6 of the Biggest Media Meltdowns This Week | 3 Cases of Outrageous Hurricane Price-Gouging by Big Business | Trump Fans Angry After Vanity Fair Skips Melania

6 of the Biggest Media Meltdowns This Week

By Adam Johnson, AlterNet

A New York Post column casually calls for nuking North Korea... and much more. READ MORE»

3 Big Corporations Accused of Shamelessly Gouging Their Customers This Hurricane Season

By Jacob Sugarman, AlterNet

Call it disaster capitalism in miniature. READ MORE»

Vanity Fair's Best-Dressed List Skips Melania, Trump Fans Wail on Twitter

By Gabriel Bell , Salon

Boycotts are threatened and digital tears shed after Vanity Fair overlooks the queen of the deplorables. READ MORE»

Two Reasons Why Democrats Should Smile About Trump's Weakness

By Jefferson Morley, AlterNet

The president’s embrace of Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi offers pitfalls and possibilities. READ MORE»

Here Are 8 Dire Warnings Proving ‘Nowhere Will Be Safe’ Once Irma Makes Landfall in South Florida

By Bob Brigham, Raw Story

“This is as real as it gets,” tweets the National Weather Service. READ MORE»

Surprise, Surprise: There Actually Is a Big Religious Voting Block Inside the Democratic Party

By Patricia Miller, Religion Dispatches

The narrative that Catholics have abandoned the Democratic Party is largely unsupported by the data. READ MORE»

The Violence of the ’60s Is Nothing Like What We Are about to Face

By Todd Gitlin, Moyers & Company

The late ‘60s and early ‘70s were crazy, but we’re looking wilder. READ MORE»

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Pulls Study That Supported Obama's Decision Not to Intervene in Syria

By Jennie Neufeld, AlterNet

Critics feel the Museum and study are advocating for "bystanderism." READ MORE»

GOP to Latinos: Drop Dead

By Eliza Newlin Carney, The American Prospect

Some Republicans want to salvage DACA, but it will be an uphill battle, and probably a losing one. READ MORE»

One Major Lesson From the Disastrous Floods Around the World: We've Been Building Cities All Wrong

By Dr. David Suzuki, AlterNet

Cities that are designed with nature in mind have fewer problems and healthier residents. READ MORE»

Listen: It's Time for White Americans to Clean up Their Own House

By Chauncey DeVega, AlterNet

On this Chauncey DeVega Show podcast: Analyzing the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville. READ MORE»

The Syrian War Is Ending and Assad Is the Victor

By Robert Fisk, The Independent

While we’re all waiting for Trump to start World War Three, we’ve not spotted that the military map of the Middle East has substantially, bloodily changed. It will be years before Syria and Iraq (and Yemen) are rebuilt – and the Israelis may have to go to Putin to clear up the mess they’re now in. READ MORE»

LGBT Groups Denounce 'Dangerous' Artificial Intelligence that Uses Your Face to Guess Sexuality

By Sam Levin, The Guardian

Two prominent LGBT groups have criticized a Stanford study as "junk science." READ MORE»