If any of us hope to stop Donald Trump from becoming the 47th president of the United States, it will have to be done from the ballot box, not the courts.
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While America Sleeps: Trump’s Treachery and the Russia Scandal
With a summit ahead, Trump works with Putin to cover up Moscow’s attack on the US.
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"Morally Reprehensible" New Orleans Utility Used Paid Actors As Protesters
In a textbook case of astroturfing, the sub-contractor of a local power utility in New Orleans paid people to act as supporters of a proposed $200 million gas-fired power plant.
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Evidence Mounts That Russia Covertly Swayed Brexit Just Like the U.S. Election
Putin appears to have used a billionaire businessman in Britain as a tool to pass the referendum.
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UN Report Slams U.S. for Criminalizing Poverty As Destitution Grows
The report concludes that the persistence of extreme poverty in the U.S. is a political choice made by people in power, and criticizes U.S. policy for making health care a privilege, not a right.
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Fate of 2,300 Separated Children Still Unclear Despite Trump's Executive Order
NGOs say bringing parents and children back together is an enormous puzzle with no clear system from the administration.
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Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Put 80,000 Lives at Risk, Harvard Analysis Finds
The authors used EPA’s own risk assessments to estimate the number of illnesses and early deaths prevented by clean air and water rules Trump is now trying to erase.
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Another Bad Idea: Regulators Chip Away at the Volcker Rule
By revising the Volcker Rule, a centerpiece of the 2010 Dodd-Frank act, the feds are pushing financial regulation in a direction that should worry everyone.
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From Iowa to Oklahoma to Louisiana, States Seek Harsher Penalties for Pipeline Protesters
The bills drafted by the powerful and ultra-conservative American Legislation Exchange Council would translate into harsh fines and jail sentences for those who trespass or damage any pipeline construction.
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Edward Snowden: 'The People Are Still Powerless, But Now They're Aware'
Five years after historic NSA leaks, the whistleblower says he has no regrets.
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The Coming Iran Crisis and the Urgency for a Progressive Foreign Policy Alternative
A progressive foreign policy would reject the use of the American military as a global police force, support social democracy internationally instead of unfettered global capitalism, and push strongly for demilitarization.