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September 17th, 2017 ["The Vietnam War"] [Ten years in the making, “The Vietnam War” is broad and stunning]( Melanie McFarland Ken Burns and Lynn Novick return with another epic series that tells us how who were were then got us to now VIDEO [Statue of Liberty] [Statue of Liberty: Still America’s national icon?]( Noah Charney A city's or country's icon immediately invokes the character of a place. America's is now cloaked in irony VIDEO [African Immigrant Holding US Flag] [Triple consciousness: To be black and an immigrant in America]( Atima Omara We need more awareness of the black immigrant identity, which is unique in America VIDEO [Richard Blumenthal; Bernie Sanders; Kirsten Gillibrand] [Bernie’s “Medicare for All” actually is the pragmatic health care solution]( Paul Rosenberg Those who claim we have to stick with incremental, "common-sense" measures are living in the political past [Hands holding a rosary] [Seeing God’s wrath in the hurricanes]( Yessenia Funes Many of my Latino and Latina friends saw a Bible verse as prophetic. Is this catharsis or superstition? [Classroom] [Only democratic schools will save us]( Deborah Meier and with Emily Gasoi If we want a robust democracy, daily decisions in schools need be left to the people who know local needs best [Russia] [Was the DNC hack an inside job? It’s a hot theory — but probably not]( Matthew Sheffield There are good reasons to distrust the U.S. intelligence agencies. But Russians likely did hack the Democrats [Grover Cleveland; Hillary Clinton; Samuel Tilden] [Who’s the biggest loser? Ranking Hillary Clinton among the also-rans who won the popular vote]( Matthew Rozsa Hillary Clinton wasn't the first to win the popular vote and lose the election. But her case is different somehow [Giuliani, Trump, Santorum And Scott Address Citadel Republican Society] [Stop acting surprised, America: Donald Trump is a white supremacist]( Chauncey DeVega Trump has made clear to America for decades where he stands on race. It's long past time to accept the facts [Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] [Is Iran the new North Korea? Not even close]( Steven A. Cook Israel is alarmed about Iran's intentions — but that's nothing new. Flawed as it is, the nuclear deal is holding [France Strikes] [Four American women attacked with acid in France]( Taylor Link Police say that the women were treated in a hospital, but did not call the attack terror related [Avatar] [26 films Rotten Tomatoes got 100 percent wrong]( Matthew Rozsa The Tomatometer is beloved and useful, but far from perfect — here are 26 films that the aggregator got wrong VIDEO [Baton Rouge Slayings] [Two killings in Louisiana believed to be racially motivated]( Taylor Link Police say that the shooting deaths of two black men in Baton Rouge could be due to the color of their skin [books_computer] [Why lesbian porn dominates 10 Years Of Pornhub data]( Anna Pulley, [Alternet]( "Lesbian" was the most popular search term [Bernie Sanders] [Bernie Sanders scoffs at Hillary Clinton’s complaint that he didn’t help her win]( Taylor Link On "Meet the Press" Sunday Bernie Sanders reminded Chuck Todd that Clinton supporters voted for John McCain in 2008 VIDEO [Donald Trump] [Another Trump Twitter tirade: President retweets memes to indulge base]( Taylor Link On Twitter Trump called Kim Jong-un "Rocket Man" and shared a meme of him attacking Hillary Clinton VIDEO [Corporate American Flag] [What can be done about Citizens United?]( Tracey Taylor, Berkeleyside From Berkeley's Uncharted Festival, Maplight founder Daniel Newman talks campaign finance reform with Kathy Kiely [Anti-Vietnam War Protest] [It’s 1967 all over again: The roots of our current divide go back 50 years]( Ted Morgan Yes, 1967 brought us the Summer of Love and "Sgt. Pepper." But it also kickstarted contemporary politics [Steve Bannon] [Bannon’s return shows Senate Press Gallery was right to deny Breitbart credentials]( Matt Gertz, Media Matters Bannon's aggressive aim to "crush the opposition" simply proves the committee's rejection was the right call [Vietnam War Fall Of Saigon Photo Gallery] [How Vietnam dramatically changed our views on honor and war]( Richard Lachmann, The Conversation It is important to understand how Vietnam set a pattern for finding honor in inconclusive or lost wars follow salon Most Read - [[Giuliani, Trump, Santorum And Scott Address Citadel Republican Society] Stop acting surprised, America: Donald Trump is a white supremacist]( - [[Kenneka Jenkins] I won't stop mourning Kenneka Jenkins]( - [[Earns Coca Cola] Coca-Cola sucks wells dry in Chiapas, forcing residents to buy water]( - [[Screen Shot 2017-09-16 at 8.02.20 AM] Here is Bill Maher's '25 Things You Don't Know' about Melania Trump]( - [[South Park] Why "South Park" is perfectly armed to fight the alt-right]( - [[air_force_academy] Air Force chaplain: Don't let non-Christian service members practice their faith]( - [[Screen Shot 2017-09-15 at 5.10.45 PM] Clay Travis on CNN: I believe in "the First Amendment and boobs"]( - [[Officers Nordman, Hamill and Rengering] Sorry, but one of those Hurricane Irma "Hot Cops" is accused of being racist]( - [[Jemele Hill] ESPN throws Jemele Hill under the bus for labeling Trump a "white supremacist"]( - [[Donald Trump] Harvard psychiatrist Lance Dodes: Donald Trump is a "sociopath" and "a very sick individual"]( [Help]( | [Advertising Information]( Copyright ©2017 Salon Media Group, Inc. 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