TODAY'S TOP STORIES - September 19, 2017

Obama's Wall Street Speeches Have a Message for the Democrats

By Jefferson Morley, AlterNet

In the struggle for the party's future, the ex-president's paid private chats send a message. READ MORE»


Big Corporations Like Nestle Are Aggressively Making People Even Fatter Across the Globe

By Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet

Developing countries are a hot market for Big Food's high-calorie junk food.  READ MORE»


Only Two Countries Think Trump Is Doing a Better Job Than Obama Did

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

A globally reviled leader makes his UN debut and lectures about mismanagement. READ MORE»


Hillary and the Media: Dreadful Coverage of 2016 Had Echoes of the Past

By Heather Digby Parton, Salon

Media's distorted and derisive Clinton coverage was steeped in sexism, but the underlying problem is nothing new. READ MORE»


That Time CNN’s Jake Tapper Impersonated a Gangsta Rapper and Mocked Black Culture

By Max Blumenthal, AlterNet

Fourteen years ago, the left-bashing CNN host's racial cluelessness was on bold display. READ MORE»


NBC Is Giving Accused Sexual Predator Bill O’Reilly a Platform to Sell His Book

By Liz Posner, AlterNet

As if he needed more publicity, O’Reilly will appear on the "Today Show" this morning.  READ MORE»


Mueller's Russia Probe Looks Like an 'Organized Crime Syndicate' Investigation

By Chris Sosa, AlterNet

Picking locks to execute search warrants isn't normal. READ MORE»


Draining the Swamp of Turkish Money and Influences

By David L. Phillips, AlterNet

Contractors and think-tanks pocket huge sums from Turkey, ignoring human rights abuses.  READ MORE»


Conservative Commentator Scottie Nell Hughes: 'I Was Raped by Charles Payne and Again by Fox News'

By Elizabeth Preza, Raw Story

Hughes filed a lawsuit Monday accusing network executives of targeting her for speaking up. READ MORE»


Democrat on Senate Judiciary Committee Says Sarah Huckabee Sanders Could Be Indicted

By Chris Sosa, AlterNet

Her press briefing comments raise legal concerns. READ MORE»


New York's Greatly Hyped Success Academy Tainted by Racist Board Members and Radical Right-Wing Money

By Kenneth Campbell, AlterNet

Yet another Success Academy Board member has a long history of making incendiary racial comments. READ MORE»


People Who Trip on Psychedelics Are More Likely to Be Environmentally Conscious

By Phillip Smith, AlterNet

It's a hoary truism that hallucinogens can bring a sense of oneness with the universe, but does it persist beyond the high? READ MORE»


Why Robert Mueller’s Facebook Warrant Is a Huge Deal

By Renato Mariotti, Newsweek

The warrant has the potential to profoundly change this investigation—as well as its fallout. READ MORE»


Trump's Favorite Prime Minister

By Rick Gell, AlterNet

Can you guess who it is? READ MORE»


The Disgrace of ‘60 Minutes’

By Todd Gitlin, The American Prospect

Steve Bannon gets a bully platform and runs rings around Charlie Rose. READ MORE»


Sometimes the Poor Make It Big; Usually They Stay Poor

By Jill Richardson, OtherWords

We'd be a better country if we didn't rig the game against those whose only mistake was to be born to poor parents. READ MORE»


Immigrant Student Workers Fear University’s Deportation Threats

By Lauren Kaori Gurley, AlterNet

Washington University in St. Louis is one of a growing list of institutions that are normalizing attacks on immigrant communities. READ MORE»


26 Films Rotten Tomatoes Got 100 Percent Wrong

By Matthew Rozsa, Salon

The Tomatometer is beloved and useful, but far from perfect—here are 26 films that the aggregator got wrong. READ MORE»


There's a Hidden Carcinogen Tainting Tap Water and Consumer Products Nationwide

By Tasha Stoiber, AlterNet

More than 7 million Americans across 27 states are impacted. READ MORE»


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