Progressives should recognize the likely House speaker as a symptom of a calcified party hierarchy that is beginning to lose its grip.
The Democratic presidential candidate called for reforms that would protect from deportation the estimated 11 million immigrants who are in the U.S. without permission. He also called for an end to the easy availability of assault weapons.
These days it's easy to be jaded by our political system. So why does Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva have a positive outlook?
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