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Trump stole the headlines, but the recent NATO summit declaration suggests the odds of an unnecessary conflict are rising. NATO's expansion eastward to Russia's borders has added to the risk.

A new book argues that King’s suspicion of American capitalism and his passion for economic justice did not represent a turn in his last tumultuous years. They were there all along.

Some 463 parents were deported without their children — and the government isn’t even trying to reunite them — and the administration said it doesn’t know the identities of the parents of 40 children.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders visited Wichita, Kansas, to woo progressives in support of congressional candidate James Thompson. Is the red state ready to turn blue?

Mark Ruffalo and Common Speak Out on Humanitarian Crisis at Border. Amber's Minute of Fury: R. Kelly. Songs That Bring History to Life | Rhiannon Giddens. A New Possible | Kaniela Saito Ing. Diversity in Comics Makes Bigots Mad.

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Forbes published piece Saturday showing how far privatization is being pushed - nationalize public libraries, along with public schools and the post office. After public backlash, two days later, Forbes took the story down.

It’s a once-in-a-blue-moon event for the Working Families Party to tell voters to stay away from our ballot line. But when Joe Lieberman is making an argument for voting on the WFP line, something is very fishy. So how’d we end up here?

While much has changed in the 40 years that Rhiannon Giddens has been alive, her latest album, Freedom Highway, is a powerful testament to the inequality and injustice that remain. Other songs span various aspects of African American history.

There is a new ménage-à-quatre in the region, bringing Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the United States ever closer. And...an unexpected fifth player lurking in the shadows: Russia.