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5 Insane Right-Wing Statements This Week: Kim Davis Saga Sets off 'War on Christianity' Hysteria Janet Allon / AlterNet

New Program Takes Rare Approach of Treating Homeless People Like Human Beings—And It Works Emily Wilson / AlterNet

Horse Meat in the U.S. Food Chain? Neigh It Ain't So Reynard Loki / AlterNet

Why Breastfeeding in the Industrial Age Could Fill Your Baby with Toxic Chemicals

April M. Short / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 09/04/2015 - 15:58

How Jimmy Carter Revealed the GOP's Dark Id Four Decades Ago

Rick Perlstein / The Washington Spectator

Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 09/05/2015 - 11:36

Burning Man Founder’s Bizarre Explanation for Festival's Diversity Problem

Janet Upadhye / Salon

Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 09/05/2015 - 12:57

Why You Need to Understand Evangelical Christianity's Outrageous and Influential Far-Right Fringe

Bill Berkowitz / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 09/01/2015 - 08:56

How You Can Order Cocaine, Marijuana, Meth Delivered to Your Door Via FedEx

Phillip Smith / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 08/29/2015 - 14:42

I'm One of the Minority of Women Who Was Using Ashley Madison Before the Hack

Anonymous / xojane

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 08/27/2015 - 09:18

Because They Lack Crucial Training, These Cops Severely Beat a Blind Autistic Teen Unconscious

Jay Syrmopoulos / The Free Thought Project

Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 09/05/2015 - 15:46

Rising Progressive Leader in Britain Making Waves with His Plan Spread the Wealth

Ellen Brown / Web of Debt blog

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 09/03/2015 - 08:57

The Christian Racket: Inducing Shame and Trauma Only to Sweep In and Offer Salvation

Valerie Tarico / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 09/03/2015 - 09:18

Hillary Clinton Once Joked About Uighurs Imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay When She Was Secretary of State

Zaid Jilani / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 09/04/2015 - 11:11

12 Stupidest Racist Moral Panics, From Crack Babies to the Ferguson Effect

Adam Johnson / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 09/02/2015 - 22:31

The Republican Party’s Secret Sauce: A Poisonous Cocktail of Nationalism, Libertarianism & Theocracy

Heather Digby Parton / Salon

Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 09/05/2015 - 07:49

6 Reasons You Should Consider Lighting Up a Joint Before You Work Out

Anthony Franciosi / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 09/02/2015 - 11:49

Young Men Swapping Guns for Laptops

D. Watkins / The Guardian

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 09/04/2015 - 14:11

Why Donald Trump Now Owns the GOP

Joan Walsh / Salon

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 09/04/2015 - 13:08

‘This is America and You Get It Right the First Time!': Video Catches Woman’s Apparent Tantrum Over Kebabs

Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 09/04/2015 - 17:07

Cops Demand NFL Star Apologize for Speaking Out After Police Pulled a Gun and Illegally Searched Him

John Vibes / The Free Thought Project

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 09/04/2015 - 13:15

The Reason Local Fruits and Vegetables Taste So Much Better

Willy Blackmore / TakePart

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 09/04/2015 - 07:36

Why Having A Lover Makes Me A Better Wife

Savannah Whitman / Role Reboot

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 09/03/2015 - 07:39

Will This Be Remembered as the Summer North Americans Woke Up to Climate Change?

James Wilt / DeSmogBlog

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 09/04/2015 - 07:53

7 Inconvenient Truths for Trump About Immigration

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 09/02/2015 - 16:21

The Dark Side of Alternative Medicine and Holistic Healing

Susan Sered / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 09/04/2015 - 11:12

Black Vet Thinks His Florida Home Was Defaced with Racist Graffiti Because of His Interracial Marriage

Terrell Jermaine Starr / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 09/04/2015 - 08:24

WATCH: Key and Peele Show How Neil deGrasse Tyson Gets Out of Marital Problems With Science Babble

Adam Johnson / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 09/04/2015 - 01:00

Republicans vs. the Constitution: Would-be Presidents Endorse Kim Davis’ Brazen Illegality

Simon Maloy / Salon

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 09/03/2015 - 06:59

Prison Guard 'Beat Up' Squad Accused of Killing Inmate: Why Prison Abuse Is So Common and Overlooked

