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Why do GOP presidents get to go hard right while democrats are just GOP...
I’m asking for the Democrats to be ruthless.
A minefield in Gaza
Israel has turned Gaza into a dense, unmapped minefield.
The last time there was this much carbon dioxide in the air, giant armadillos...
New scientific estimates show that the last time there was this much carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere may have been during the Pliocene era, some 4.5 million years ago.
6-month update for Trump voters
So after six months, has he delivered what he promised you?
Chicago’s Taxpayer-Funded Ode to Robber Barons
Even though George Pullman was a feudalistic 19th-century profiteer, he considered himself a beneficent employer as he suppressed the wages of his factory workers. In current times, is our tax money going to finance a monument for his greed?
Will The “Fix the Debt” Manipulators Ever Reform Themselves?
Desperation is no excuse for bad behavior. It’s wrong to deceive and manipulate the public for selfish ends.
A pesticide linked to brain damage in children could finally be banned
A court has ruled that the EPA must ban the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos—or prove its safety.
Trump can’t make America great again without immigrants
It is white nationalists, with their hatred of foreigners and xenophobia, who are endangering American competitiveness in the new century.
The absurdity of corporate tax cuts during the corporate pillaging of the middle class
Mainstream media opinion editors don't appear to have the courage to risk the disapproval of their bosses by printing the facts about corporate pillaging.