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By Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould The United States has been in a permanent state of war since 1941—creating a fertile ground for biased, one-sided, xenophobic, fake news (or propaganda).

For six years, the “Citizenfour” filmmaker was repeatedly stopped at airports without explanation. Recently, a lawsuit uncovered the startling reason.

“I don’t know enough about [Ivanka and Jared] to eviscerate them,” says the “Last Week Tonight” host after a 22 minute segment on the president’s daughter and son-in-law.

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network A new study shows that a huge reduction in the carbon footprint of UK criminals equates to about 10 percent of the nation’s annual emissions.

By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org Trump’s failure to accomplish little or any of his agenda during his first 100 days is striking. But we should not forget the vast harm he has done in this comparatively short time.

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment We are now presented with the spectacle of the American president, Donald J. Trump, praising the Neo-Fascist National Front candidate, Marine LePen.

A culture saturated with artifice and false promises of success and happiness doesn’t easily accommodate the kinds of ideas playwright Eugene O’Neill made it his business to dramatize onstage.

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In the few short weeks since his confirmation, Sessions has come forth with a number of loathsome actions or statements on race, ethnicity or minority rights. And he’s probably just getting started.

Ballots for Sunday’s first-round presidential election are counted by volunteers at a polling station in Paris. (Emilio Morenatti / AP Photo) On Sunday, French voters favored two very different contenders to proceed to the next round of elections: the centrist, pro-Europe newcomer Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Front. Whether France will remain aligned with the European Union or will follow the United Kingdom and head for a “Frexit” largely comes down to... Читать дальше...