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The system IS rigged: The Electoral College and the 2016 election

December 1, 2016 By Bob Wing And Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Donald Trump was right: the system is rigged! But it is rigged for the Republicans, not the Democrats, for conservatives, not progressives.

Teachers, civil rights groups call on Trump to denounce hate, bigotry

November 30, 2016 By Teresa Albano

At a Nov. 29 media conference, the Southern Poverty Law Center said it documented 867 bias-related incidents in the 10 days following Election Day.

Unions angered by Trump’s right wing extremist Cabinet picks

November 30, 2016 By Mark Gruenberg

Tom Price is a leader in the Republican campaign to repeal the ACA. Betsy DeVos is a big donor to the GOP known for pushing right wing causes in Michigan, including taxpayer-paid vouchers for private school students.

Students in Montgomery County, Maryland mobilize against Trump

November 29, 2016 By J.C. Alexander

Unable to vote and largely dismissed as inconsequential and voiceless, students in Montgomery County, Maryland organized and marched en masse to voice their discontent over the election of anti-immigrant fascist Donald Trump.

Why did the winner lose?

November 28, 2016 By Michael Arney

Stats experts will have to sort through all the data, but for now, we can see that long before this election there was already a shift of blue-collar white workers to the GOP.