What Can Be Done About the Attention Economy's Dark Side? Powerhouse Commission Ponders Reeling In Facebook and Google Before It's Too Late

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Big Tech's algorithms have turned billions of device users into addicts whose every whim is tracked and baited. READ MORE»

Trump Is Determined to Provoke War to Draw Focus from Racist & Erratic Behavior

By Amy Goodman, Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!

Every wannabe dictator needs an emergency to cement their power, and Trump is determined to create his own.  READ MORE»

The Staggering Irony of Donald Trump's Fascination with Norway

By Alex Henderson, AlterNet

Compared to the Scandinavian nation's robust social democracy, the U.S. is a "sh*thole." READ MORE»

Trump Administration and Republicans Suffer Historic Failure After Democrats Vote for Government Shutdown

By Chris Sosa, AlterNet

This is the first shutdown ever to occur when a single party controls both chambers of Congress and the White House. READ MORE»

What You Need to Know About the 2018 Women’s March

By Shira Tarlo, Salon

Thousands of people will take to the streets again for equal rights and against Donald Trump. READ MORE»

A Dating App’s List of ‘Most Eligible Singles’ in America Looks Like a List of White People

By Liz Posner, AlterNet

This doesn't look like the America we know.  READ MORE»

I Stood up to ICE, and Now They’re Trying to Deport Me

By Maru Mora Villalpando, YES! Magazine

With the letter delivered to my house, ICE has officially made the leap from a law enforcement agency to a political repression agency. READ MORE»

How Sexual Assault and the Princess Industry Are Deeply Intertwined

By Maisam Najafizada, The Conversation

Are all sexual advances harassment, and are all men evil? READ MORE»

Did the Kremlin Funnel Money to the NRA to Help Trump? It’s Bizarre, but Conceivable

By Heather Digby Parton, Salon

Right-wing zealots have massive man-crushes on Putin’s Russia, so the allegation is more disturbing than surprising. READ MORE»

Groundbreaking Study Maps 'Insidious' (And Alarmingly Successful) Strategy of Anti-Choice Movement

By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams

The far-right religious fringe "has spent decades building the political infrastructure they need to attack abortion access from all sides." READ MORE»

Tom Petty's Family Publicly Releases Cause of Death to Help Forward Opioid Crisis Discussion

By Chris Sosa, AlterNet

The rocker's death was confirmed as an accidental overdose. READ MORE»

The Next Kurdish War Looms on the Horizon

By Robert Fisk, Independent UK

Turkey and Syria will never allow it to create a mini-state. READ MORE»

A Worker-Owned Cooperative Is Revitalizing Jackson, Mississippi

Democracy at Work

A dynamic yet under-documented experiment in radical social transformation taking place in the United States.  READ MORE»

Republican Senator John Kennedy Says Country Run by 'Idiots' as Government Shutdown Looms

By Bob Brigham, Raw Story

The senator seemed to be targeting his own party. READ MORE»

Fox News' Jeanine Pirro Literally Stalks Around New York Woods 'Looking' for Hillary Clinton

AlterNet

Her obsession with the former secretary of state is becoming creepy. READ MORE»

Republican Strategist Blasts Trump and the Republicans' 'Total Ineptitude’ Amid Government Shutdown Fears

By Bob Brigham, Raw Story

Even conservatives see the writing on the wall. READ MORE»