NY Times Grovels for Right Wing | Trump Border Wall Will Have No Effect on Drug Smuggling | Coffee and Dark Chocolate Will Help You Live Longer

Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Is a Cruel Bluff

By Chris Sosa, AlterNet

The president already got what he wanted. READ MORE»

10 Times White People Falsely Accused Innocent People of Color of Crimes They Didn't Commit

By Kali Holloway, AlterNet

Racial hoaxes have a long history in America. READ MORE»

The New York Times Grovels for the Right Wing, and Other Despicable Media Moments This Week

By Adam Johnson, AlterNet

Instead of promoting the truth, corporate media cowardly pushes their own agendas. READ MORE»

Democrats Put Eric Holder, Best Friend of Wall Street Banks, in Charge of Winning Back Main Street America

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Holder was a "double agent" for high finance while serving as America's top cop. READ MORE»

The Claim That the Border Wall Will Stop Drug Smuggling Is Just More Trump Bullsh*t

By Phillip Smith, AlterNet

The fabulist-in-chief is at it again. READ MORE»

Ivanka Trump's Latest Sell-Out Is No Surprise: Why Would She Stand up for Workers Now?

By Jeremy Binckes, Salon

Ivanka Trump claims to believe in equal pay for equal work. But deep down, she's just like her dad. READ MORE»

Conservative News Sites Falsely Claim Black Lives Matter Protested Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

By Jennie Neufeld, AlterNet

The fake news story contradicts Black Lives Matter's actual efforts to help hurricane survivors. READ MORE»

Trump's War on Children: Deporting the Dreamers Is Next, and the GOP Base Will Love It

By Heather Digby Parton, Salon

Trump's DACA decision is apparently a done deal; GOP cynically hopes to use Harvey as political cover. READ MORE»

Hurricane Harvey Exposes Danger of Tax Cuts, Deregulation, Aging Infrastructure, Ignoring the Environment and ‘Limited Government’

By Donald Cohen, The Huffington Post

Here come the snake oil salesmen, pushing more of what made Harvey more destructive than it should have been. READ MORE»

What Mischief Will Steve Bannon Be Able to Create Back at Breitbart?

By Jefferson Morley, AlterNet

The Breitbart formula of division and chaos may even mess with Wall Street. Time will tell. READ MORE»

If GOPers Were Thinking in Their Own Interests, They Would Embrace the ACA... But They Don't

By Guy T. Saperstein and Kelsey Abkin, AlterNet

Republican voters' primary goal is to make a point against Obama, not get more affordable care. READ MORE»

European Cardiologists Find Drinking More Coffee and Eating Dark Chocolate Are Linked to Longer Lives

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

An apple a day? Forget it. Try four cups of coffee and olive-oil laced dark chocolate. READ MORE»

Hurricane Harvey: Trump's Weather Cuts Are Now in the Eye of the Storm

By Judith Lewis Mernit, Capital and Main

Donald Trump has proposed cutting the federal weather satellite agency’s roughly $2 billion budget by 18 percent. READ MORE»

How Trump Is Jeopardizing the Future of America's Public Lands

By Marla Fox, AlterNet

Public lands make America great. It's time we take care of them. READ MORE»

Why We Held a Vigil for Hurricane Harvey's Victims Outside Rex Tillerson's House (Video)

By Anthony Torres, AlterNet

The Secretary of State made millions at Exxon by fueling climate denial. READ MORE»