How Bernie Sanders is using the "platform committee" to change the Democratic Party from within

Sanders has announced his choices for the committee that will help write the Democratic Party's platform.

Why Bernie Sanders picked Cornel West to help write the Democratic platform

West represents a black intellectual critique of Hillary Clinton — and of a middle-class black establishment that's chosen comfort over change.

Study: Hillary Clinton, not Donald Trump, gets the most negative media coverage

The biggest news outlets have published more negative stories about Hillary Clinton than any other presidential candidate, one analysis suggests.

3 paragraphs that explain why Sanders's ideology put him at war with the Democratic Party

Bernie Sanders's sweeping "political revolution" certainly seems to be trained on awfully minor targets recently.

Bernie Sanders’s base isn’t the working class. It’s young people.

"The differences between the candidates were all based on age, and it just happens that younger people are poorer on average."

Bernie Sanders can't denounce his supporters. They're his leverage against the Democrats.

Sanders told Trump to denounce supporters' bad behavior. Now that Sanders's supporters are harassing a Democratic official, should he take his own advice?

Why Hillary Clinton got crushed in West Virginia after winning big there in 2008

Bernie Sanders may not have transcended ideological politics but instead become its accidental beneficiary

Bernie Sanders wins West Virginia, slowing Hillary Clinton’s march to the nomination

NBC News called the state for Sanders shortly after polls closed at 7:30 pm.

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Let's clear up some confusion about the superdelegates and Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders's campaign has seized on a new narrative: The superdelegates will decide the Democratic primary.

Bernie Sanders's accusation that Clinton is running a "money laundering scheme," explained

What is a "joint fundraising committee," and why is Sanders outraged by Clinton's?

Bernie Sanders fans may not love Hillary Clinton. But they won't vote for Donald Trump.

A new poll gives Clinton a 76-point advantage over Trump among Sanders supporters.

Hillary Clinton has regained her clear lead over Bernie Sanders in national polls

Several new national polls have since found Clinton pulling ahead of Sanders after her string of state victories.

Why Bernie Sanders is lobbying superdelegates — even though they won't save his campaign

If flipping the superdelegates in states Sanders has won wouldn't give him the nomination, why is he pushing for their support?

The real obstacle to voter turnout in Democratic primaries: caucuses

Bernie Sanders wants to transform how the Democratic Party chooses its presidential nominee. Here's how he should do it.

Closed primaries are hurting Bernie Sanders. But they're not why he's losing.

We ran the numbers, and Bernie Sanders is not losing because of the closed primary that excludes independents.

Bernie Sanders says Democrats should get rid of closed primaries. Is he right?

The debate over open and closed primaries, explained.

"It'd take Jesus himself to tell them to vote": how Baltimore's Bernie fans see his loss

Baltimore already tried having a political revolution.

Bernie Sanders can still lead a political revolution — even if he loses

Time to look to down-ballot races to make a big difference.

Bernie Sanders just accidentally explained why his political revolution has failed

Poor people don't vote. Sanders's campaign was supposed to change that.

How Bernie Sanders's Jewish outreach coordinator started a major controversy over Israel

She called Israel's Prime Minister an "arrogant, deceptive, cynical, manipulative asshole," among other things.

Who's more electable: Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton?

The very stuff that Sanders' supporters admire makes him a risky bet.

Why you shouldn’t measure Bernie Sanders's success by how many counties he won

That would have made Mitt Romney president in 2012.

Lessons from the New York exit polls: Bernie Bros and #NeverTrump are real

But Sanders supporters probably aren't going to stay home if Clinton gets the nomination.

3 winners and 2 losers from the New York primaries

Trump was a winner, of course. But independent voters lost.

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