TODAY'S TOP STORIES - March 23, 2017

Is the Big Republican Attack on Our Health Care Doomed to Fail?

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

The clock is ticking for the Republican Party. READ MORE»


Big Strike Brewing Against Trump: Coalition of More Than 300,000 Food Workers to Join May Day Showdown

By Sarah Lazare, AlterNet

The workers vow to withhold labor on May 1 to protest the Trump administration's "relentless attacks." READ MORE»


Alabama Legislature May Give Fundamentalist Church Its Own Police Force: What Could Go Wrong?

By Amanda Marcotte, Salon

What separation of church and state? Birmingham megachurch wants to hire its own cops, claims innocent motives. READ MORE»


10 Ways to Speak Truth to Lies in the Trump Era

By Alan Jenkins, OurFuture.org

How to engage, inform, and fight back against falsehoods.  READ MORE»


The American Empire Continues to Barrel Ahead, Despite Trump's Claims and Its Failures Across the Planet

By Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch

Behind the curtain of the Pentagon's Central Command. READ MORE»


Pepsi, McDonalds, Nestlé, Other Major Brands Implicated in Illegal Destruction of Critical Elephant Habitat (Video)

By Laurel Sutherlin, AlterNet

A new investigation links major food corporations to a rogue palm oil company that is ravaging the rainforest. READ MORE»


The Trump GOP Prescription for America: Don’t Get Sick

By Michael Winship, Bill Moyers, BillMoyers.com

This Republican health care bill would actually kill people who need help most. READ MORE»


Is Trump Really at War with the CIA? The Jury Is Still Out

By Jefferson Morley, AlterNet

The president's upcoming decision on thousands of still-secret JFK records will be revealing. READ MORE»


The Best Recipe for Maximizing the Medical Effects of Marijuana

By Phillip Smith, AlterNet

CBD-only preparations lack the synergies available when marijuana's other cannabinoids and its terpenes are kept in the game. READ MORE»


Liberal Shaming of Appalachia: Inside the Media Elite's Obsession with the 'Hillbilly Problem'

By Elizabeth Catte, Salon

Hit pieces like "No More Sympathy for Hillbillies" follow a predictable and glib pattern of othering and blame. READ MORE»


Trump Lost 10 GOP Health Care Votes After Personally Visiting Congress for 'Hard Sell': NBC News

By David Edwards, Raw Story

He warned that Republicans would lose elections if they didn't vote for Trumpcare; they weren't moved. READ MORE»


What It Means to Be 'Gray-Sexual'

By Rachel White, The Frisky

"They say own your desire, and I think we also gotta own our lack of desire." READ MORE»


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