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Nearing the End Game: The 6 Phases of Trump’s Plan to Fire Robert Mueller

By Jefferson Morley, AlterNet

Republicans prepare to end the rule of law in America. READ MORE»

Brain-Wave Treatment for Alzheimer's Is Promising, but the First Human Subject Is Left Behind

By Carolyn Weaver, AlterNet

An Alzheimer’s patient sees improvement‚ but declines again when the study ends. READ MORE»

Incentive for Terrorism: America Has Taken Nearly 70% of the World's Wealth Gains Since 2012

By Paul Buchheit, AlterNet

The super-rich are pillaging the world and making everyone less safe in the process. READ MORE»

Editorial: Don't Let the Tech Giants Undermine AlterNet's Fight Against Trump

By Don Hazen, AlterNet

Independent journalism is more important than ever in the era of Trump. READ MORE»

Former Facebook Executive Criticizes Social Network For 'Destroying How Society Works'

By Matthew Rozsa, Salon

Chamath Palihapitiya warned that the social-media platform is “ripping apart the social fabric." READ MORE»

For-Profit Medical Companies Are Making Tons of Money Taking Poor Peoples’ Blood

By Liz Posner, AlterNet

Donors hope to get $30 a pop for their plasma, but sometimes they aren't even paid what they're promised. READ MORE»

Alabama Supreme Court Blocks Digital Ballot Preservation in Eleventh Hour

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

The move ensures a hypothetical recount in the special Senate election will not be verified. READ MORE»

Roy Moore's Wife Defends Husband Against Charges of Anti-Semitism in Most Anti-Semitic Way Imaginable

By Chris Sosa, AlterNet

Her obnoxious delivery made an awful moment even worse. READ MORE»

Nikki Haley Infuriated Trump with Show of Support for His Accusers: Report

By Tom Boggioni, Raw Story

The U.N. ambassador claimed she was proud of their "strength" and "courage." READ MORE»

Stephen Colbert Delivers the Jeanine Pirro Takedown to End All Jeanine Pirro Takedowns

By Chris Sosa, AlterNet

The Fox News host has had this coming for months. READ MORE»

Blame the Media? The NY Times Coverage of Clinton v. Trump Was Lacking

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

According to Columbia Journalism Review, the most influential mainstream media was gossip-prone and failed to inform the public about what mattered. READ MORE»

Why Aren't Leaders Held Accountable for War as They Are Beginning to Be for Sexual Abuse?

By Andrew J. Bacevich, TomDispatch

What’s puzzling is why that capacity for outrage and demand for accountability doesn’t extend to military folly that costs many thousands of lives. READ MORE»

Trump's Tweets of Anti-Muslim Videos Set the Stage for Jerusalem Speech

By Rashmee Roshan Lall, The Arab Weekly

The more dangerous message sought to be conveyed by the video represents the Trump administration's hostility toward Islam. READ MORE»

Nothing Protects Black Women From Dying in Pregnancy and Childbirth

By Nina Martin, Renee Montagne, ProPublica, NPR Online

Not education. Not income. Not even being an expert on racial disparities in health care. READ MORE»

The Republican Tax Bill Is a Poison Pill That Kills the New Deal

By Heather Cox Richardson, BillMoyers.com

Today’s Republicans would have fit right in to Herbert Hoover’s administration. READ MORE»

Patagonia Joins Native Tribes and Environmental Groups to Sue the Trump Administration Over Utah Land

By April M. Short, AlterNet

Trump's massive land grab is the largest elimination of protected land in U.S. history. READ MORE»