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What happened to liberal politicians? Sadly, they got smart. | Feb 17 2017 | Rick Salutin | Smartness has subtly insinuated itself everywhere -- except, apparently, among voters. Smart won't ever replace fair; that's just stupid.
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Defeats of Andrew Puzder and Michael Flynn reveal power of grassroots movements | Feb 16 2017 | Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The engine driving both the ouster of Andrew Puzder and Michael Flynn are movements of thousands upon thousands of people across the U.S., saying "no" to hate, bigotry and injustice.
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What you should worry about when you worry about President Trump (Hint: not where Ivanka sits!) | Feb 16 2017 | David J. Climenhaga | If you want to worry about the Trump Family, think about the fact Mr. Donald now has the firing codes to 4,000 nuclear weapons.
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Faking it: Donald Trump's deep ties with the racist, sexist world of professional wrestling | Feb 16 2017 | Vibhor Garg | U.S. President Donald Trump has a long, complex and mutually profitable relationship with the WWE and its billionaire owners, Linda and Vince McMahon.
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Who will continue to research bribery and corruption in global oil and gas dealings? | Feb 15 2017 | Support organizations which will continue to scrutinize global corporate dealings.
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In times of despair, utopias are preferable to dystopias | Feb 10 2017 | Rick Salutin | Dystopias are warnings, utopias are yearnings. They keep chugging ahead into the future, unlike dystopias, which are meant to forewarn but can as easily depress and demobilize.
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Trump's Muslim ban first step toward re-establishing American dominance in the Middle East | Feb 10 2017 | Nahla Abdo | All U.S. presidents, including Obama, have taken part in wars attempting to bring the Middle East to heel. Now it is Trump's turn.
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'They're People Not Terrorists' photo campaign challenges prejudices behind U.S. travel ban | Feb 9 2017 | June Chua | Toronto photographer Adam Zivo is launching a new project to counter hate and prejudice in the wake of the U.S. travel ban that targets people from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Corporations: For better or worse
Corporations: For better or worse | Feb 8 2017 | Daryn Caister | New court decision against Monsanto building in California. Also a new breakthrough in flexible, printable solar cells could help bring cheap renewable energy to 1.3 billion people.
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U.S. conservatism is built on racism, but it may no longer deliver corporate benefits | Feb 8 2017 | Ben Powless | As corporations become more progressive than the GOP, how far will they go to retain their base?
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Dress like a woman in a Red Chick Year | Feb 6 2017 | Kelly Okamura | Kelly Okamura responds to the new White House dress code for female staff, explores the hashtag #dresslikeawoman, and gives style advice for the astrological yin year of the Chinese Fire Chicken.
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Unmasking the extreme right threatening U.S. liberal democracy | Feb 3 2017 | Rick Salutin | In the interest of knowing your enemy, here are some thoughts on what former Breitbart CEO Steve Bannon, a.k.a. Trump's Brain, represents.

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