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  • I'll Never Take My Phone on an International Flight Again—Neither Should You

    Quincy Larson / Medium

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 02/21/2017 - 10:22

  • 'Not My President's Day' Actions Across the U.S. Call for Trump's Impeachment on President's Day Weekend

    April M. Short / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 02/19/2017 - 11:43

  • What Happens After the Next Big Terrorist Attack? Trump Is Paving the Way Toward a Terrifying Crackdown

    Phil Torres / Salon

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 02/19/2017 - 08:05

  • Trump's Travel Ban Is Taking an Immeasurable Toll on Muslim Families

    Jody Mashek / OtherWords  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 02/18/2017 - 13:54

  • When Israel First Occupied the West Bank

    Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 02/18/2017 - 11:44

  • Former Harvard Education Dean: Why College-in-Prison Programs Work

    Ellen Condliffe Lagemann / The New Press  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 02/17/2017 - 11:23

  • An Undocumented Woman Was Arrested While Seeking Legal Protection from Domestic Abuse

    Kali Holloway / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 02/16/2017 - 17:24

  • The Trump Administration Is Giving Cops Unprecedented Power

    Nathalie Baptiste / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 02/16/2017 - 14:51

  • NRA and Republicans Find Unlikely Ally on Rollback of Gun Control Rule: Science

    Lois Beckett / The Guardian

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 02/16/2017 - 13:33

  • Watch As Black Parents Talk to Their Kids About the Police

    Kali Holloway / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 02/15/2017 - 15:29

  • Trump Wants to Bring Back Torture—For Thousands of Americans, It Never Went Away

    Jean Casella, James Ridgeway / Solitary Watch  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 02/15/2017 - 10:50

  • Hundreds Join Sanctuary Restaurants Movement to Create Safe and Inclusive Spaces

    Alanna Wittet / Food Tank  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 02/14/2017 - 12:00

  • Trump's New Decrees on Crime and Policing Codify His Racist, Inflammatory Rhetoric

    Sarah Lazare / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 02/12/2017 - 16:48

  • Why It Surprises Us That Women Have Committed Rape in Wartime

    Laura Sjoberg / NYU Press  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 02/12/2017 - 15:07

  • Dakota Access Pipeline Fight Opens New Chapter of Indian-Federal Conflict

    Gabrielle Gurley / The American Prospect

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 02/12/2017 - 09:25

  • Noam Chomsky’s 'Responsibility of Intellectuals' After 50 Years: It’s an Even Heavier Responsibility Now

    Jay Parini / Salon

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 02/12/2017 - 08:09

  • What Donald Trump Could Learn From the Feminist Government in Sweden

    Isabella Lovin / The Guardian

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 02/11/2017 - 10:49

  • 3 Reasons to Believe America Could Become a Police State Under Trump

    Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 02/10/2017 - 11:37

  • Even Before Sanctuary Cities, Here's How Black Americans Protected Fugitive Slaves

    Barbara Krauthamer / The Conversation  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 02/09/2017 - 11:11

  • Anti-Choice Activists Now Going After Birth Control

    Amanda Marcotte / Salon  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 02/09/2017 - 09:03

  • Empathy for the Devil

    Wendy Chin-Tanner / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 02/08/2017 - 14:17

  • Egged on by Sheriffs, Trump Endorses Police Practice of Taking Property from Innocent People

    Theshia Naidoo / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 02/08/2017 - 13:31

  • My Harrowing Encounter with Customs as a Pakistani Lawyer for the ACLU

    Hina Shamsi / ACLU

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 02/08/2017 - 08:40

  • Uncovering the Roots of Racist Ideas in America

    Ibram X. Kendi / The Conversation

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 02/07/2017 - 10:10

  • New Jersey's Historic Bail Reform Law is Now in Effect and It's Already Keeping Thousands Out of Jail

    Roseanne Scotti / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 02/07/2017 - 10:04

