Bernie Sanders's single-payer plan isn't a plan at all  —  Sanders's long-awaited health care plan is, by turns, vague and unrealistic.  —  Hillary Clinton has made a lot of bad arguments about Bernie Sanders's support for single-payer.  But her best argument was her simplest …

Donald Trump's Epic Weekend Meltdown  —  Maybe Donald Trump needs some of that “free” mental healthcare that the Democrats were talking about last night.  —  If you are like most ordinary Americans, you probably spent the weekend watching the NFL playoffs, or spending time with your family …

Trump bungles Bible reference at Liberty University  —  Donald Trump, speaking to a religious crowd at Virginia's Liberty University on Monday, turned to scripture.  —  “We're going to protect Christianity.  I can say that.  I don't have to be politically correct,” he said.

When Peace Breaks Out With Iran...  This has been the most dramatic week in US/Iranian relations since 1979.  —  Last weekend ten US Navy personnel were caught in Iranian waters, as the Pentagon kept changing its story on how they got there.  It could have been a disaster for President Obama's big gamble …

GOP to blame for civility's breakdown  —  If you ask me, President Obama is being way too hard on himself.  —  “It's one of the few regrets of my presidency, that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better,” the president said during his final State of the Union address last week.

Portland Community College to devote an entire month to 'whiteness'-shaming  — The school says the month is an “educational project” exploring how the “construct of whiteness” creates racial inequality.  —  Portland Community College has designated April “Whiteness History Month” (WHM) …

Exclusive: Chris Christie Calls Ted Cruz ‘Asinine’ For New York Values Smear  —  He also calls Cruz a ‘Washington insider’  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is none too pleased with rival Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's criticism of “New York values.”  —  In an interview with TIME in Iowa Sunday …

Restoring the Right to Rise Through a Quality Education  —  A Blueprint for a 21st Century American Education System  —  Every individual in this country has the right to rise.  Yet today, the American Dream—the idea that anything is possible through hard work—is threatened …

In primary challenge, Wasserman Schultz faces unprecedented test  —  For Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the problems with the left just keep coming.  —  The Democratic National Committee (DNC) chief has infuriated many Democrats with her handling of the party's presidential primary debates.

Richest 62 people as wealthy as half of world's population, says Oxfam  —  Charity says only higher wages, crackdown on tax dodging and higher investment in public services can stop divide widening  —  The vast and growing gap between rich and poor has been laid bare in a new Oxfam report showing …