By Ronald W. Pierce —
After earning an associate degree in prison, the 58-year-old author—a self-described “computer illiterate”—hopes to complete his Bachelor of Arts study through a program at Rutgers University.
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By Justin Elliott / ProPublica —
A rule that could secure overtime pay for 4 million workers is in limbo, and the president-elect will help decide whether it survives.
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By Juan Cole — It began when the civil rights icon announced that he will not attend Trump’s inaugural because he does not consider him a legitimate president.
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By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org —
Trump isn’t even president yet, but he’s already eroding our democracy.
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By Andrew Revkin / ProPublica —
The nation’s top science panel has just sketched a clearer way to set a fair price today for cutting tomorrow’s climate risks. Some of the president-elect’s advisers say the price should be zero.
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Truthdig contributor Chris Hedges argues that politicians are zeroing in on alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election to shut down outspoken media.
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment —
The headlines about Donald Trump and his team and the Russian Federation are coming fast and furious, and the stories seem to be more than merely isolated data points.
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By Ronald W. Pierce —
The transition from convict to parolee can be difficult and lonely, with more restrictions in the reintegration facility than in prison. But thoughts of the free world keep the author going.
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By Alexander Reed Kelly — “The reign of Obama did not produce the nightmare of Donald Trump—but it did contribute to it,” West tells us.
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By Chris Storm —
You can protect yourself from it, cleanse yourself of it or correct your world in the wake of it—like a skin care ad for sudden-onset inauguritis.
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By Nora Krug —
“I can tell something bad is happening in the world when my poem is surging,” says “Good Bones” author Maggie Smith.
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The president-elect is “malleable and easily manipulated” in the face of establishment politicians on both sides of the aisle, the Truthdig contributor says.
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By Ronald W. Pierce —
The author gets his day before the parole board after more than 30 years in prison for murder.
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment —
This week, we’ve seen a parade of Donald Trump’s far-right Cabinet appointees attempting to tone themselves down for the public with half-truths and evasions.
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By Mr. Fish — “The Realist Cartoons” confirms humor as an essential tool for escaping the notion that our leaders are wise and benign stewards of justice.
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By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams —
Sen. Cory Booker and others drew sharp rebuke from observers who pointed out that many who voted “no” receive substantial contributions from the pharmaceutical industry.
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Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, analyzes the president-elect’s troubling attitude toward the media.
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By Bill Moyers / Moyers & Company —
A new movie reminds us of past racial injustice as a new administration tries to turn back the clock.
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By Scott Ritter / The Huffington Post —
Americans have a right to know the full truth about claims of Russian hacking.
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By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams —
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, called the Republican senators’ action “shocking, reckless and immoral.”
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