TODAY'S TOP STORIES - July 19, 2016

Dirty Trickster and Trump Adviser Roger Stone Speaks at Conspiracist 'America First' Rally at the RNC

By Adele Stan, AlterNet

Stone started by calling InfoWars host Alex Jones his "friend." READ MORE»


Sanders Delegation Plotting in Public and Secretly to Shake Up Democratic Convention

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

V.P. protests, amendment fights, interrupting Hillary. READ MORE»


Trump VP Pick Mike Pence Is Bad News on Pot, Drug Policy

By Phillip Smith, AlterNet

Surprise! The Tea Party governor is extremely retrograde when it comes to drugs, too.  READ MORE»


Here's Why Viking Economics Are Superior

By George Lakey, Melville House Publishing

The Nordic model assumes a rested worker is a productive worker. READ MORE»


Mindfulness Has Gone Corporate—Why Has America Appropriated Buddhism for Capitalist Ends?

By Max Zahn, Religion Dispatches

Most information about mindfulness is disseminated by white people, in media controlled by white people, for the primary consumption of white people. READ MORE»


Research Suggests the U.S. Discards Half of Its Fresh Produce

By Robin Scher, AlterNet

Around $160 billion of perfectly edible produce is discarded because it's less than perfect. READ MORE»


Public School Defenders Amend Democratic Platform to Criticize Unaccountable Charter Schools

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

An unexpected victory for critics of school privatization. READ MORE»


Erdogan Is Using the Failed Coup to Get Rid of the Last Vestiges of Secular Turkey

By Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch

The number of people detained so far is at 6,000 including soldiers. READ MORE»


Pamela Anderson and Sea Shepherd Team Up to Investigate Salmon Farming Industry (Video)

By Katie Pohlman, EcoWatch

Farmed salmon is an industry shrouded in secrecy that threatens the native salmon population. READ MORE»


Mike Pence Is a Loyal Friend to Polluters

By Sarah Anderson, Janet Redman, AlterNet

In 2015 the Indiana governor told Obama in no uncertain terms that his state would not be complying with the Clean Power Plan. READ MORE»


California Targets, Indebts Poor People of Color for Big Profit

By Adam Hudson, TeleSur

Not everyone who goes through traffic court is there for drunk driving or other dangerous behavior. Many are there for simply being too poor. READ MORE»


Inside the 'Sovereign Citizen' Movement That Motivated the Baton Rouge Cop Killer

By Travis Gettys, Raw Story

This group believes that they are indigenous to the continent and therefore above all federal, state and local laws. READ MORE»


Nice Attack Shows How Attacks on Civilians Play Right into the Hands of Fascists

By Russ Wellen, Foreign Policy in Focus

Let’s take a moment to visit what makes France a target. READ MORE»


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