Stumped by Trump’s Teflon Popularity? 10 Reasons Fans Want a Faux-CEO in the White House

By Lynne D. Schneider, AlterNet

Trump’s mystique lies in how reality TV conflates fact and fictitious people. READ MORE»

Man Who Got Life for Dealing Meth to Pay His Child's Medical Bills Had Sentence Commuted by Obama -- Only to Be Controlled by a Rigid Christian Halfway House

By Tana Ganeva, AlterNet

Dicky Jay Jackson was released from prison after 21 years. But re-integration has not been easy.  READ MORE»

Decoding Mike Pence's Misogyny

By Adele M. Stan, The American Prospect

Having lost the women’s vote, the Trump campaign doubles down on gendered language. READ MORE»

Donald Trump's White Supremacist Delusions: Why Does the GOP Nominee Think 'Race Riots' Are Breaking out Across America?

By Chauncey DeVega, Salon

Ugly white supremacist screeds about "inner-city" violence and "race war" have clearly shaped Trump's rhetoric. READ MORE»

What Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Got Wrong About Nuclear Weapons

By Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch

Donald and Hillary take a no-first-use pledge on relevant information. READ MORE»

Why Bruce Springsteen's Depression Revelation Matter

By Alex Lubet, The Conversation

His tough image belies Springsteen's inner struggle, but his revelation may help millions of fans.  READ MORE»

15 Years Later the Taliban Is Back in Power in Afghanistan, and More Radical Than Ever

By Vijay Prashad, AlterNet

A complete disaster up and down the line. READ MORE»

WATCH: Fox News' Jesse Watters Heads to Chinatown for Incredibly Offensive 'O'Reilly Factor' Segment

By Sophia Tesfaye, Salon

The host of "Watters' World" ridiculed and mocked Chinese-Americans in an effort to gauge support for Donald Trump. READ MORE»

Time to Drive Factory Farmed Food off the Market

By Martha Rosenberg, Ronnie Cummins , Organic Consumers Association

Time to aggressively mobilize a full-blown online and on-the-ground food fight. READ MORE»

What Do Sugar and Climate Change Have in Common? Misplaced Scepticism of the Science.

By Neil Levy, The Conversation

In both the sugar and anti-climate change industries,money distorts what the public believes.  READ MORE»

Georgia Deputies Bragged About Targeting Black Drivers—and That's Just 'the Tip of the Iceberg'

By Travis Gettys, Raw Story

Their Facebook messages showed the deputies mocking Martin Luther King, Jr.  READ MORE»

Instead of Solving Rapes and Murders, Maryland Cops Spent Months Undercover in Burger King for a $75 Pot Bust

By Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project

That's some strange law enforcement prioritization.  READ MORE»