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    Today's Top Stories

    1. Trump Bars Whole Spate of Outlets from White House Briefing in Act of Pure Authoritarianism

    2. Why the Christian Right Is Rejoicing Under Trump's Presidency

    3. Michael Moore Issues Terrifying Warning: 'It Will Be as Bad or Worse' Than You Think

    4. Paul Krugman Exposes Maybe the Single Biggest Fraud in the GOP

    5. 'Morning Joe' Slams White House for Collusion with FBI Amid Major Investigation

    6. Did the Government Doctor Legal Documents in Order to Illegally Deport a Dreamer?

    7. Trump Bombs Away on the Press in Deranged CPAC Address

    8. Republicans Are Making a Huge New Push to Block Essential Retirement Security

      Study Proves Trump’s Travel Ban Is Ridiculous as a Method to Prevent Terrorism

    10. Kansas GOP Revolts, Nearly Overturns Gov. Sam Brownback's Billion-Dollar Failed Experiment

    11. Why Yale Should Shun Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman

    12. Stephen Colbert Humiliates Reince Priebus, Jumps on Trump's Broken Promise to LGBT Community

    13. America's Massive Mideast Disaster: 15 Years of Sowing Death and Destruction, With No Peace in Sight

    14. Trump Administration Wanted FBI to Throw Cold Water on Russia Probe: Report

    15. VIDEO: Uh-Oh: White House Hints at Crackdown on Recreational Marijuana

    16. Brain Tumor Patient Removed From Hospital, Detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement

    17. White Kansas Man Spewing Racial Slurs Shoots Indians He Thought Were 'Middle Eastern'

    18. Big-Money Speculators Are Buying Up and Renting Out Farms, and Pricing Real Farmers out of the Market

    19. The Secret History of Botox

    20. WATCH: Robert Reich Exposes the Republican Tax Scam

    21. WATCH: How Attorney General Sessions Could Deal the Legal Marijuana Industry a Death Blow

    22. Mexican National Commits Suicide Shortly After Deportation from U.S.

    23. The Frightening and Sad Reasons Russians Love Trump

    24. Banned From Jerusalem (for Trying to Pay Respects to My Grandmother)

    25. Coastal Cities Could Flood Three Times a Week by 2045

    26. Muslim Ex-National Security Official Explains Why She Barely Lasted a Week in 'Disturbing' Trump Admin

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    1. White Kansas Man Spewing Racial Slurs Shoots Indians He Thought Were 'Middle Eastern'

      Ben Norton / AlterNet

      Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 02/23/2017 - 12:27

    2. Flight Erupts in Celebration After Racist Man Booted for Harassing Pakistani Passengers

      Brad Reed / Raw Story

      Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 02/22/2017 - 09:09

    3. White House Yanks Kellyanne Conway From TV After String of Disastrous Appearances: Report

      Brad Reed / Raw Story

      Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 02/22/2017 - 11:18

    4. Law Enforcement Using Facebook and Apple to Data-Mine Accounts of Trump Protest Arrestees

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      Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 02/22/2017 - 05:45

    5. Joe Scarborough Finally Comes to Grips with the Horror of Trump's Presidency

      Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet

      Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 02/22/2017 - 04:17

    6. Michael Moore Issues Terrifying Warning: 'It Will Be as Bad or Worse' Than You Think

      Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story

      Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 02/24/2017 - 05:22

    7. The Biggest Reason House Republicans Won't Stand Up to Trump

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      Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 02/22/2017 - 07:41

    8. Robert Reich: 7 Signs American Democracy Is Sliding into Tyranny

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      Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 02/22/2017 - 05:18

    9. Will Trump and Bannon Drag Us Into Another Big Ground War? It Could Happen Sooner Than We Think

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      Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 02/23/2017 - 08:09

    10. Watch: GOP Senator Tom Cotton Faces Furious Constituents at a Town Hall

      Kali Holloway / AlterNet

      Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 02/22/2017 - 21:15