It was different then. We weren’t worried about hedge-fund bankers, but rather about a war that would drag 2.7 million of us to Vietnam and kill 58,000 Americans. But the political revolution started the same way, with students shocking the Democrats in the New Hampshire primary. They didn’t get their man nominated in ’68, but as we’ll see later, they returned to do that in ’72. And then … stay tuned …
1968:
We took down LBJ; he flew in 5,000 federal troops
Before the Revolution
Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) had passed the Civil Rights Bill in 1964, and the war-on-poverty legislation—Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, VISTA, Job Corps, the Community Action Program, the Education Act, and the Voting Rights Act—came close on its heals. All this in less than two years. What made this possible? [Read more…]
Be a civil liberties watchdog. With footage from cell phone videos becoming increasingly important, here’s an easy way to record and report interactions with law enforcement: 
Is the Democratic nomination really up for grabs? True, Bernie could still win if his momentum continues after a near-tie in Iowa, but right now the delegate count is 385 for Hillary to his 29.
Who is saying GOP candidates have a grasp of national security issues that “would embarrass a middle-schooler”? None other than long-time Republican and former US defense secretary 
While endorsing Clinton, the 
