Salon.com: HBO’s “The Young Pope” makes high art for TV, but the result is less than divine

January 14th, 2017 [The Young Pope] [HBO’s “The Young Pope” makes high art for TV, but the result is less than divine] Melanie McFarland Paolo Sorrentino casts Jude Law as a cold and cool pontiff in a miniseries long on style but lacking a soul [People: Andrew Garfield as Father Sebastião Rodrigues and Shin'ya Tsukamoto as Mokichi] [An atheist’s guide to Scorsese’s “Silence”: You don’t need faith to be astonished by the faithful] John Semley Martin Scorsese's new film “is about faith and God and Christendom that, ultimately, valorizes humanity [Invitation] [Dear men: Here is your engraved invitation to join the Women’s March on Washington] Erin Keane I promise you will still be men if you stand with women — and behind them — at the Women's March on Washington [Donald Trump Hitler Sign] [Donald Trump: Not exactly Hitler! But his “Nazi Germany” comments conceal a dark parallel pattern] Andrew O'Hehir Trump is more like a cartoon version of Hitler than the real thing. But sometimes cartoons come to life [Barista] [The pursuit of happiness: The American cultural case for a universal basic income] David Masciotra What could we do if we liberated our country from the self-inflicted wounds of the Protestant work ethic? [Donald Trump] [Uncle Sam to Donald Trump: Please explain these shady practices and dubious donations] Simon Maloy FEC presses Trump on a range of potential campaign finance violations, including suspected illegal donations [California Storms] [Megastorms vs. megadroughts: Climate change brings a potentially devastating “atmospheric river” to California] Paul Rosenberg After years of drought, the Golden State is hit by epic storms — and it's just the beginning of climate chaos [Barack Obama; Donald Trump; Vladimir Putin; Hillary Clinton] [The new American exceptionalism: How the Russian connection to the 2016 election signals the destruction of our nation’s ideals] Sophia A. McClennen Our nation has a long history of fighting over what American exceptionalism means. It's about to get even uglier [Donald Trump] [Sorry, liberals: Donald Trump really means what he says — and plans to silence and intimidate dissenters] Amanda Marcotte Trump seeks to divide and conquer the media, while congressional allies like Jason Chaffetz go after critics [Jeff Sessions] [Hidden figures: What Trump’s AG pick Jeff Sessions wants to keep in the shadows] Bill Moyers, BillMoyers.com A new movie reminds us of past racial injustice as a new administration tries to roll back the clock [Trump Protests California] [Time to put the pressure on: 5 things you can do to resist Trump before Inauguration Day] Ilana Novick, AlterNet Grab your phone, comfortable shoes and a few friends — it's easy to get involved [Alex Jones] [Conspirator in chief: 14 fake news stories created or publicized by Donald Trump] Kali Holloway, AlterNet Fake news is one thing Trump hasn’t claimed to have invented that he actually deserves some credit for inventing [APTOPIX Cuba Internet] [Cuba sees explosion in internet access as ties with US grow] Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press Buying internet cards to access wifi in Cuba may become a thing of the past: service is improving, costs are down [John Lewis] [Trump unleashes Twitter attack against congressional critic] Steve Peoples, Associated Press Trump supporters start to use the N word about Rep. John Lewis, Trump piles on with insulting tweets [Space Solar Plant] [Skyfall strategy: White House preps planet for asteroid hit scenarios] Leonard David, Scientific American The Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a new plan for protecting Earth from hazardous space rocks [Donald Trump] [This week in Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest: By divest, you mean meet with real estate investors, right?] Matthew Rozsa Divest, shmivest. Donald Trump's gonna keep riding the money train [Police Shooting Minnesota Response] [Stopping traffic: Minnesota lawmakers try increase penalties for common protest tactic] Taylor Link After multiple protests blocked a major highway in Minnesota lawmakers hope increased penalties will deter assembly [FEATURE_PHOTO_Income] [WATCH: The pursuit of happiness: The American cultural case for a Universal Basic Income] David Masciotra and Charlie May What could we do if we liberated our country from the self-inflicted wounds of the Protestant work ethic? VIDEO [Donald Trump] [The best “defence”: On fighting for the good life in Trumplandia] Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch.com What is a country for? What should a country do? Why do people establish countries in the first place? [Pfizer] [Donald Trump vs. Big Pharma: He can’t bring down prescription drug costs alone] Angelo Young Trump took a shot at pharmaceutical companies "getting away with murder." 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