One of the most important and underreported stories in American history may be the decision of the United States to expand its power beyond North America.
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The Rolling Stone journalist disagrees with colleague David Corn of Mother Jones in an interview on KCRW about Monday’s congressional hearing on Russian interference in the U.S. election.
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By Annie Waldman / ProPublica —
Taylor Hansen lobbied to weaken regulation of for-profit colleges. Since he joined Betsy DeVos (pictured) in the Department of Education, that regulation has started to crumble.
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In a clip for NowThis News, the comedian tells of a personal financial move she made in reaction to President Trump’s green light for the Dakota Access pipeline.
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The “Last Week Tonight” host critiques the proposed budget by reading from “The Art of the Deal.”
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By Joe Sexton / ProPublica —
America may get its border wall, but we just might have to do without a lot else.
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment —
At this rate, we won’t have any allies soon.
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By Tim Radford / Climate News Network —
New research shows that even a modest switch toward a vegetable-based diet could lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
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By T. Christian Miller / ProPublica —
The Trump administration has solicited bids for the first $600 million of work on the wall planned for the U.S.-Mexican border.
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By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams —
Finance ministers of the world’s leading economies, defying German leadership, have removed a clause about funding, a G-20 official tells Reuters.
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Despite polls that show he is the most popular politician in the U.S., Sanders’ party continues to thwart him; and to understand Trump’s rise, a good place to look is Iraq. These discoveries and more after the jump.
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By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org —
His budget, which hurts the poor, his insistence on repealing the Affordable Care Act and his targeting of refugees and immigrants are morally repugnant.
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment —
A report saying the occupied West Bank is virtually a textbook case in apartheid governance has provoked a shouting match, along with an undersecretary’s resignation.
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The GenForward survey, conducted by the University of Chicago, also finds that most think the United States is “on the wrong track.”
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By Robert Faturechi / ProPublica —
Price (pictured, right), head of the Department of Health and Human Services, traded stocks of health-related companies while working on legislation affecting the firms. An unnamed source says Bharara was overseeing an investigation.
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