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The suicide rate for US farmers is more than double that of military veterans, and according to a recent 17 state study, the suicide rate for people working in agriculture is nearly five times higher that in the general population. And that might be an underestimation. Since 2013, net farm income for US farmers has declined 50% and the 2017 median farm income is projected to be negative $1,325. Former farmer Debbie Weingarten gives an insider’s perspective on farm life.

Trump's declaration "adds insult to ongoing injury and is practically guaranteed to fan the flames of violence," argue scholars.

Not banned: “Mein Kampf” by Adolf Hitler and books by white nationalists, including David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard.

The committee’s vote comes a year after advocates pushed lawmakers to declare L.A. a sanctuary city amid concern that Trump would make good on his campaign promise to aggressively deport immigrants in the country illegally and build a border wall.

Class conflict isn’t something we choose to engage in. It’s just how capitalism works.

To many progressives and Berniecrats in particular the superdelegates stand apart and exist for one purpose: to take the nomination away from voters.

The push toward a one-state model with full civil rights for all living in it will likely garner further momentum now.

Some thoughts on Al Franken's departure.

Republicans’ hold on Congress and statehouses could be more vulnerable than once thought.

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