TODAY'S TOP STORIES - August 25, 2017
Increasingly Large Majority of America Is on the Same Negative Page About Trump, Except for His Hardcore Republican Base
By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
A hothead who inflames racial divides and fails leadership tests. READ MORE»
Why Trump's New Strategy for Afghanistan Is the Disaster You'd Expect It to Be
By Vijay Prashad, AlterNet
A battlefield for an endless American war. READ MORE»
Would There Even Be an Alt-Right If the Libertarians Led by Ron Paul Hadn't Paved the Way?
By Heather Digby Parton, Salon
His presidential campaigns may have mobilized the country's angriest young white men. READ MORE»
A Surprisingly Small Number of Republicans Are Needed to End Trump's Presidency
By Ronald L. Feinman, History News Network
It's time for them to put country above party. READ MORE»
6 Ways This Ivy League University Is Acting Like a PR Firm for Junk Food, GMOs and Pesticides
By Sophia Johnson, AlterNet
Consumers lose when professors get their marching orders from Big Ag and Big Food. READ MORE»
Jim Hightower: Trump’s Running Out of Friends, and It’s His Own Fault
By Jim Hightower, AlterNet
Even Robert E. Lee would have been offended by Trump's reaction to Charlottesville. READ MORE»
There Are 4 Branches of the Federal Government Now, and None of Its Officials Are Elected
By Albert McCoy , TomDispatch
A historian explains the cost of entrusting our civil liberties to secret agencies. READ MORE»
Trump's Logic Gets Destroyed at White House Briefing: Why Shut Down Government Over Border Wall If Mexico Is Paying?
By Eric W. Dolan, Raw Story
Instead of answering questions, Sarah Huckabee Sanders lied about creating jobs. READ MORE»
How to Fight Trump This Week on Afghanistan, His Latest Cabinet Pick and Everything in Between
By Ilana Novick, AlterNet
The resistance won't let its demands of Trump be eclipsed by his blustering Phoenix speech. READ MORE»
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Started a War Against Teachers—Now Education Could Decide a Key Battleground Election
By Ruth Conniff, The Progressive
Wisconsin's Schools Superintendent, Tony Evers, will challenge Walker as public education candidate. READ MORE»
10 of America's Most Bizarre Animal Laws Still on the Books
By Natalia Lima, Animal Legal Defense Fund
The elusive Bigfoot enjoys legal protection in Skamania County, Washington. READ MORE»
The Essential Guide for the First-Time Cannabis Tourist
By Becky Garrison, The Fresh Toast
For those who don’t live in a state where cannabis is legal, states with legalized cannabis have become a vacation destination. READ MORE»
Fighting Climate Change Means Protesting More Than Donald Trump
By Geoff Dembicki, Bloomsbury USA
It's not just our current president; our political and economic system as a whole refuses to take climate change or the survival of millennials and younger generations seriously. READ MORE»
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