What is This GOP Race About? S.C. Debate Shows Trump’s Outsize Role Weeks Before Opening Contest; Donald Trump, the New George Wallace? Head of Segregationist’s 1968 Bid on GOP Front-Runner’s Racism; “He Has Summoned a Political Revolution”: The Nation Magazine Endorses Bernie Sanders for President; Flint Doctor Mona Hanna-Attisha on How She Fought Gov’t Denials … Continued


A Bad Week for Warmongers: U.S.-Iran Quickly Resolve Sailors’ Breach Just Before Nuke Deal Kicks In; As California Methane Leak Displaces Thousands, Will U.S. Regulate Natural Gas Sites Nationwide? Health or Lobbying? Experts Say U.S. Gov’t Caves to Meat Industry in New Dietary Guidelines; Jane Goodall on the Threat of Animal Agriculture, GOP Climate Change … Continued


An Alternative State of the Union: Progressives on Obama’s Legacy & Their Hopes for His Final Year; Why Has a Texas-Born Marine Veteran Been Left “Stateless” Under U.S. Immigration Policies? Tavis Smiley Calls Out Corporate Media for Uncritical Coverage of “Racial Arsonist” Donald Trump; Medea Benjamin: Gitmo, Korean Peninsula, “Toxic” U.S.-Saudi Ties Should Top Obama’s … Continued


El Chapo is Caught, But Corruption, U.S. Consumption & Failed Drug War Keep the Cartels in Business; Mexican Writer Elena Poniatowska on the Missing 43 Students, 1968 Massacre & U.S.-Backed Drug War Eric Garner’s Daughter: Instead of Black Supervisor, Charge the White Officers Who Killed My Father; Why is Ramsey Orta, Man Who Filmed Police … Continued


Muslim Woman & Jewish Man Booted from Trump Rally for Silent Protest Against Islamophobia; Historic Settlement over NYPD’s Anti-Muslim Spying Imposes Oversight & Bars Ethnic-Based Targeting; “The National Shame Continues”: On Its 14th Anniversary, Will Guantánamo Ever Be Closed? Historic Trial Lets Activists Who Blocked Oil Train Cite Climate Change Threat in Their Defense.


Poisoned Democracy: How an Unelected Official Contaminated Flint’s Water to Save Money; Amid State & Fed. Cover-Up, the Story of How Researchers & Residents Exposed Flint’s Water Poisoning; “Gov. Snyder Should Be Arrested”: Flint Residents Demand Justice over Water Poisoning; 18 Ex-Military Guatemalan Leaders Arrested for Crimes against Humanity During U.S.-Backed Dirty War; Resistance & … Continued


TransCanada Sues the U.S. for $15B for Rejecting Keystone XL. Will This Be the New Normal Under TPP?; Mystery Meat: After WTO Ruling, U.S. Tosses Meat Origin Labeling Law, Leaving Consumers in the Dark; As North Korea Says It’s Tested H-Bomb, Is It Time to Restart Peace, Disarmament Talks? The Iran Model: Could Nuke Deal … Continued


“Every Time I Think About Those Kids It Gets Me Mad”: Obama Tears Up as He Orders New Gun Control; “A Profound Day”: Mother of Teen Who Was Shot Dead over Loud Music Praises Obama’s Action on Guns; Gun Owners of America vs. American Constitution Society: A Debate on Obama’s Gun Executive Orders; Executive Action: … Continued