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  • Historian Explains Sears' Surprisingly Radical Role in Dismantling Jim Crow Laws

    Alex Henderson / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 10/16/2018 - 12:42

  • Americans Want a Manufacturing Overhaul and They Want It Now

    Leo Gerard / Independent Media Institute

    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 10/15/2018 - 12:32

  • Breitbart Is Actually Trying to Blame Bad Economic Data on 'Leftwing Anger Directed at Donald Trump'

    Cody Fenwick / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 10/15/2018 - 11:28

  • Could the $70 Billion Americans Invest Annually in Their Pets Be Better Spent?

    The Conversation  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 10/15/2018 - 03:51

  • Here's How Trump's Reckless 'America First' Policies Could Be Setting Up US Consumers for a Nasty Shock

    Marshall Auerback / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 10/12/2018 - 14:37

  • Capitalism’s Final Solution Is Nothing Less than Complete Ecological Collapse

    Ed Simon / History News Network  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 10/12/2018 - 03:58

  • Seniors Are Getting Slowly Strangled by Social Security’s Flawed Math—Here’s How to Fix It

    Nancy J. Altman / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 10/11/2018 - 10:44

  • Conservative News Outlet Blasts Trump's Ridiculous Tariffs — Which Are Now a Larger Tax on Americans than Obamacare

    Matthew Chapman / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 10/10/2018 - 18:20

  • 'The Fed has Gone Crazy': Trump Sounds the Alarm Despite White House Assurances After Stock Market Plummets

    Cody Fenwick / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 10/10/2018 - 14:49

  • America’s Seniors Are Drowning in Lies by Trump and Republicans to Boost Big Pharma

    Alex Lawson / Independent Media Institute

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 10/10/2018 - 09:49

  • In Silicon Valley, the Rich Get Richer While Wages Stagnate For the Rest

    Nicole Karlis / Salon  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 10/10/2018 - 04:04

  • There's Only One Reason Why the US Deficit Is Increasing

    Stan Collender / DC Report  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 10/09/2018 - 22:49

  • How Disaster Capitalism Has Ruined Puerto Rico

    Vijay Prashad / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 10/09/2018 - 12:59

  • Here's Why I Love Iran — Even When My Country Sees It as an Enemy

    Kelly Curry / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 10/09/2018 - 07:47

  • 'Going, Going, Gone...': Banksy Shreds the Top 1 Percent with Self-Destructing $1.4 Million Artwork

    Jon Queally / Common Dreams

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 10/07/2018 - 12:21

  • No Small Thing: Rethinking Overdue Library Fines

    The Texas Tribune

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 10/07/2018 - 00:07

  • Amazon’s Minimum Wage Hike Is Not What It Seems

    Nicole Karlis / Salon

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 10/06/2018 - 04:19

  • White Supremacist Think Tank’s Tax-Exempt Charity Status Restored by IRS

    David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 10/05/2018 - 11:42

  • You Don’t Earn Much and You’re Being Audited by the IRS. Now What?

    Paul Kiel / ProPublica  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 10/04/2018 - 02:13

  • We Can Change Politics —And Ourselves— by Canceling Student Debt

    Mary Green Swig, Steven Swig / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 10/03/2018 - 10:09

  • Poverty Is Over! So Why Are Republicans So Quiet About Their Chief Economic Accomplishment?

    Jim Hightower / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 10/03/2018 - 01:06

  • Here Are the 10 Most Popular Ways to Consume Marijuana

    Phillip Smith / Independent Media Institute

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 10/02/2018 - 13:56

  • Here's How a Fox News Host Shamelessly Tried to Dismiss New Report of Trump's Extensive Tax Dodging

    Cody Fenwick / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 10/02/2018 - 13:53

  • Why Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 Is a Win for Big Oil — But a Huge Loss for Workers and the Environment

    Benjamin Dangl / Independent Media Institute

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 10/02/2018 - 13:53

  • 'He Was a Millionaire by Age 8': Trump's Charmed Childhood Shows the Twisted Ideology Behind Right-Wing Politics

    Cody Fenwick / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 10/02/2018 - 13:12

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    1. CNN Threatened With Lawsuit After Reporting GOP Candidate's Gross Comments About Women

