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Donald Trump; George Conway (AP/Susan Walsh/Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

George Conway blasts William Barr

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story

“The president will never listen, and what Barr does for him will never be enough"

United States Marines from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marines watch the explosion after calling in an airstrike during a gunbattle as part of an operation to clear the area of insurgents near Musa Qaleh, in northern Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Making sense of the age of carnage

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com

After 18-plus years of our forever wars, where are all the questions?

The Aye-aye. (javarman3/Getty Images)

The aye-aye's bizarre sixth digit

Adam Hartstone‐Rose - The Conversation

This tiny extra digit — called a "pseudothumb" — is a structure on each wrist made of bone and cartilage

Firefighters light backfires as they try to contain the Thomas wildfire which continues to burn in Ojai, California on December 9, 2017.
Brutal winds that fueled southern California's firestorm finally began to ease Saturday, giving residents and firefighters hope for respite as the destructive toll of multiple blazes came into focus. / AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON        (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

How wildfires threaten water supplies

François-Nicolas Robinne, Dennis W. Hallema, Kevin D. Bladon - The Conversation

Polluted water creates many difficult and long-lasting challenges for the drinking water treatment process

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Flowers of Gundelia (Gundelia tournefortii) (Zeynel Cebeci / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA )

The battle over a humble plant

Shira Rubin - Undark

Israel says limits on akoub harvesting protect plants. But many Palestinians say they threaten their culture

A sign alerting customers about SNAP food stamps benefits is displayed at a Brooklyn grocery store on December 5, 2019 in New York City, United States. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)

How AI algorithms punish the poor

Michele Gilman - The Conversation

Automated algorithms — not humans — are increasingly making decisions about who’s eligible for welfare benefits.

This April 21, 2010, file photo shows a large plume of smoke rising from BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

"Surprised, no. Disgusted, yes"

Julia Conley - Common Dreams

"Time to get off fossil fuel and on to renewables."

Sharing a reusable water bottle (Getty Images)

On water bottle separation anxiety

Nicole Karlis

As reusable bottles become ubiquitous, more people are feeling "water bottle attachment syndrome"

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Professional photographer, shooting food (Getty Images)

Restaurants, stop using stock photos!

Ashlie D. Stevens

In an increasingly competitive world, eateries have been turning to professional, but false photos for social media

Tom Cotton (AP/Andrew Harnik))

Cotton spreads coronavirus conspiracy

David Edwards - Raw Story

“The burden of proof is on the Chinese Communist Party," the Republican senator tells Fox News

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Hidden dangers of natural supplements

C. Michael White - The Conversation

Some supplement products contain substances that are harmful.

Butternut Squash Soup (Skyhorse Publishing)

Make squash soup in your Instant Pot

Johanna Reagan

How quickly it cooks in your Instant Pot is also pretty sweet!

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The secret to HBO's addictive McMillions

Ashlie D. Stevens

It's not too late to catch up with the six-part docuseries that uncovers the widespread McDonald's Monopoly fraud

People use their mobile phones and laptops to connect to internet through WiFi at a park in Havana, on December 5, 2018. (Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty)

Internet accessibility in Cuba

Reese Erlich - Truthout

Over the past 10 years Cuba has made great progress in internet accessibility.

A small bird flying across the ocean (Getty Images/Salon)

"Too bad you were born a girl"

Helena Ku Rhee

The first thing I did when I returned home to L.A. was to thank my parents for immigrating to the U.S.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Former Justice staff demands Barr's exit

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story

“Each of us strongly condemns [Trump’s and Barr’s] interference in the fair administration of justice"

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Passengers wear face masks to protect against the spread of the Coronavirus as they arrive on a flight from Asia at Los Angeles International Airport, California, on January 29, 2020. (Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images)

The silent threat of the coronavirus

Christine Crudo Blackburn, Andrew Natsios, Gerald W Parker, Leslie Ruyle - The Conversation

As the new coronavirus spreads rapidly around the globe, the international community is scrambling to keep up.

People enter the town hall just after sunrise to cast their ballot in the US presidential election on November 4, 2008 in the rural township of San Francisco, Minnesota. The town hall, which is a converted one room school house, serves as the polling location for the township. (Cory Ryan/Getty Images)

Can Democrats win in rural America?

Paul Rosenberg

Nebraska Democrat Jane Kleeb on how Democrats can still win rural votes — and how to address guns and abortion

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2020: A big year for marijuana

Phillip Smith - Independent Media Institute

When it comes to pot prohibition, it's state legislatures that refuse to act who are out of step with the times

Democratic Presidential Candidate former U.S. Senator John Edwards (D-NC) at the Iowa State Fair August 16, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa. The fair runs until August 19th and is expected to draw about 1 million people. Sen. Barack Obama also made a campaign stop at the fair today.  / "Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America" by Karine Jean-Pierre (Charles Ommanney/Getty Images/Hanover Square Press/Salon)

Working on a doomed campaign

Karine Jean-Pierre

I worked for both John Edwards and Anthony Weiner. This is what it feels like when your candidate is doomed

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How much did Secret Service pay Trump?

How much did Secret Service pay Trump?

Sarah K. Burris - Raw Story

“Mr. Trump would like Americans to think that being president has cost him money"

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From Pentagon spending to reelection

William D. Hartung - TomDispatch.com

The president bets on arms sales big time

Donald Trump in polite society (Getty Images/Salon)

"Low class" Donald Trump and the Wasps

Nell Beram

Trump is technically at least part Wasp, but he's clearly deficient in several crucial areas of our shared culture

Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg greets Iowa voters while arriving at a campaign event December 08, 2019 in Coralville, Iowa. Less than two months remain before Iowa holds its caucuses in the nation's first contest in the 2020 presidential election. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

What is "momentum" actually worth?

Daniel Palazzolo, Ernest B. McGowen III - The Conversation

Before the primary, Buttigieg said his campaign had the "strongest momentum"

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