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Everything is terrible: How to watch "The Big Short," "Making a Murderer" and "Concussion" without losing your mind

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Fireworks at Dem debate: Sanders accuses Clinton of lying about his record on gun control

Dem debate: Sanders blasts mass incarceration, asks why millions of black Americans are in prison, but not Wall Street CEOs

Clinton piled on by Sanders and O'Malley for her "cozy relationship" with Wall Street

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MLK was a disruptor: How Black Lives Matter carries on Martin Luther King's legacy of effective activism

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They want to deny his humanity: Obama's tears, white rage and the right's phony new line

They'll never escape white rage: The world embraced Obama and MLK -- their countrymen would not

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Former GOP insider explains how politicians exploit gun culture: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and the real reason why no one can talk sense about guns

America's hangover from hope: A look back at the historical state of the Obama presidency

Sieges by Western enemies get big headlines, while larger U.S.-backed blockades are ignored

The power of "we": Martin Luther King, the March on Washington, and the birth of Moral Mondays

The unbearable whiteness of Hollywood: The Academy should be ashamed—but the problem is bigger than the Oscars

When the past is present: What slave narratives teach us about our greatest human desire

Smiling slaves at story time: These picture books show why we need more diversity in publishing, too

America has blood on its hands: Yemen is now the world's worst humanitarian crisis

The "macroethics" of Martin Luther King Jr.: When he spoke out against the Vietnam War even his supporters deserted him -- here's how he endured