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Donald Trump's Vermont takeover: Republican invades Sanders's home turf

Poll: Republicans Would Rather Actually Be Shot by Gun Than Agree with Obama

Officials and gas company agree on plan to burn off some methane afflicting Porter Ranch

Attorneys: Chicago cops falsified witnesses' accounts, threatened them

Iowa's righteous Cruzade: senator preys on the holy and the wholly fed up
In Iowa, among evangelicals and renegade Republicans, Ted Cruz is storming to a caucus victory. In Washington, people take an instant dislike to him because it ‘saves time’. Will the White House be a miracle too far?

Maine Gov.'s Outrageous Remarks Harken Back to the Racist Origins of the Drug War

In honoring Zaevion Dobson, will his death aid Obama's push for gun control?
‘It’s like a big piece of your life is missing,’ a friend said of the slain teen whose bravery and death have become interwoven with the problem of gun violence

Bernie Sanders and ‘The Big Short’

Obama faces choice in final State of the Union address

What The NRA’s Lobbyist Said On Fox News, After Boycotting President’s Gun Violence Town Hall

Los Feliz: Piñatas & Eviction Notices

What will stop the police killing spree?

Not punishing the Bundys for the Nevada standoff led to the occupation in Oregon

William Rivers Pitt | Ryan, Cruz, Trump and Tarp Man: The New Conservative Truth

Walmart sued in Philly in sale of ammo used in killings

All of the Reasons Scientists Are Certain We Are Now Living in the Anthropecene

Rahm Emanuel Is a National Disgrace

How Many Bombs Did the United States Drop in 2015?

Iranians are no longer allowed to make the pilgrimage to Mecca

18 Former Guatemalan Military Officers Arrested for Crimes Against Humanity

Keystone XL rejection leads TransCanada to sue Obama administration

Matt Taibbi | The Dumb and the Restless

Jeb Bush calls for end of federal food stamp program

A Shameful Round-Up of Refugees

Missouri bill defines sex between lobbyists, lawmakers as a gift

Populism as an Electoral Strategy: From Howard Dean to Hillary Clinton

Women Rising 29: Food Sovereignty in indigenous communities

The Battle to Save New Mexico's Last Wild River

Permanent State of Emergency? France Seeks Alarming Expanse of Police Powers
Debate to see state of emergency enshrined in the nation's constitution will begin early next month

Do The Bundys Even Know What They Believe?

Chicago Teachers Union Calls For Rahm And Anita To Resign

Activists in Pacific Northwest Face Off Against Largest Oil-By-Rail Terminal in North America

Politicians Use North Korea H-Bomb Fears to Pitch Wasteful Missile Defense Projects

Oregon Tribal Leaders Say Militant Group Needs To ‘Get The Hell Out’

NY State Data Indicates Even More Landlords Duck Rent Limits
As many as 200,000 New York City apartments could be missing from rent regulation as required by law, according to figures released by the state’s housing agency.

Cities Embrace Big-Ticket Transit Projects

Opinion: Why this Muslim woman is crying in her car

Monsanto and Gates Foundation Pressure Kenya to Lift Ban on GMOs

Scientists move one step closer to turning water into hydrogen fuel, affordably

2015 Wildfire Season Shatters National Record With 10 Million Acres Burned

Aetna’s defection comes with risk

Still unconvinced about the TPP? Unsure that NAFTA was awful? This just happened.

Advocates: ICE Unlawfully Detained Asylum Seekers During Raids

Should Big Corporations Pay the Taxes They Owe?
-- Jim Hightower for BuzzFlash at Truthout

Dental group defends mercury fillings amid mounting evidence of risks

Gas, Oil, Citizens United, California, Bernie, NAFTA, TPP, KXL, Climate Change and Callers

Fearing Trump and Cruz, Republicans look to Rubio

Iran Accuses Saudi Arabia of Attacking Embassy in Yemen

Oregon residents say it's time for the militia to pack it up and go
For days Ammon Bundy and his band of armed militia have laid claim to the federal land by arguing they have the community’s support, but not anymore

The Most Chilling Political Appointment That You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

UAW Overrules Academic Workers BDS Vote Against Israel Despite Finding Strong Turnout, No Misconduct

The Abortion Case That Could Overturn Roe v. Wade Has A Lot Of Opponents

Neocons Defend Saudi Arabia

Key Segments of Bernie Sanders’ Speech on Wall Street Reform Disappear

Liars and 'Tyrants' and Fears, Oh My! (Or, the Week in Wingnuttery)

Crocodile tears from the commander-in-chief

El Chapo capture: Mexico drug lord's 'desire to make biopic' helped agents find him
Kingpin Joaquín Guzmán apparently fell victim to hubris six months after making elaborate escape from maximum-security prison

Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance

New York City Settlement on Surveillance of Muslims

Can the German Government Get T-Mobile to Change Its Sexual Harassment Policy?

