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"The Lives of Millions Are at Stake": Citizens Shut Down Capitol Hill to Protect Health Care

Heavy rain means raw sewage in this Westmoreland County community — on private land and in public drinking water

Activists Taking on Hydroelectric Projects Face Persecution, Assassination

Skipping Doses: Why We Need a Single-Payer Health Care System

Attorneys for Anti-Abortion Activist David Daleiden Held in Contempt of Court

Courts Can Review Military Targeting Decisions

Al Green and Brad Sherman launch bid to impeach Trump

Do Black Lives Matter? The Historical Record Speaks for Itself

Competing plans deal Senate health-care push a surprise setback

Rising from the ashes, a Buffalo suburb ends its dependence on coal

Massive Iceberg Finally Breaks Off: Antarctic Landscape "Changed Forever"
-- Lorraine Chow for BuzzFlash at Truthout

No One Would Buy My Photos, So Here They Are For Free: Mosul 2017

The Medicaid Threat That Isn’t Getting Much Attention

Why Did Hobby Lobby Smuggle Iraqi Antiquities?

Why labor and campus organizing are not a zero sum game

The Grenfell inquiry will be a stitch-up. Here’s why
A public inquiry where the government chooses charges, judge and jury puts the bonfire of regulations outside the frame. An independent commission is needed

7 Inspiring Ways Canadians Are Sharing to Tackle Food Insecurity

‘There Is Myopia in Western Media Covering the Refugee Crisis’
CounterSpin interview with Vijay Prashad on displaced people

Trump’s New CDC Pick Boosts Agency’s Ties To Coca Cola

Drugmakers’ Money-Back Guarantees: an Answer to Rising Prices or a ‘Carnival Game’

Virginia Supreme Court decision keeps title lenders' financials private

The US's "Realism" on Nuclear Weapons Is More Like Tunnel Vision
-- Robert C. Koehler for BuzzFlash at Truthout

Rise in ‘Bigoted Incivility’ - When Your Groceries Come With a Side of Hate

How Wiki Loves Women is Growing Wikipedia Coverage About Women in Africa

Senate Health Bill Can’t Be Fixed

The US Rejected a UN Resolution on Violence Against Women — Because Abortion

Private Equity: The New Neighborhood Loan Sharks

How coltan and greed fuel Congo's violence

Charter Schools Are Constantly Burning Out Teachers—And They Often Like It That Way

Auschwitz Should Not Be Used as a Right-Wing Political Tool

Democrats call for Jared Kushner's security clearance to be revoked
Ethics experts describe omission of meeting with Donald Trump Jr and Russia lawyer as ‘consciousness of guilt’ and say it warrants re-evaluation of clearance

MSNBC host Chris Hayes provides evidence that foul play is afoot in Donald Trump Jr email chain

Short Tempers And Mass Confusion: Obamacare Repeal Is Going Awesome

Brazil’s Ex-President "Lula" Convicted on Corruption Charges

Photo shows Evangelical leaders "laying hands" on Trump in Oval Office
No, seriously.

House Democrat files article of impeachment against Trump

Jury selection begins in Bundy standoff retrial in Nevada

House Republican pushes cuts for food stamps to pay for Trumps border wall

Racial Inequality of Marijuana Arrests Persist in NYC Under de Blasio
-- Mark Karlin for BuzzFlash at Truthout

How good manners would have saved David Brooks from his deli disaster

After SB4, People-Hunting Is the State-Sponsored Sport in Texas
-- Michael Seifert for BuzzFlash at Truthout

The Women of Color Out to Reclaim Marijuana Culture

Why We Need to Save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumers need protection from misbehaving companies, and if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is eliminated all consumers will suffer.

Can’t Call It Fake News Now

Net Neutrality Is About Much More Than the Internet

Is Donald Trump Jr. our era’s Fredo Corleone?
Many see parallels between the president’s son and "The Godfather: Part II" character.

