5 Right-Wing Lunacies This Week: Things Get Even Weirder on Team Trump

Janet Allon, AlterNet

Palin gives gibberish speech; Pierson shouts about abortion; Stone out-creeps everyone. READ MORE»

What Does It Mean? Trump Is Winning Where White People Are Dying Early

Stanton Peele, AlterNet

The silent majority has become the ignored majority, and it is rearing its ugly head in its death throes. READ MORE»

How Twitter Reveals What Americans Think About Police

Kali Holloway, AlterNet

Those 140 characters are saying a lot about how people around the country really feel about the cops. READ MORE»

How Big Tobacco Preys on the Mentally Ill

By Sally Chew, The Influence

Cigarette companies are focusing on those who can least understand tobacco's dangers.  READ MORE»

True, Bernie's Chances Are Very Slim; but His Strong Campaign Has Shown Hillary to Be a Less-Than-Stellar Candidate

By Andrew O'Hehir, Salon

What Bernie's revolution reveals about Hillary and her party could have lasting effects. READ MORE»

Trump Shows How Global Trade Has Devastated American Jobs; Immigration, Not So Much

By Marshall Auerback, AlterNet

We need to talk about globalization. READ MORE»

The Blatant Intrusion of Drug-Sniffing Dogs May Be Coming to an End

By Phillip Smith, AlterNet

After a landmark Supreme Court decision last year, judges' thinking on drug dog sniffs is starting to change. READ MORE»

Trump Trickster Roger Stone Plans ‘Days of Rage’ at Convention If GOP Tries to ‘Steal’ Candidate’s Nomination

By Tom Boggioni, Raw Story

Stone promised disruptions at the convention earlier in the week. READ MORE»

The Republicans Are Truly Right Wing Radicals: The GOP Has Finally Destroyed the Political Press' Most Destructive Narrative

By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters

For years, we've been told both sides are to blame for government dysfunction. Not after this primary. READ MORE»

How Israel's Media Propaganda Dominates the American Mind

By Robert Jensen, AlterNet

A new film exposes the sophisticated propaganda campaign that keeps both policymakers and the U.S. public on Israel's side. READ MORE»

Holy Hypocrites: The Prosperity Gospel and Why So Many Americans Think They're Blessed

By Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation

Does the "Prosperity Gospel" rob us of the opportunity to come to terms with our suffering? READ MORE»

My Trans Identity Is Not a Fetish

By Charley Reid, The Establishment

“Identity is especially important to those who have to earn the right to express it.” READ MORE»

America, We Have a Problem: Homelessness Is Out of Control

By Cynthia McKinney, Black Agenda Report

Our cities are locked in a crisis that this presidential election season has ignored. READ MORE»

Here's How We Can Break Up the Banks and Avoid Another Economic Disaster

By David Shirreff, Melville House Publishing

We should think of the financial system as a utility, in the same way that we think of sewage systems and electricity distribution. READ MORE»

Amazing Video Ad From Candidate Who Tells the Truth About Drugs

By Influence Staff, The Influence

In Pennsylvania, a senate candidate considers a more humane (and effective) response to a drug crisis. READ MORE»