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TODAY'S TOP STORIES - May 23, 2017
SCOTUS Ruling on North Carolina's Illegal Political Maps Exposes GOP's Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering Based on Race
By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
A rare pro-democracy ruling from the court before Neil Gorsuch was seated. READ MORE»
Huge Increase in Anti-Trump Protest: 5 Signs Resistance Is Growing Stronger
By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet
April showed a huge increase in nonviolent protest activity across the U.S. READ MORE»
Trump Dumps His Horrendous DOA Budget on the Public, While Traveling
By Heather Digby Parton, Salon
While the president embarrasses himself abroad, his staff reveals the most cruel and senseless proposed budget in memory. READ MORE»
I Grew Up In a Fundamentalist Cult — ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Was My Reality
By Haettinger, The Establishment
I was raised to be a helpmeet in a world like the one from Margaret Atwood’s chillingly prescient book. READ MORE»
Why Were the Saudi Streets So Quiet?
By Medea Benjamin, AlterNet
Trump's Saudi trip wasn't protest-free because people love him, but because protest is punishable by death. READ MORE»
The Dying Republic: A Vast Disconnect Between Faux Values and the Corporate Controlled Anti-Democratic Reality
By Chris Hedges, Truthdig
What ancient Rome can teach us about the Trump administration. READ MORE»
What If We're All Complicit in Trump's Monstrous Presidency?
By Jim Sleeper, AlterNet
Getting rid of him is imperative. But doing so won't prove we're no longer the country that elected a predator. READ MORE»
How Abraham Lincoln Found His Anti-Slavery Voice
By Sidney Blumenthal, Newsweek
For Lincoln, the revolutionary promise of the American nation, its inalienable rights, made slavery an insufferable wrong. READ MORE»
Erdogan's Trip to the U.S. Produced Very Little
By Yavuz Baydar, The Arab Weekly
He will return from his U.S. trip, blemished by his security team's savage attack, more or less empty-handed. READ MORE»
Police Deaths Up This Year, But Not From War on Cops
By Jack Burns, The Free Thought Project
The war on cops is a myth. The increases were from car accidents and heart attacks. READ MORE»
WATCH: Psychedelics Could Impact the Future of Humanity
By April M. Short, AlterNet
The potential for psychedelics to aid humanity's future was a major theme at Psychedelic Science 2017. READ MORE»
Coca-Cola Sponsors Animal Cruelty and Deaths of Iditarod Sled Dogs
By Jennifer O'Connor, AlterNet
Dogs should not be treated like snowmobiles with fur. READ MORE»
How Smoking Weed Can Help Ease the Crack Epidemic
By M-J Milloy, M. Eugenia Socias, The Conversation
Research done in Vancouver shows that using cannabis may enable people to consume less crack. That would be a good thing. READ MORE»
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