How Trump Trauma Is Resurrecting the Jim Crow Era

By Kali Holloway, AlterNet

An interview with Theopia Jackson, head of clinical psychology at Saybrook University. READ MORE»

Progressives Beware: The United States of Care Is Not What It Seems

By Richard Eskow, AlterNet

Activists are suspicious of a sleek new group's intentions. READ MORE»

'Our Cartoon President': That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

By Melanie McFarland, Salon

Animating our clown commander-in-chief doesn’t make his impact any less frightening. READ MORE»

Thom Hartmann: How the GOP Used a Two Santa Clauses Tactic to Con America for Nearly 40 Years

By Thom Hartmann, AlterNet

It’s time Americans realized the details of the scam that’s been killing wages and enriching billionaires for decades.  READ MORE»

Crime Is Down, So Why Do Most Americans Believe the Opposite?

By Liz Posner, AlterNet

You can safely blame Republicans and the corporate news media for this one.  READ MORE»

Trump and Sessions Are Playing Bad Cop-Good Cop in the Drug War

By Phillip Smith, AlterNet

Bernie Sanders has a better idea. READ MORE»

Inside America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan & Pakistan

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

The United States has been in Afghanistan for over 16 years.  READ MORE»

The Six Most Objectively Awful People Who Have an Oscar

By Gabriel Bell, Salon

They’re winners, and the literal worst. READ MORE»

‘Clueless’ Conservative Actress Stacey Dash Is Considering a California Congressional Run

By Bob Brigham, Raw Story

This is not the first time Dash has floated a trial balloon on running for Congress. READ MORE»

A Fish that Barely Sleeps Could Help Turn Humans Into All-Right Party Animals

By Claire Maldarelli, Popular Science

This blind Mexican cave fish might make you quite jealous. READ MORE»

New Map Reveals Which Countries Are Most Likely to Survive Climate Change

By Fran Whittaker-Wood, AlterNet

We should all flee to northern Europe to live out our final days. READ MORE»