Terrell Jermaine Starr / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 09/03/2015 - 11:36

A New Way American Cities Can Free Themselves of Wall Street’s Control

Saqib Bhatti / In These Times

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 09/03/2015 - 08:40

Snorted, Injected or Smoked? How You Consume Drugs Can Affect Their Addictiveness

Anne-Noel Samaha / The Conversation

Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 09/02/2015 - 12:31

Why the Rich Cash in on Our Suffering from Natural Disasters

John C. Mutter / St. Martin's Press

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 08/14/2015 - 11:20

‘How To Make Me Come’: 5 Lessons From a Blog Where Women Share How They Get Off

Carrie Weisman / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 09/02/2015 - 14:36

I Used to Work as a Scientist with GMOs—Now I'm Having Serious Second Thoughts About The Risks

Jonathan Latham, PhD / CounterPunch

Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 09/02/2015 - 12:25

Meet the Super-Predator Wiping Out the World’s Wildlife

John R. Platt / TakePart

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 08/21/2015 - 03:00

Cop Lied About Being Shot at to Cover Up His Car Crash – Massive Manhunt Ensued for Non-Existent Suspect

Justin Gardner / The Free Thought Project

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 09/03/2015 - 16:29

Judge Orders Kim Davis to Jail

Janet Allon / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 09/03/2015 - 10:40

The Shocking Truth About Donald Trump: He’s Actually the Least Terrifying GOP Candidate

Conor Lynch / Salon

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 09/03/2015 - 07:09

Twitter User Brilliantly Mocks Kim Davis by Posing as Staffer: ‘This Was Supposed to Just Be a Chill Job’

Travis Gettys / Raw Story

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 09/03/2015 - 07:55

WATCH: Jorge Ramos Smacks Bill O'Reilly Down on Immigration

Adam Johnson / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 09/03/2015 - 01:14

Why Ben Carson’s Rapid Surge in the Polls Should Have You Very, Very Worried

Heather Digby Parton / Salon

Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 09/02/2015 - 08:57

WATCH: Stephen Colbert Hilariously Mocks Idiotic Jeb! Fundraising Ploy

Janet Allon / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 09/03/2015 - 09:34

The Number of Americans Living on Less Than $2 a Day Is Skyrocketing

Zaid Jilani / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 09/02/2015 - 10:49

Commander-in-Sleep: 6 Things You Didn't Know About the White House Bedroom

Jeremy Grossman / Van Winkle's

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 08/27/2015 - 11:20

Say What? Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics Is Ready to Answer Your Questions About the Bible

Sarah Burris / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 09/02/2015 - 07:22

How One Doctor Fought a Giant Pesticide Company And Won

Paul Steinberg / Oxford University Press

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:39

Latest Ridiculous Drug Panic: NY Times Joins NYPD in Ratcheting Up Fears About 'Synthetic Marijuana'

Stefanie Jones / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 08/10/2015 - 11:46

Even Scalia Thinks Biased Kentucky Marriage License Clerk Kim Davis Should Do Her Job or Quit

Travis Gettys / Raw Story

Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 09/02/2015 - 10:42

I Learned More by Leading a Student-Debt Strike Than I Did at College

Nathan Horns / YES! Magazine

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 08/27/2015 - 05:00

Warning: 6 Early Signs of an Abusive Relationship

Antonio Borrello, PhD / The Huffington Post

Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 09/02/2015 - 12:06

Cops Who Killed Man with Down Syndrome Over a Movie Ticket Blame Paramedics Who Tried to Save Him

Jay Syrmopoulos / The Free Thought Project

Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 09/02/2015 - 16:06

4 Reasons the Christian Right's Claims of Moral Superiority Over the Rest of Us Just Don't Hold Water

Valerie Tarico / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 08/31/2015 - 09:26

Nationwide Poll: Majority of Republicans Have Nakedly Racist Worldview—Trump Has Found the Way to Unleash It

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 09/01/2015 - 15:53

6 Kinds of Healthy Foods That Become Unhealthy in High Doses

Ari LeVaux / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 09/01/2015 - 09:51

Robert Reich: Why Our Economy No Longer Works for the Vast Majority of Americans

Robert Reich / Robert Reich's Blog

Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:25