State-run propaganda is one of the most valuable sources of news on the planet; if it is important enough to make it into the official party news, it's important enough for you to figure out why.

This month marked the first time China's secretive LGBT population has tried to use the courts to expand their rights and increase their share of the cultural dialog.

In the past, efforts to use the system have been quietly swept aside, like the introduction of pro-LGBT bills in the National People's Congress in 2006 and 2007.

2016 is here, and politics-as-usual has been turned on its head. Democrats and Republicans are switching affiliation to their rival parties in historical numbers.

When a nation is faced with a fait accompli (such as the existence of millions of illegal aliens within its borders), the prudent and most promising response is to frankly acknowledge the intractability of the situation (and the impossibility of obtaining an ideal solution) and focus its energy and resources on making the best of a bad situation.

Since 1970, the average time to fill the 15 Supreme Court vacancies that have occurred has been 55 days, far shorter than the minimum time it will take for the Senate to fill the late Antonin Scalia's seat if the upper chamber waits for the next president (342 days minimum).

Part of this is because retiring justices have made the confirmation of a successor a contingency on their retirement -- the only real waits have come from seats filled because of a justice's death.

The deadline for Californians to register to vote for the June 7 primary is quickly approaching and millions of voters don't know they cannot vote in the presidential contests. In order to vote for the candidate of their choice, California voters need to make sure they are registered with the appropriate party by May 23.

The New England races on April 26 represent a 'do or die' moment for the Sanders campaign with 384 delegates up for grabs. After falling short in New York by 69 delegates (177-108, Bloomberg's count), he must regain some momentum in order to get back on track for his strategy.

And while it would be nice for his camp to outright win the primary, his first and foremost goal is to win 2,026 pledged delegates.

Why?

Just when you thought independents couldn’t face any more voter discrimination this year, they will be hit with four closed primaries in a single day on April 26.

This comes a week after independents were disenfranchised by the closed New York primary on April 19,  a primary where voters were required to register with a party six months in advance and a record amount of independents were told they didn't re-register in time or were turned away from the polls.

This week the House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill that its supporters say closes a legal loophole that will protect email and electronic communication users.

Republican presidential candidate John Kasich is often plain spoken, even about his own party's flaws.

In a meeting with the Washington Post's editorial board, Kasich gave a brutally honest reason for his party's opposition to D.C. statehood:

La peculiar dinámica de las elecciones presidenciales de 2016 ha generado un mayor interés entre los votantes que se encuentran fuera de los partidos Demócrata y Republicano. Estos ciudadanos se sienten identificados con candidatos como Donald Trump y Bernie Sanders, quienes se encuentran participando dentro del sistema bipartidista, más no siguen la línea establecida por los partidos.