One dead as car strikes crowds amid protests of white nationalist gathering in Charlottesville; two
One driver was taken into custody after the crash. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said he had a message for the white nationalists: ‘Go home.’
One driver was taken into custody after the crash. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said he had a message for the white nationalists: ‘Go home.’
Science, facts, education, and truth are being attacked from many directions, from Christian conservatives to oil companies. It makes us weaker, dumber, and more divided.
Now more than ever, we should celebrate our country’s strengths.
Black Lives Matter stalled the 2017 Twin Cities Pride parade by inserting themselves in front of the lead car. In response to the verdict in Philando Castile’s killing ten days before. Thoughts on how it turned out and the reactions.
Beyond the loss of another innocent black man's life lost at the hands of the police, this case shows us that the laws for police accountability make everyone a potential victim.
After the Comey firing and the Russia intel leak, the I’m-taking-one-for-the-team ship has sailed.
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller will oversee the probe into Russia's alleged involvement in the 2016 presidential election..
Jeff Flake sells out customer browser history to communications companies like ComCast and Verizon
The term "alt-right" was appropriated to make white-supremacist views sound more acceptable. We need to call the alt-right what it is: neo-Nazism.
Basically, his point is: "When we come for the Muslims, do nothing. When we come for the Mexicans, do nothing".
Parents in Idaho called the cops last week on junior-high student Brady Kissel when she had the nerve to help distribute a book they’d succeeded in banning from the school curriculum.
Trump proclaimed May 1st Loyalty Day, and Fox News has been hyping this, but Loyalty Day dates from the early days of the red scare, and is nothing new.
Trump is making clear he is putting a priority on cutting taxes over the national debt.
The values that made this country a free country known opportunity and innovation had nothing to do with religion or who people choose to sleep with. They were about what is required to create a society protected from tyranny and corruption as much as possible, that would encourage as much freedom as possible without imposing upon other people’s freedoms.
Liberals have allowed conservatives to steal the word “patriot”. In the Trump era, liberals are the ones standing up for the constitution, the rule of law, freedom, and protecting democracy from foreign tampering – while conservatives are cheering as core American institutions are attacked.
It was an expensive, ineffective, and ill-thought attack without congressional approval or international support, but the media are praising Trump as "Presidential" and major Democrats fail to criticize the attack.
This is a series of philosophical conflicts in which it is impossible to take sides. The alt-right attacking Trump? Trump versus Assad and Putin? It's easy to want to take a side against terrible people. In this case, they are all wrong. Don't get tricked into taking sides. Resist Trump. Resist the alt-right. Stand against murderous dictators and Russian imperialism.
Russia has banned a picture depicting President Vladimir Putin as a potentially gay clown. Russian news outlets are having trouble reporting exactly which image of the Internet's many Putin-gay-clown memes is now illegal to share. Because, you know, it's been banned. But the picture was described last week on the Russian government's list of things that constitute "extremism."
This is important.
Henry Rollins on the Trump administration.
Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security advisor who offered to testify to congress and the FBI in exchange for immunity last week, was rushed to the hospital Friday night. Flynn is in critical condition after exposure to Polonium-210, the radioactive material used to assassinate Putin critic Alexander Litvinenko. Trump responded to accusations of Russian involvement in Flynn's poisoning by taking to Twitter, denying suspicions as "Fake news" and saying "Many people are exposed to Polumium-210".
Transgender people are the most vulnerable group in the GLBTQ community. Many states that have anti-discrimination laws for sexual orientation lack similar protection against discrimination based upon gender identity. Speak up and support transgender rights. Remind your transgender friends and colleagues that you stand with them,
Defunding Planned Parenthood, the primary source of affordable birth control and women's healthcare in many areas, hurts women. It will also lead to more abortions and more STDs.
Stop justifying discrimination and abuse by millennia-old, outdated mores that blame women for the flaws and "sins" of both genders.
Milo needs help. Also, he's a lying hate-monger that someone should have lost support long time ago.