How Big Pharma Is Cashing in on Addiction to Alcohol and Illicit Drugs

Evelyn Pringle, Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet

Addiction psychiatry, essentially treating drug addicts with other drugs, has become a hugely profitable industry. READ MORE»

Sanders Campaign Hopes Tuesday's Voting Will Start Eroding Clinton's Lead

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

On Monday, Sanders beat Clinton in overseas balloting.  READ MORE»

Aaron Johnson's Story as a Lifer in Alabama Prison Is Exhibit A in Why We Need to Change America's Prison Nightmare

David J. Krajicek, AlterNet, The Crime Report

We have to rethink the cruelty of our incarceration system.  READ MORE»

5 of Trump's Most Outrageous Claims at the AIPAC Conference

By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet

Trump's speech was filled with incendiary and inaccurate claims. READ MORE»

Why Southern California's New Cloud Seeding Project Is Putting Conspiracy Theorists into a Frenzy

By Reynard Loki, AlterNet

Five years into a crippling drought, Los Angeles County is trying to make it rain. Skeptics believe something much more nefarious is going on. READ MORE»

10 Reasons Why Hillary Isn't a Lock to Win the Presidency in a General Election

By Les Leopold, AlterNet

Her major policy and character flaws could leave us with a Republican president this fall. Here’s why. READ MORE»

Why Sanders Shouldn't Drop Out of the Election

By Sean Illing, Salon

Win or lose, Sanders represents a needed subset of the Democratic Party determined to pull its leaders leftward. READ MORE»

Ted Cruz Is an Anti-Muslim Bigot, Too

By Ali Gharib, The Nation

The GOP has an anti-Muslim hate problem: Ted Cruz’s foreign-policy team is anchored by America’s biggest Islamophobe.  READ MORE»

Trump's New Foreign Policy Adviser Is a Hardcore Neocon Tied to Notorious Lebanese Militia That Massacred Civilians

By Sarah Lazare, AlterNet

Walid Phares was a key figure with the Lebanese Forces, which were behind the Sabra and Shatila massacres. READ MORE»

Meet Grietje Reyniers, the First Known Prostitute of New York City

By David Rosen, Carrel Books

She is reported to have often hiked her petticoats to display her wares to passing sailors. READ MORE»

Leonardo DiCaprio: ‘This Is the Video Future Generations Will Be Wishing Everyone Watched Today’

By Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch

Meat consumption is the number one cause of environmental destruction, species extinction and oceanic dead zones. READ MORE»

How the Paranoid Style of Trump, Cruz and Palin Took Over the GOP and Infected America

By Lou Dubose, The Washington Spectator

The overheated rhetoric and reckless posturing from the right is a return of a rancid thread of American politics. READ MORE»

People Magazine Deletes Anti-Vaxxer Kristin Cavallari's Baby Formula Recipe, Which Can Be Deadly

By David Edwards, Raw Story

The 29-year-old Cavallari is promoting her new book, Balancing In Heels. READ MORE»