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Everything I Thought I Knew About Our Right to Bear Arms Suddenly and Totally Changed
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Philip Gulley
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Salon
Elizabeth Warren: Corporations Are Taking Over the Courts with the GOP’s Help
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Travis Gettys
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Raw Story
New Report: 1.7 Million Kids Live in Homes with Unlocked Guns
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Steven Rosenfeld
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AlterNet
How the Border Patrol Became Our Most Stunningly Corrupt Law Enforcement Agency
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Allegra Kirkland
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AlterNet
WATCH: Jon Stewart Nails Absurd Story of Mayor Supposedly Flashing Gang Signs
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Jon Stewart
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AlterNet
How We Built the Infrastructure for Disastrous, Permanent War in the Middle East
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David Vine
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Tom Dispatch
WATCH: Stephen Colbert Skewers New Pitchfork-Wielding Colorado Rep Who Did Exorcism on Obama
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Janet Allon
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AlterNet
Why Standing With Striking Nurses Is a Sacred Cause for Me
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Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater
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Huffington Post
Here’s Who You Should Boycott as Long as This Racist Gov Is on Their Payroll
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Alyssa Figueroa
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AlterNet
Arrested for Having a Miscarriage? 7 Appalling Instances Where Pregnant Women Were Criminalized
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Janet Allon
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AlterNet
10 Things You Need to Know About the U.S, China Climate Deal
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Bill McKibben
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Huffington Post
What's the Deadliest Day of the Week in Your State for Gun Violence?
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Janet Allon
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AlterNet
After Being Taken To Wrong Hospital While Unconscious, Woman Faces Bankruptcy From Medical Bills
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Zaid Jilani
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AlterNet
New York Mall Will Fine Stores If They Don't Open On Thanksgiving
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Zaid Jilani
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AlterNet
Robert Reich: The Real Reason Democrats Lost Big on Election Day
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Robert Reich
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Robert Reich's Blog
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How the Border Patrol Became Our Most Stunningly Corrupt Law Enforcement Agency

Allegra Kirkland
AlterNet
The rise of the Border Patrol is a result of the post-9/11 obsession with "protecting our homeland."

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Why Do African-American Superstars Like Chris Rock and Bill Cosby Go Out of Their Way to Stigmatize the Less Fortunate?

Mychal Denzel Smith
Salon
The toxicity of respectability politics.

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Why It's Harder Than Ever for Religions to Con Their Followers

Amanda Marcotte
AlterNet
It's more difficult for religions to control their believers’ access to information.

Photo Credit: Lisa S.

.1% of America Now Controls 22% of Wealth: The Wealth Gap Has Killed the Middle Class

Natalie Shure
AlterNet
The stats are more damning than we thought.

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Should We Be Talking About the Objectification of Hot Men on Daytime TV?

Brian Moylan
The Guardian
Ellen and other shows are searching for their own shirtless hunks. Is this what equality looks like?
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Everything I Thought I Knew About Our Right to Bear Arms Suddenly and Totally Changed

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How We Built the Infrastructure for Disastrous, Permanent War in the Middle East

WATCH: Stephen Colbert Skewers New Pitchfork-Wielding Colorado Rep Who Did Exorcism on Obama

What If We Abolished Prisons?

Maya Schenwar / Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Video: German Politician Hides in Toilet From Truth About Israel

Ali Abunimah / The Electronic Intafada

WATCH: Jon Stewart Nails Absurd Story of Mayor Supposedly Flashing Gang Signs

Jon Stewart / AlterNet

Why Climate Scientists Receive Death Threats

10 Weirdest Libido Boosters

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Net Neutrality Stands in the Way of Larger Corporate Profits

Why I Left the Military to Walk Across America

After Being Taken To Wrong Hospital While Unconscious, Woman Faces Bankruptcy From Medical Bills

Zaid Jilani / AlterNet

Hightower: Why Corporations Are Doing Everything They Can to Destroy Net Neutrality

