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4 Crazy Ideas Conservatives Proposed This Week for Preventing Gun Violence (Instead of Gun Control)

By Liz Posner, AlterNet

None of these will make schools safer. READ MORE»

Don't Want a Robot to Replace You? Start Reading Literature

By Lynn Stuart Parramore, AlterNet

An economist and a literature scholar argue that studying the humanities is the key to job security. READ MORE»

Democracy Reformer Larry Lessig Files Lawsuits in Four States to Fix Our Electoral College System

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

The arguments for reforming the Electoral College are strong. But the legal path to get there is tenuous. READ MORE»

Jim Hightower: What Essential Social Program Will the Trump Mob Try to Kill Next?

By Jim Hightower, AlterNet

Presidential budgets aren't just numbers, they're statements of a president's moral principles. READ MORE»

Who Was Marjory Stoneman Douglas?

By Peter Dreier, The American Prospect

The namesake of the high school where 17 people were killed was a remarkable progressive activist—much like the students now demanding real gun control. READ MORE»

Businesses Are Fleeing the NRA in Wake of Parkland School Shooting

By Cody Fenwick, AlterNet

The organization's reputation is becoming completely toxic. READ MORE»

Parkland Put a New Generation in the Spotlight, and They're Ready for It

By Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon

The youth movement out of the Parkland shooting shows teens born after 2000 are political, motivated and fed up READ MORE»

Mass Shootings Shouldn’t Be the Only Time We Talk About Mental Illness

By Jill Richardson, OtherWords

That basically says it's OK to let millions of Americans suffer so long as they don't shoot anybody. READ MORE»

U.S. Citizenship Agency Adopts Trump's Hostile, Antagonistic View of Immigrants

By Cody Fenwick, AlterNet

The agency no longer calls the United States a "nation of immigrants." READ MORE»

Illinois Governor Drinks Chocolate Milk to Demonstrate His Commitment to Diversity

By Kim Janssen, Chicago Tribune

A terrible move for Bruce Rauner. READ MORE»

America's Endless Wars Are Creating A Generational Struggle in the Classroom

By Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch

Educators are struggling with how to teach children about the Iraq war. READ MORE»

Missouri's Republican Governor Eric Greitens Was Just Indicted on a Repulsive Charge

By Cody Fenwick, AlterNet

He admitted to having an affair but is now accused of sexual blackmail. READ MORE»

The Big Pharma Family That Brought Us the Opioid Crisis

By Sam Pizzigati, Inequality.org

Who will bring to justice the billionaires who have profited so royally from addiction. READ MORE»

Are You Drinking Radioactive Water? Use This Interactive Map to Find Out

By Bill Walker, Wicitra Mahotama, Environmental Working Group

170 million Americans drink radioactive tap water as Trump nominee faked data to hide the cancer risk. READ MORE»

A Digital Map Leads to Reparations for Black and Indigenous Farmers

By Jean Willoughby, YES! Magazine

The map’s creators envision equitable distribution of land and resources through “people-to-people” reparations. READ MORE»

Jared Kushner's Shady Russian Contacts Are Reportedly Why He Can't Get a Full Security Clearance

By Cody Fenwick, AlterNet

Despite the FBI's suspicions, the president's son-in-law still enjoyed top-level access. READ MORE»

Watch Ari Melber's Savage Takedown of This NRA-Backed Republican

By Noor Al-Sibai, Raw Story

The congressman was not ready for the host's searing questions. READ MORE»

Trump Expresses Open Confusion, Visibly Fidgets Through Meeting on School Shooting Prevention

By Sarah K. Burris, Raw Story

“Honestly, I don’t know what that means," the president says at one point. READ MORE»

Parkland Survivor: Trump 'Didn’t Make Me Feel Better in the Slightest'

By Cody Fenwick, AlterNet

Samantha Fuentes told the New York Times she found the president's attempts to console her "unimpressive." READ MORE»