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French President Macron slams President Trump for withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord. It's not renegotiable. 

The remarkable story about Elián González, a five-year-old Cuban boy plucked from the Florida coast in 1999, and how the fight over his future sparked a flashpoint for simmering US and Cuban tensions. Review.

President Trump withdraws from the Paris climate accord, making the U.S. one of three nations on earth to not participate in the deal.

Stephen's stance on the White House's proposed slashing of the food stamp program and children's health insurance program is somehow radical in 2017.

What does it sound like when three guitar greats "take a break"? Epic, as you can experience in this outtake from the movie Hail Hail Rock n Roll. 

The former president of Mexico, Vincente Fox, explains what it means to be president and why Donald Trump is doing it wrong.

A true story of resistance to Nazism based on the diaries of Antonina Żabiński, now in theaters. A review and comment on its relevance to Israel/Palestine here.

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu powerfully explains why the Confederate statues had to go. 

The Trump-Russia probe gets a special prosecutor, and Fox News downplays a purported memo from James Comey suggesting Donald Trump may have committed obstruction of justice.

Political satirists like Samantha Bee, John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, and Seth Meyers have demonstrated why comedy can be such a powerful antidote to bullshit