White House in Chaos
The disclosure of an email exchange showing that Donald Trump Jr. welcomed the assistance of a "Russian government attorney" has rattled the senior leadership team.

Liu Xiaobo, Chinese Nobel Laureate, Is Said to Be Suffering Organ Failure

Largest women's prison in country out of water for several days

New US Regulations On Cuba To Be Announced On Sept 15

Black man was shot in the back by North Carolina state trooper, autopsy confirms
NAACP described autopsy of 31-year-old Willard Scott, who was killed earlier this year, as "confirming our worst fears"

Threats, bullying, lawsuits: tobacco industry's dirty war for the African market
In pursuit of growth in Africa, British American Tobacco and others use intimidatory tactics to attempt to suppress health warnings and regulation

Giant iceberg splits from Antarctic

We Found 81 Incidents Of Trump-Inspired Bullying That Happened Last School Year

Stand With Hunger Strikers at the Adelanto Detention Facility
-- Kristina Shull, PhD and Armando O. Carmona for BuzzFlash at Truthout

Growing My Way Out of Dystopia: Can We Stop Feeling Quite So Helpless in a World on the Skids?

Senate Democrats introduce the Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act

Iranian Scientist Arriving in US to Aid Cancer Research Sent Home by Border Authorities

Two Americans killed battling ISIS in Syria

French Protesters Plan "No Trump Zone" During Bastille Day Trip

As Single-Payer Gains Momentum, 1 Adult in Every 830 Lacking Insurance Will Die
Two million more Americans are without health insurance thus far in 2017, amid problems with the Affordable Care Act and Republicans' efforts to repeal the law.

Trump Jr. releases e-mails at center of meeting with Russian

Death spiral? Obamacare insurers may be having "best year" yet under ACA

Senate plans to release revised health care bill Thursday

A Billionaires’ Republic
American democracy has always been threatened by concentrations of wealth as much as those of power.

While Kobach Commission Bumbles, DOJ Sends Its Own Voter Suppression Signals

Video Shows US Allies in Syria Torturing Prisoners

An absolutely damning paragraph about Donald Trump Jr.'s Russia meeting

16 service members killed in military plane crash in Mississippi

The Deep Industry Ties of Trump's Deregulation Teams

Sessions' Department of Justice Signals It Will Condone Voter Suppression
-- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout

Palestinian youths killed during Israeli raid

Sessions Talks to Anti-LGBTQ Group Behind Closed Doors

Visa Trying to Bribe Merchants to Stop Taking Cash

The New Senate Health Care Bill Is Still An Assault On The Safety Net

California’s New Cap-and-Trade Plan Heads for a Vote—with Compromises

Donald Trump Defends Son’s Meeting With Russian Lawyer As ‘Very Standard’

Poll: Majority Of Republicans Now Say Colleges Are Bad For America

Trump election group backs away from its request for voter data after outcry
Commission on election integrity’s ‘repugnant’ request for voter data prompted privacy concerns and numerous legal challenges

House GOP: Eliminate Family Planning Services for Low-Income Families

Net neutrality supporters say online rally is just the start of the fight to keep tough FCC rules

Rikers can close in less than a year

“War Machine” reveals the mentality behind America’s longest war — and the maddest of them all

When Sears Shared

Navajo Generating Station Lease Extended Through 2019

Seeking a Home in Nogales
Why can’t the residents of Nogales, Mexico, access adequate housing?

Bumbling Kentucky Retirement Systems Threatens Naked Capitalism With Half-Cocked Nastygram That Will Only Alienate Private Equity Fund Managers

Monsanto, seed-corn companies continue use of contractors despite allegations of migrant labor abuses

Liu Xiaobo: China's most prominent dissident dies

How Your Favorite Jacket Could Be Polluting the Oceans

A Look Inside the Coal Communities in the Illinois Basin

Three Indigenous Perspectives on Canada 150 in the Era of Pipelines, Dams and Mines

Tobacco companies tighten hold on Washington under Trump
Top White House figures – including the vice-president and health secretary – have deep ties to an industry whose donations began pouring in on day one