How Did the U.S. Stock Market Become So Intertwined With China?

‘If We Don’t Look at the Larger Structural Issues, We Can’t Begin to Solve the Problem’

Revealed: White House seeks to enlist Silicon Valley to 'disrupt radicalization'
Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Microsoft and YouTube will attend the meeting with intelligence agencies to discuss terrorists on social media and encryption

The truth about Rikers Island

A Showdown Year for Reproductive Rights
Two potentially sweeping Supreme Court cases set the stage for a seismic shift in the battle over abortion and contraception.

The Duopoly at Work: The Democratic Party Debate, 12/19/15, and the GOP

With the New Year, the American Parade of Politics and Prejudice Marches On

Obama Never Had a Plan to End What Guantánamo Represents

Fugitive drug lord ‘El Chapo’ has been captured, Mexico says

How Methane Gas Made an L.A. Neighborhood a Ghost Town

Washington To Help Kenya Raise $18 Billion For Oil Pipeline

When will the stock market eliminate your job?

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Blames Voters for Failures of Democratic Party

US jobs report: economy adds 292,000 positions in strong finish to 2015

Bernie Sanders Makes Swing Through Iowa to Remind Supporters to Vote

Maine Governor Warns That Drug Dealers Named "D-Money" Are Impregnating Young White Girls

Paul Krugman | When China Stumbles

After Meeting With Sheriff, Bundy Says He Still Won't Leave Oregon Refuge

NYC teacher fired for lessons about Central Park Five

Tweets About Israel Land New Jersey Student in Principal’s Office

Donald Trump throwing tantrum over calls for UK ban, says activist
Suzanne Kelly, whose online petition triggered Commons debate, hits back at tycoon’s threat to withdraw Scottish investment.

How the extremist right hijacked ‘Star Wars,’ Taylor Swift and the Mizzou student protests to promote racism

Ending the Gun Lobby’s Con Game

Brain Damage: Children Suffer the Consequences of Anti-Regulation in Michigan

A Reminder That 'Princess Leia' Is An O.G. Mental Health Hero

Colonel Gaddafi warned Tony Blair of Islamist attacks on Europe, phone conversations reveal
Transcripts of two telephone conversations between the two leaders which took place on February 25, 2011, are made public

Texas Zoos Struggle to Limit Guns Under New Laws

What climate? With cheap gas, auto sales spike

This Is What A Deportation Raid Is Like

California Declares State of Emergency as Leak Becomes Methane Equivalent of Deepwater Horizon

Indiana GOP’s ‘Heartbeat Act’ Would Ban Abortion at Six Weeks

Thousands of pink bottles wash ashore in England, turning beach into hideous fluorescent mess

Oregon utilities endorse bill to end coal use by 2030, boost RPS to 50% by 2040

6 great reasons to give up shrimp for good

Arson Suspect Arrested in Connection With California Planned Parenthood Fire

Cities of the World, Unite Against Nations' Wars

Chinese share trading halt sends cold ripples across Asian markets
Asian markets slide to three-month low and currencies falter after China cuts market trading and devalues the yuan

House passes ObamaCare repeal, sending measure to president

Texas trooper indicted and faces possible firing in case of black motorist Sandra Bland

Afghan Photo Exhibit Seeks to Redefine Peace

Cologne police 'struggled to gain control during mass sexual assaults'
Leaked report says officers were overwhelmed, as minister says asylum seekers could be deported if convicted

Clinton’s confidence climbs in Iowa

Taking on the Nuclear Goliath
-- Robert C. Koehler for BuzzFlash at Truthout

America's ally in barbarism strikes again

Matthews Presses Clinton On The Distinction Between a “Progressive Democrat” and a “Socialist”

Fourth most deadly year on record for journalists

Taking the streets for Tamir