    2. Major Texas Newspaper Dumps Ted Cruz and Gives Glowing Endorsement of Beto O'Rourke

    3. Saudi Arabia Finally Admits Jamal Khashoggi Is Dead — But Its Response Is Still Deeply Troubling

    4. Key GOP Operative with Ties to Trump Campaign May Have Had 'Advance Knowledge' of WikiLeaks' Email Dumps: Report

    5. These Despicable Trump Supporters Are Engaging in a Cruel Smear Campaign on Behalf of Saudi Arabia Against Jamal Khashoggi

    6. Paul Krugman's Prediction Was Just Vindicated — Republicans Really Are the Party of 'Starve the Beast'

    7. A Russian Woman — Allegedly Working for 'Putin's Chef' — Was Just Charged with Trying to Interfere in the 2018 Midterm Elections

    8. The Backlash to Betsy DeVos' Disastrous Education Legacy May Drive a Massive Blue Wave on Her Home Turf

    9. Mothers of Exiles: For Many, the Child-Separation Ordeal May Never End

    10. Paul Manafort Appears in Court in a Wheelchair — Blames Health Issues on 'Confinement'

    11. 'He Couldn't Stop Laughing': CNN Reporter Details the 'Disturbing' Behind-the-Scenes Reality of Trump's Endorsement of Violence Against the Press

    12. We're on the Path for Another Economic Disaster — So It's Time to Reboot Capitalism

      New Low for Donald Trump? Now He’s Helping the Saudi Regime Cover Up Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder

    14. The Worst of 'True the Vote': Here Are 5 Appalling Events in the Voter Suppression Group’s Shameful History

    15. 'I'm Still Traumatized': Florida State Disability Examiner Accuses Rick Scott of Ignoring Her Sexual Harassment

    16. Carbon Capture: What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Climate Change

    17. The Democrats’ Globalization Dilemma

      Fox News Cuts to Commercial After Republican Surprises Them by Defending Migrant Caravan

    19. Watch Claire McCaskill Skewer Her GOP Opponent For His Duplicity on Pre-Existing Conditions

    20. Trump Openly Celebrates the Assault of a Journalist While Campaigning in Montana

    21. Disgusting Ad for GOP Congressman Tells Black Voters Kavanaugh Hearings Prove Democrats Would Lynch Them

    22. Beto O'Rourke Just Gave Democrats' Best Answer Yet on Whether Congress Should Vote to Impeach Trump

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    1. FBI Investigating Whether Manhattan DA Who Refused to Prosecute Ivanka and Trump Jr Took Bribes: Report

      Martin Cizmar / Raw Story

      Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 10/17/2018 - 08:31

    2. The View’s Meghan McCain Gets Promptly Shut Down After Asking Sen. Amy Klobuchar If Dems ‘Misplayed their Hand’ with Dr. Ford

      Travis Gettys / Raw Story

      Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 10/18/2018 - 10:07

    3. A Senior Trump Administration Official Was Just Arrested for Allegedly Leaking Info on Key Russia Probe Targets

      Cody Fenwick / AlterNet

      Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 10/17/2018 - 11:08

    4. Beto O'Rourke Just Gave Democrats' Best Answer Yet on Whether Congress Should Vote to Impeach Trump

      Cody Fenwick / AlterNet

      Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 10/18/2018 - 16:50

    5. This Hilarious Ad Wants to Remind You Everyone Hates Ted Cruz

      Cody Fenwick / AlterNet

      Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 10/18/2018 - 12:00

    6. Trump Humiliated As Seventh Property Votes to Remove His Name From the Building

      Matthew Chapman / AlterNet

      Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 10/17/2018 - 15:51

    7. Here's the Truth About Claims Beto O'Rourke Can't Beat Ted Cruz

      Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune

      Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 10/17/2018 - 08:58

    8. Trump's White House Counsel Don McGahn Leaves the Administration in an Abrupt Departure: Report

      Cody Fenwick / AlterNet

      Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 10/17/2018 - 16:37

    9. Michael Cohen's Friend Explains Why Trump Is 'Frightened' by His Ex-Lawyer's Betrayal — He Has the Goods on 'Collusion'

      Cody Fenwick / AlterNet

      Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 10/17/2018 - 17:40

    10. Millennial Conservative Leader Explains Why He's leaving Trump's Republican Party After Kavanaugh Vote

      Alex Henderson / AlterNet

      Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 10/17/2018 - 07:02

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