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5 Sensible Things To Do Instead of Obsessing About, and Enabling Trump's Narcissism

By Lynn Stuart Parramore, AlterNet

Instead of fixating on our national narcissist, we can turn our attention to strengthening our democracy. READ MORE»

Naomi Klein: Youth-Led Grassroots Progressive Insurgencies Have Pushed Leaders Like Corbyn and Sanders into National Politics

By Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!

The best-selling author speaks on the future of grassroots progressive politics. READ MORE»

The Best and Worst Countries to Be a Kid—The U.S. Isn't Even In the Top 20

By April M. Short, AlterNet

For 700 million kids around the world, childhood ends too soon. READ MORE»

Understanding Contemporary White Supremacy

By Anis Shivani, Salon

Our panel of scholars on what we get wrong about white supremacy, and whether persecuting racists does any good. READ MORE»

Trump’s Poll Numbers Crater Even Further As GOP Support Slips

By m2c4, The Daily Kos

An AP poll confirms Nate Silver’s earlier analysis. READ MORE»

Media Critics Rip Megyn Kelly: ‘Alex Jones Is a Virus’ and She Is ‘Spreading that Virus on a Big Network'

By David Edwards, Raw Story

Megyn Kelly was the wrong person to take on fringe conspiracy theorist. READ MORE»

Why Are Americans So Obsessed With Apocalypse—and Convinced It Will Happen in the Near Future?

By Betsy Hartmann, Seven Stories Press

Unfortunately, we are more predisposed to imagine the end of the world than the end of American war-making. READ MORE»

Will the Internet Give Rise to a New Totalitarianism?

By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet

"Black Code" explores the dark underbelly of our virtual existence. READ MORE»

Lessons from the Charter School Disaster in Indianapolis

By Diane Ravitch, Diane Ravitch's Blog

A teacher in Indiana's thoughts on returning to teaching in the public schools. READ MORE»

The Devastation of Syria Is So Much Worse Than Most People Understand

By Karen J. Greenberg, TomDispatch

Life in the age of grief. READ MORE»

Ayahuasca: Coming to a Clinic Near You?

By Valerie Vande Panne, AlterNet

The psychedelic South American concoction is exciting the interest of medical researchers, even as debate over set and setting continues. READ MORE»

Mindfulness Practices Like Yoga and Meditation Can Change How Your DNA Reacts to Stress

By April M. Short, AlterNet

Mind-body practice reduces stress down to our genes, new study concludes. READ MORE»

1 Percenters Wash Their Money Through Arts Funding—and Artists Are Calling Them Out on It

By Heather Corcoran, Salon

In an age of rising financial inequality, artists are using their work to follow the money. READ MORE»