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Sarah Palin “represents the descent of politics,” wrote the Ottawa Citizen‘s Andrew Cohen. “We see today a...
Protesters march down Market Street in Philadelphia to speak out against Vice President Mike Pence, who made...
Image by Mark Bryan By Shaun Mullen / 02.03.2017 All things being equal, which they rarely are...
A 2016 poll found two-thirds of Americans say churches and other houses of worship should not come...
President Donald Trump and chief strategist Steve Bannon. (Photo: Getty) “If you’re still trying to convince yourself...
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The memorandum gives Bannon, former executive chair of the rightwing website Breitbart News, a regular seat at...
President Abraham Lincoln / Wikimedia Commons By Patricia Smith / 01.27.2017 History does not repeat itself although...
“The Trump administration is giving Israel the green light to entrench a separate and unequal one-state reality...
Introducing the amendment on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders asked his senate colleagues if they “have the guts...
Photo by AP News By Dr. Henry F. Carey / 01.20.2017 Associate Professor of Political Science Georgia...
Jaroslaw Kaczynski in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 11, 2017. AP Photo/Alik Keplicz By Dr. Brian Porter-Szücs /...
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By Mike Lofgren / 01.14.2017 The election of Donald Trump has triggered as much wonderment abroad as...
An anti-Trump protest at the Baltimore Convention Center on September 12, 2016. Photo by Elvert Barnes Photography /...
The U.S. Senate voted after 1:00am Thursday morning to get the ball rolling on Affordable Care Act...
By John Prager / 01.11.2017 Russia — you know, that country whose leader orchestrated a hack of Donald...
Charles Brotman By Shannon Barber / 01.08.2017 Donald Trump is a heartless bastard. He has shown us...
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images “Republicans revised House rules to shield lawmakers’ spending records from federal investigators. The change...
By John Prager / 01.08.2017 Martin Shkreli is a creep — and not just because he raised...
Rex Tillerson, CEO and chairman Exxon Mobil, has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the...
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin makes his annual New Year address to the nation in Moscow, Russia, December...
The U.S.-Mexico border wall that already exists. (Photo: Wonderlane/flickr/cc) Don’t worry, President-elect adds, Mexico will pay us...
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Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Reuters / 01.06.2017 At least nine people were shot, including three fatally, and...
CagleCartoons.com By Dana Milbank / 01.05.2017 Washington Post Columnist Doesn’t anybody here know how to work this...
“No! In the name of humanity we refuse to accept a fascist America!” the ad states. (Image:...
By Dr. Alonzo L. Hamby / 01.01.2017 Distinguished Emeritus Professor of History Ohio University From the Bolshevik...
By Joe Gandelman / 01.03.2017 Editor-in-Chief, The Moderate Voice Amid an outcry from President-elect Donald Trump and other...