Jim Hightower / AlterNet

Robert Reich: The Real Reason Democrats Lost Big on Election Day

Robert Reich / Robert Reich's Blog

Arrested for Having a Miscarriage? 7 Appalling Instances Where Pregnant Women Were Criminalized

The Brutal Reality of Life in Mosul Under the Islamic State

8-Year-Old Watches Officer Brutally Beat His Mom After Reports of ‘Yelling’

Welcome to the Big Business of Christian Purity

10 Things You Need to Know About the U.S, China Climate Deal

Bill McKibben / Huffington Post

When It Comes to Suicide, How May Be Just As Important As Why

Matt Wray / The Conversation

Chris Hedges: I've Gone Vegan to Help Try to Save the Planet

Chris Hedges / Truthdig

Inside One City's Fascinating Battle to Ban Comcast from Operating in Its Borders

Snowden: "I Did What I Did Because I Believe It Is the Right Thing to Do"

Media Leaping to Extremely Faulty Conclusions from Study on the Effects of Marijuana on the Brain

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Inside the Federal Govt's Newest Program to Infiltrate and Surveil Muslim Communities

How Climate Change Could Increase Pollen Levels by 200 Percent

Tim Radford / Climate News Network

California Nurses Lead Nationwide Strike Over Lack of Ebola Protection to Spotlight Hospital Cuts

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

'Bad Turn Worse' Is a Thriller Worth Going to See

Andrew O'Hehir / Salon

The Dangerous Truth About GMOs That Monsanto Is Desperate to Hide

Thirteen Years After the Invasion, It's Still the Rule of Men in Afghanistan

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Chomsky: This Is How Nuclear War Starts

8 Things You Should Never Feed to Dogs and Cats

10 Lessons on Making Movies From Brave New Films' Robert Greenwald: A Decade of Speaking Truth to Power

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

GOP’s Secret Weapon: How Right-Wing Churches Turn the 99 Percent Into the Tea Party

Michael Lerner / Tikkun

“Why Would You Kill Her?”: Michigan Police Shoot Woman During Response to Domestic Dispute

Jenny Kutner / Salon

The Common Laundry Product That Is Poisoning Children

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Jon Stewart: Why Are We Sending More and More Troops to Iraq?

'This is Crazy': Ex-State Dept. Official Blasts Obama’s Doubling of U.S. Troops in Iraq

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My Lesbian Mom Died Terrified of Going to Hell Because of Religion

We Are the Most Unequal Society in the Developed World

Les Leopold / AlterNet

How Our Culture's Insistence on Calling Soldiers Heroes Deadens Our Democracy

David Masciotra / Salon

Republican Gets Electoral Comeuppance for Sleazy Slur on Black Voters

Terrell Jermaine Starr / AlterNet

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Why the Dems' Post-Election Recipe of Getting Even Cozier with the Banks Will Lead to More Disaster

Robert Kuttner / The Huffington Post  

North Carolina to Charter School Chain: Administrator Salaries Cannot Be Kept Secret

After Public Radio Station Hires Notorious Union-Buster, Employees Likely to Lose Union Vote

Is Keira Knightley’s Topless Photoshoot the Best Form of Protest?

Conservatives Don't Like the Message on Climate Change, So They Want to Shoot the Messenger

Tim Radford / Climate News Network

California Man Blames Obama After Running Over, Killing Black Man with His Pickup

Travis Gettys / Raw Story

How Taylor Swift's Blank Space Video Redefines Music and Our Culture

Michael Hann / The Guardian

Michael Moore: In Defense of My Friend Bill Maher's Statements on Islam

Imagine Your Water Bill Shooting Up to $4,000: Inside One of Detroit's Biggest Crises

WATCH: John Oliver's Amazing Takedown of Ethically Bankrupt State Lotteries

Topless Keira Knightley Is Not Alone—Women Are Reclaiming Their Breasts in 2014

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