Miami Dade detention facility.
That Trump and Sanders both won in New Hampshire Tuesday is all the more remarkable when one
thinks that just a few months ago they were both written off as losers. No matter the final outcome,
they have each run historic races. In fact, their campaigns have been "yuge!"
The GOP establishment may have no other option but to back Kasich in the aftermath of New
Hampshire, especially since it's likely that his inevitable post-primary bounce will further sink the
candidacies of Bush, Rubio, and Christie. Because Kasich is appealing to exactly the wrong type of
Republican voters, though, that means the establishment really has no choice at all -- just the two
unappealing radicals, Trump and Cruz.
My country is placing me in a position where I become a hurricane blazing through everything in my
path. Just one month passed by and dozens of people lost their jobs, were told off by their bosses,
got reported on. Now they are all unemployed.
I cared about Ali Forney very much, and his murder devastated me. I cannot envision a greater
triumph, a greater sense of closure, than to be able to provide our youths a beautiful home 50 yards
from the site of Ali's last lonely space on this earth.

To vote for her in the primaries, I would need to believe that the establishment on both the right and
the left have so thoroughly strangled the political system that it is no longer "reasonable" to even try
for reform.
Robyn Morton A woman who lifts heavy things up and put them back down
What's the best way to thank Afghans who have risked their lives helping U.S. troops? Offer them a
chance to live in America, and then make the process impossible and the costs astronomical.
There are so many levels to Formation that those of us who felt it, really feel it. There really isn't
(that) much to joke about. Or waste time hating on.
Each year, I vie to redefine the popular conception of Valentine's Day. It is, in so many ways,
unpopular. This shows with the professing of arbitrary, expensive romance and the nickname
"Single's Awareness Day." But to keep this holiday as a purely romantic holiday is short-sighted,
while its potential is so vast.
Nika Harper Writer? Check.Geek? You bet.Dinosaur? Still in discussion with scientists
The thing is, the average voter -- the one who's going to trudge through a half-foot of snow on
Tuesday and decide the New Hampshire primary -- doesn't care all that much about North Korea and
its missile launches. What he or she really cares about is a system that is rigged against them.
Today's topics include: Big Announcement from Bob; The Hilariously Ridiculous GOP Debate; Marco
Rubio Crashes and Burns; The New Hampshire Primary; Trump Calls Cruz the P word; Hillary
Scolding Millennials; Alex Jones Attacks Bernie Supporters; Best SNL Episode in a Long Time; and
much more.
Bob Cesca Host of The Bob & Chez Show, Writer for Salon.com
The price tag for replacing the lead pipes that contaminated its drinking water is now estimated at
up to $1.5 billion. No one knows where that money will come from or when it will arrive. In the
meantime, the cost to the children of Flint has been and will be incalculable.
David Rosner Ronald H. Lauterstein Professor of Public Health, Columbia University
Gerald Markowitz Distinguished Professor of History, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Kerry has come dangerously close to seeing the Syrian conflict as a binary fight between two forms
of ruthless dictatorship -- Assad and the Islamic State group. This is exactly how Assad frames the
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/health/index.html conflict, and it is one of the main reasons why ISIS
is growing in strength.
Although Puerto Rico's 3.5 million residents are Americans, they are not represented by voting
members of Congress, helping to often make them afterthoughts in congressional debates. But the
island's problems are neither small nor remote.
Nicholas Johnson Vice President for State Fiscal Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Parents, your kids will be fine if they don't start -- as long as you're fine! For the first time my son
didn't start today, and I couldn't have been prouder. He was the only one on the bench standing and

cheering for his teammates.

Chris Fore Special Education Teacher, Varsity Football Coach, Consultant
The reason some people are above the law is because of advice like Nussbaum's. She doubts people
will stand up to power and tells survivors that seeking justice is futile. Nussbaum is wrong. Some
people will stand up -- sometimes at great personal cost -- and survivors can find justice.
Three months ago, my then-boyfriend, Craig, got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I
cried with excitement. After all, it was a huge moment in my life that was exceptionally exciting,
special and celebration-worthy. But is it an accomplishment? No.
Natalie Brooke Natalie Brooke, an Atlanta native, is the Vice President of Client Relationships for
Resurgent Performance, a community bank advisory group