Amid antitrust talk, Amazon and Google flex lobbying muscle

Florida lobbyist turning Trump ties into mega-millions

Revived lawsuit puts Palestine advocacy in crosshairs

Systemic Failure: Why 1 Million Californians Lack Safe Drinking Water

Warm spells in Arctic stunt crop yields across US, study suggests

Creative Commons' Bold New Strategy to Empower Its Community

There's a Poisonous Attack on Immigrants Buried in the Senate Health Bill

Emboldened by Trump, U.S. Border Officials Are Lying to Asylum Seekers and Turning Them Away

It's Not Just a Theory Anymore. A Huge Piece Of Antarctica Has Fallen into the Ocean.

"Paralyzed" by chaos at home, Trump sets off for Paris

The Trump White House is a confederacy of dingbats

Dahr Jamail | Navy Introduces Toxins to Drinking Water, Then Expands Operations

The Big Trumpers Still Dont Get The Trouble They're In

Charles P. Pierce | What This White House Really Needs Is Mercenaries

Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T; want Congress to make a net neutrality law because they will write it

This is no "rookie mistake." The Trump team shouldn’t even be on the field.

Christie Associate Avoids Prison Time in Bridgegate Case

Nation "Too Broke" for Universal Health Care to Spend $406 Billion More on F-35
There always another $27 billion or lying around, it seems, when Lockheed Martin needs more money for expensive weapons system

Walking the Line: A Two-Week Journey on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Route

Poverty Wages, Deportations, Wage Theft, Cockroaches: Farmworkers Demand Dignity From Ben & Jerry's

Inside Man: Mike Pence Is the Religious Right's White House Agent
-- Bill Berkowitz for BuzzFlash at Truthout

Laid-Off Coal Workers and Enviromentalists Saved This Town

Five Days of Unrest That Shaped Newark
Fifty years ago, starting on July 12, 1967, racial tensions in Newark exploded. Here are some recollections of that time and how it has shaped the present.

Here's how you can actually help stop climate change
It takes more than turning off the lights, but it's all doable.

Chris Wray, President Trump's pick to lead the FBI, faces Senate grilling

Joe Scarborough is quitting Trump's Republican Party

Democrat Karen Gaddis scores surprise victory, takes state House seat held by GOP since early '90s

Mike Pence Attempts To Distance Himself From Growing Trump Scandal

As Russia scandal touches his son, Trump privately rages

The GOP War on Energy Efficiency Standards
-- Mark Karlin for BuzzFlash at Truthout

The Intercept failed to shield its confidential source. Now it’s making amends.

No Such Thing as a Just War
-- Kathy Kelly for BuzzFlash at Truthout

Charles P. Pierce | How Much More Absurdity Can You Handle?

GOP Drops Tax Cuts for Big Earners in Revised Health Bill, Sources Say

Oh Boy: Did Donald Trump Know About Junior's Russia Meeting?
This video from the campaign sure looks like he did.

McConnell: Senate will work through first two weeks of August recess

Confronting White Supremacy: Lessons From a Counter-Rally at the Birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan

Trans People in Prison Fight Barriers to Changing Their Legal Names and Gender Markers

Bannon, Kushner Recruited Heads of Private Military Firms Blackwater and DynCorp to Provide Options for Afghanistan

Key Republican vows to shut down government unless Congress funds Trump's border wall

Trump Jr. Was Told of Moscow’s Link via Email
Email Said to Indicate Clinton Dirt Was Part of Russian Plan to Aid Trump

Defunding Planned Parenthood could overwhelm other clinics, leave women with few options

Betsy DeVos to meet with groups opposing protections for sexual assault survivors

Sixth mass extinction: The era of "biological annihilation"

"First amendment of the internet": what is net neutrality and why is it at risk?

So that’s why Sarah Huckabee Sanders wants the cameras off

Senator McCain says Republican healthcare bill likely dead