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Understanding the Bolivia Coup, Trump's Violent Movement, Flipping Red States, Left Electoral Discussion, How the GOP Courts Black Voters, Processing the Disaster, Scabs and Scabbing, Trumpified Courts, The Winning Finger

Bolivia’s oligarchy launched an orgy of racist and fascist violence to oust president Morales

Amazon's efforts to manipulate Seattle's city council race show that wealthy individuals and companies are threats to democracy.

The only way to prevent veterans from killing themselves is to prevent them from going to war.

"The United States government does not have the least moral authority to criticize Cuba or anyone else in the area of ​​human rights. We reject the repeated manipulation of this issue for political purposes," Bruno Rodriguez

Sanders will accept endorsement at a rally in Oakland, Calif. on Friday. "Bernie Sanders is, and has been, leading on Medicare for All through his advocacy and Senate legislation,” says Bonnie Castillo, the executive director of the nurses' union.

When a healthful eating pattern goes too far, it may turn into an eating disorder that scientists are just beginning to study.

We’re headed for a separation of powers showdown between Congress and the president that will ultimately end up in the Supreme Court.

November 11 was proclaimed Armistice Day after World War I. But during the Korean War, the Congress rebranded it “Veterans Day” and turned the meaning on its head.

As a country, the US has moved from being a reluctant, late entrant into World War 1 to being the premier merchant of death in weapons sales and premier militarist nation, engaged in a perpetual state of war waged from an empire of military bases.