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Financially Insecure Residents Can Cost Cities Millions
by Diana Elliott / Urban Institute / February 2, 2017 No matter how robust a city’s economy, its budgetary bottom line is affected by...
Jay Murdock
Feb 2, 20174 min read


From “All Lives Matter” to Donald Trump’s white nationalism: The politics of fake empathy
How “All Lives Matter” and Trump’s Holocaust “mistake” feed off the old links between racism and anti-Semitism CHAUNCEY DEVEGA / Salon /...
Jay Murdock
Feb 2, 20175 min read


Steve Bannon is calling the shots in the White House. That’s terrifying
He is unvetted, unconfirmed but immensely powerful – all thanks to the undisciplined and distracted Donald Trump Lawrence Douglas / The...
Jay Murdock
Jan 31, 20173 min read


Neil Gorsuch nominated by Donald Trump to fill supreme court vacancy
Known for his firm conservative views, Gorsuch could tip the court’s balance on hot-button issues such as abortion, voting rights and...
Jay Murdock
Jan 31, 20174 min read


The Dark History of the White House Aides Who Crafted Trump’s “Muslim Ban”
Here’s how Stephen Bannon and Stephen Miller have been boosters of Islamophobes and white nationalists. JOSH HARKINSON /Mother Jones...
Jay Murdock
Jan 31, 20173 min read


Inside the confusion of the Trump executive order and travel ban
By Evan Perez, Pamela Brown and Kevin Liptak, CNN / Updated 1:21 PM ET, Sun January 29, 2017 Washington (CNN) When President Donald Trump...
Jay Murdock
Jan 30, 20175 min read


The Radical Anti-Conservatism of Stephen Bannon
Donald Trump’s campaign manager wants to destroy the left. And the GOP nominee is just the most recent vessel of convenience in his...
Jay Murdock
Jan 29, 20179 min read


Trump gives National Security Council seat to ex-Breitbart chief Steve Bannon
President also gives Priebus access to sensitive meetings while partially excluding defense chiefs and requesting strategies to defeat...
Jay Murdock
Jan 29, 20173 min read


Science Pinpoints Why People Fall For Fake News — And What We Can Do About It
The good news is that it’s not as influential as it may seem. Anna Almendrala Senior Healthy Living Editor, The Huffington Post...
Jay Murdock
Jan 29, 20175 min read


Google, Apple, Netflix, More Tech Companies Protest Trump’s Immigration Order
1/28/2017 by Associated Press “I share your concerns,” Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote in a staff memo. “We have reached out to the White House...
Jay Murdock
Jan 29, 20174 min read


In search of the truth about Trumpism
Is Trumpism a scam, or is the country confronting something even more troubling: a president unhinged from reality E. J. Dionne Jr./The...
Jay Murdock
Jan 28, 20173 min read


A whirlwind week: Trump’s first 14 official presidential actions
The president has announced actions in a range of policy areas – even before appointing key officials in federal agencies charged with...
Jay Murdock
Jan 28, 20175 min read


Commentary: How the March for Life will show that being ‘pro-life’ shouldn’t stop
By John Gehring/Special to The Washington Post – January 25, 2017 The March for Life in Washington on Friday takes place against the...
Jay Murdock
Jan 27, 20174 min read


Saving Chicago: Inside Hip-Hop’s Movement to Make Chicago a Better Place – A Billboard D
11/17/2016 – Billboard Staff/VIDEO From black pain to black joy, Chicago is a vital center of hip-hop and community activism in America....
Jay Murdock
Jan 27, 20171 min read


Here are the potential sinister motives behind Donald Trump’s voter fraud lie
What can Trump hope to gain by contesting the result of an election he won? The answer could lie in 2018 Lawrence Douglas/The Guardian...
Jay Murdock
Jan 26, 20173 min read


Trump’s lies are delusional. But the dangers they pose are now very real
From his dealings with Russia to the weather, the new president’s falsehoods are backed by an executive power that makes them more...
Jay Murdock
Jan 25, 20174 min read


‘Millions have done something together’ – why the Women’s March will spark the resistance
The weekend’s Women’s Marches were historic events that showed the world the depth and passion of the anti-Trump movement. But we have to...
Jay Murdock
Jan 24, 20178 min read


6 Rules Of Islamophobia In America
The Huffington Post tracked Islamophobia in the U.S. throughout 2016. Here’s what we learned. Christopher Mathias National Reporter, The...
Jay Murdock
Jan 23, 20178 min read


How Islam took root in one of South America’s most violent cities
The Colombian port of Buenaventura is home to a small Muslim community who have successively embraced the Nation of Islam, Sunni and Shia...
Jay Murdock
Jan 23, 20174 min read


Sean Spicer is a Groucho Marxist, asking us not to believe our own eyes
All the data confirms his inauguration crowd claims to be false. So why did Trump’s press secretary turn himself into a laughing stock?...
Jay Murdock
Jan 23, 20174 min read
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