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Hillary Clinton aide: Democratic primaries ‘were fair,’ despite leaked emails

Hillary Clinton's chief strategist said Sunday that the primary elections "were fair," despite leaked emails showing top Democratic officials plotting to undermine primary candidate Bernard Sanders.

July 24, 2016

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC chair, bumped from convention speaking line-up

The head of the Democratic National Committee will not speak at the party's convention this week, after hacked emails revealed that she and other top officials conspired against presidential primary candidate Bernard Sanders.

July 24, 2016

Bernie Sanders preaches unity in wake of Democratic National Committee email leak

Bernard Sanders said he is still committed to unifying the Democratic Party and defeating Republican Donald Trump in November.

July 24, 2016

Robert Pittenger calls out NBA ‘hypocrisy’ for doing business in China, but not North Carolina

Rep. Robert Pittenger is accusing the National Basketball Association of "hypocrisy" for pulling the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, North Carolina, but continuing to do business in China.

July 23, 2016

Vermont doctors push back against assisted-suicide requirement

Vermont doctors and health care professionals are pushing back against an interpretation of state law that they say requires them to help kill patients who wish to die.

July 21, 2016

NBA pulls All-Star Game from Charlotte over North Carolina transgender bathroom law

The National Basketball Association on Thursday pulled the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, North Carolina, over the state's "bathroom bill," a law requiring that intimate public facilities be segregated on the basis of biological sex, not gender self-identification.

July 21, 2016

NBA expected to move All-Star Game from North Carolina over bathroom bill: report

The National Basketball Association is on the brink of moving the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, North Carolina, over the state's law regulating intimate public facilities on the basis of sex.

July 21, 2016

Lena Dunham to speak at Democratic National Convention

"Girls" star Lena Dunham is slated to throw her weight behind Hillary Clinton in a speech next week's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

July 21, 2016

Planned Parenthood closes six low-profit clinics that don’t perform abortions

Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK) is closing six clinics in Indiana over the next six months that do not perform abortions.

July 21, 2016

Milo Yiannopoulos Twitter ban reignites accusations of social media bias against conservatives

Twitter's decision to ban Milo Yiannopoulos has reignited debate over whether progressive-leaning social media companies can serve as impartial moderators of political discourse.

July 20, 2016

Media cover Melania Trump’s plagiarism scandal more than President Obama’s

Although the media have fixated on allegations of plagiarism directed at Melania Trump, they showed far less interest in a similar story eight years ago, when then-presidential candidate Barack Obama faced similar accusations.

July 20, 2016

Milo Yiannopoulos banned from Twitter

Milo Yiannopoulos has been permanently banned from Twitter, shortly after his run-in with Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones on the social media platform.

July 20, 2016

RNC reporting bias gets warning

Journalists working at the Republican National Convention may notice a common theme: billboards and advertisements telling them to check their bias.

July 19, 2016

Hispanics, Christians speak out against California bill targeting religious universities

A bill speedily passing through the California legislature threatening to curtail religious freedom at faith-based colleges and universities is beginning to garner opposition on multiple fronts.

July 19, 2016

Race relations reach all-time low under Obama: poll

For the first time in his presidency, a majority of Americans believe race relations have gotten worse under President Obama.

July 19, 2016

University of Colorado chancellor: Black student-athletes call training facility ‘The Plantation’

Some black student-athletes at the University of Colorado equate their situations to slavery, according to university Chancellor Phil DiStefano.

July 18, 2016

California public schools adopt pro-LGBT curriculum

The California State Board of Education unanimously approved Thursday an update to the state's public school curriculum incorporating LGBT issues into history and social science.

July 15, 2016

Roshan Salih, former Al Jazeera reporter, blames France for Nice terrorist attack

A former Al Jazeera reporter blamed "French Islamophobia" and the nation's foreign policy for the Nice terrorist attack that claimed at least 84 lives and injured more than 200.

July 15, 2016

Evangelicals back Donald Trump; atheists support Hillary Clinton

A new survey shows evangelicals and atheists are sharply divided over which presidential candidate to support in 2016.

July 14, 2016

Veterans outraged over anti-troop portrayal in Netflix’s ‘Orange is the New Black’

An Air Force veteran has taken Netflix to task for portraying veterans as villainous jail guards on the hit show "Orange is the New Black."

July 14, 2016