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Nuclear Waste | John Oliver

August 25, 2017

Nuclear waste poses a serious threat to public health if it's not stored in a safe place. John Oliver explains why the United States desperately needs to build a metaphorical toilet for all that waste.

Guy Davis | 'Walk On'

August 25, 2017

Guy Davis performing "Walk On" at Music City Roots Live From The Factory on 3.22.2017

‘If Mexico Is Paying for the Wall, Why Shut Down the Government?'

August 25, 2017

Reporters grill White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders over why President Donald Trump threatens a government shutdown over border security funding.

Trump Pardons Sheriff Joe Arpaio

August 25, 2017

Donald Trump issues his first presidential pardon to former sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was found guilty of criminal contempt.

August 25, 2017

Meet Randall Woodfin, the Mayoral Challenger Bringing the Political Revolution to Birmingham

Katherine Webb-Hehn In These Times

The 36-year-old city attorney is proposing debt-free community college and reinvestment in Black neighborhoods.

August 25, 2017

How About Erecting Monuments to the Heroes of Reconstruction?

Richard Valelly The American Prospect

Americans should build this pivotal post–Civil War era into the new politics of historical memory.1877

August 25, 2017

It’s Not Too Soon to Talk About the Post-Trump Era

Chris Winters Yes! Magazine

Even when sensible adults finally take back government, “back to normal” is not what we want.

August 25, 2017

State Department Science Envoy Explains Why Trump Drove Him to Resign

Annie Sneed Scientific American

Daniel Kammen decries Trump’s attitude and policies on human rights and sustainability

August 25, 2017

Elephants

Amy Miller Tahoma Literary Review

The circus--as in Bread & Circus--is coming to town but as Oregon poet Amy Miller explains with brilliant clarity, it will not set you free.

August 24, 2017

Protesting Racism And Hate With Political Art

Steven Brower Print

Following the horrific events precipitated by white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members on Saturday in Charlottesville, VA, where 32-year-old Heather Heyer was murdered, President Trump shockingly came out in favor of the alt-right. The response by our community was swift. Some illustrators and designers created work anew, others re-purposed existing political art, illustrations and posters, and these began appearing in online publications and social media.