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Why Putting Calorie Counts on Menus Won’t Change America’s Health

It will take a lot more than cutting 27 calories per day to reverse America's health crisis.
By Francesca Friday
President Donald Trump speaks alongside students before signing a memorandum to expand access to STEM education in the Oval Office on September 25, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

Google, Facebook, Amazon Partner With White House on Computer Science Program

The tech companies are working with the Trump administration to increase access to STEM education and lessen Silicon Valley's wage gap.
By John Bonazzo
Journalists sit near a screen displaying convicted Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout in Moscow, on April 12, 2012, during a teleconference with Bout from his US prison. The unusual teleconference involved a video link between Moscow and a New York City studio from which Bout’s wife Alla and lawyers arranged a direct five-minute phone conversation with the convicted arms smuggler in his Brooklyn prison. AFP PHOTO/KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

US Citizens Forgotten in Russian Jails, Who Are They?

Arrests of Russian hackers raises questions about Americans languishing far from home.
By Mikhail Klikushin
View of the skyline in the city of Seattle, Washington state on March 22, 2011. Seattle is the northernmost major city in the contiguous United States, and the largest city in the Pacific Northwest. The city is home to corporations such as Boeing, Starbucks and Microsoft. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON

Seattle Politicians Push Lowlife-Enabling Laws

By Selwyn Duke
The attitude everybody should have.

A Biology Teacher Just Destroyed Every Excuse for Transphobia With Cold, Hard Facts

By John Bonazzo
Yeah, this was surreal all right.

Even Merriam-Webster Admits 2016 Was ‘Surreal’

By John Bonazzo
Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to the press in front of Trump Tower after his meeting with then President-elect Donald Trump.

‘This Ain’t Over Yet’—NYC Mayor to Keep Pushing Feds to Repay City for Trump Security

By Madina Toure
President Barack Obama boards Air Force One as he leaves for a day trip to Tampa, on December 6, 2016 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

Obama’s Gift to Trump Is a Neoliberal Trainwreck

By Michael Sainato
Barack Obama.

Hail to the Chief: A Statistical Portrait of the Obama Presidency

By Eric Pape
A man exhales smoke whilst smoking a cigarette on World No Tobacco Day.

The Nanny State Shames Poor Smokers in Their Homes

By The Editors
The sacking of Rome.

What We Can Learn From the Refugee Crisis That Doomed the Roman Empire

By Eric Scigliano
This handout image supplied by the IIPA (Iran International Photo Agency) shows a view of the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant as the first fuel is loaded, on August 21, 2010 in Bushehr, southern Iran.

More Iranian Aggression

By The Editors
Loretta Lynch, seen here as announcing money laundering charges against HSBC on December 11, 2012 in Brooklyn (Ramin Talaie/Getty Images)

Judicial Watch Calls on DOJ to Formally Investigate Lynch-Clinton Meeting

By Michael Sainato
U.S. President Barack Obama (C) speaks as Xi Jinping, China's president (R), and Francois Hollande, France's president (L), listen during a P5+1 multilateral meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit on April 1, 2016 in Washington, D.C. After a spate of terrorist attacks from Europe to Africa.

Speaking Out on Failed Foreign Policy

By The Editors
BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 07: (CHINA OUT) US Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech on a press conference during the Eighth Round of US - China Strategic and Economic Dialogues & the Seventh Round of US - China High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange on June 7, 2016 in Beijing, China. As two large economic nations, the dialogues and cooperation between US and China will make significant repercussions to world economy.

Cues From Kerry: Dissent Is No Longer the Highest Form of Patriotism

By Austin Bay
U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald walks past members of the American Legion before addressing their annual conference this February in Washington, DC.

Outrageous Remark by Veteran Affairs Boss Is a Symptom of a Still-Ailing Agency

By Bernard B. Kerik
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry (R) meet with a small group of veterans and Gold Star Mothers to discuss the Iran nuclear deal in the Roosevelt Room of the White House September 10, 2015 in Washington, DC. Groups supporting and against the nuclear deal with Iran to lift sanctions have made their voices heard this week. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

Iran Deal Gives Sanctions Relief to Over 30 Dangerous Terrorists

By Marc C. Johnson and Michael Pregent
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 13: U.S. President Barack Obama departs the White House briefing room after delivering remarks on the recent violence taking place in Paris, France November 13, 2015 in Washington, DC. Gunfire and explosions erupted in the French capital with early casualty reports indicating at least 60 dead. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Paris Attacks and the World Obama Wrought

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 21: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) delivers remarks during a news conference on the fifth anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center July 21, 2015 in Washington, DC. Before being elected to the U.S. Senate, Warren helped craft the legislation that created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau which has helped return $10 billion to 17 million consumers since it was created in 2011. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Warren Slams Confidentiality of Sputtering Trans Pacific Partnership Deal

By Michael Sainato
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, third from right, and Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon arrive on a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter at a Hula Valley landing zone near Yesod Hamala, Israel, Monday, July 20, 2015, in norther Israel near the Lebanon boarder, en route to view the Hula Valley from the Hussein Lookout. Carter said he has no expectation of persuading Israeli leaders to drop their opposition to the Iran nuclear deal, but will instead emphasize that the accord imposes no limits on what Washington can do to ensure the security of Israel and U.S. Arab allies. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

Congress Must Send a Message and Reject Disastrous Iran Deal

By The Editors
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 19: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to members of the media during his last news conference of the year in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House December 19, 2014 in Washington, DC. President Obama faced questions on various topics including the changing of Cuba policy, the computer hack of Sony by North Korea, his executive action on immigration and his plan on working with a Republican majority Congress. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Does President Obama Hate Evil?

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Abraham Foxman holds a replica of the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star as he is honored at the ADL's Annual Meeting at The Beverly Hilton, November 07, 2014. Was it the Talmud or Peter Parker's uncle that said, "With great power comes great responsibility."(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

ADL Chief Abe Foxman Becomes Full-Time Obama Apologist

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Netanyahu’s victory is not just a victory for the Israelis; it is a victory for the preservation of the Middle East’s island of freedom surrounded by a sea of terror and repression. It is a victory for Western Civilization.

Netanyahu Gets an Assist from Obama

By Abraham H. Miller
U.S. President Barack Obama during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at the East Room of the White House April 30, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama met with Noda to discuss a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues, according to a White House news release. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Amateur in the White House: Obama’s Iranian Folly

By Abraham H. Miller
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