- Immigrants Aren’t the Emergency—Unchecked Capitalism Is. Communities like mine, in small-town Michigan, are told to blame immigrants when greedy corporations hurt us. We don't buy it. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/02/20/immigrants-arent-emergency-unchecked-capitalism 73 comments politics
- Blanche Lincoln, John Boozman will face Green Party's John Gray in Arkansas US Senate race - Gray, retired engineer and small-town mayor, supports Medicare For All, ending the wars, ending corporate personhood, eliminating trade deficit and breaking up "too big to fail" corporations http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010/06/09/blanche-lincoln-john-boozman-will-face-green-partys-john-gray-in-arkansas-us-senate-race/ 6 comments politics
- US town's $565,000 sand dune project washed away in days https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68564532 51 comments nottheonion
- US town's $565,000 sand dune project washed away in days. Wealthy home owners seeking govt help for permanent solution - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68564532 8 comments worldnews
- [Krawczynski] Karl-Anthony Towns on the discussion of better defense in Minnesota: "Obviously it sounds great right now. But how many years have you guys been hearing the same hoopla? It’s up to us to go out there and prove it. " https://twitter.com/JonKrawczynski/status/1445822635183468545 117 comments nba
- Ghost town angst: How US troop withdrawal is shaking up a Bavarian community https://www.politico.eu/interactive/ghost-town-angst-how-the-us-pentagon-is-shaking-up-a-german-bavarian-vilseck-community/ 10 comments europe
- [Hine] Karl Anthony Towns: “I love getting people involved in the game and stuff, but you also have to understand what your team needs and I need to shoot. So I’ve got to do what’s best for us and what’s best for us is being aggressive at all times.” http://www.startribune.com/karl-anthony-towns-is-ready-to-let-it-fly-from-downtown/562683442/ 62 comments nba
- Republican Matt Gaetz becomes first US politician to be “milkshaked”. British import made its debut on Saturday when Gaetz was hit with what appeared to be a milkshake while leaving a town hall. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/03/matt-gaetz-milkshaked-republican-florida 88 comments politics
- 'Kamali', Story Of Skateboarder Tamil Nadu Girl And Mother, Wins US Prize. - "Kamali", shot in the historic coastal town of Mahabalipuram outside Chennai, tells the story of Suganthi's fight against all odds to raise her daughter so she would become a skateboarder. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/kamali-story-of-a-skateboarder-girl-and-her-mother-is-winning-hearts-2033331 4 comments india
- Does everyone really love Mayor Pete? His home town has some answers | US news https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/17/pete-buttigieg-2020-run-south-bend-poverty-crime 25 comments politics
- ISIS has lost its last stronghold. US backed and Kurdish led Syrian Democratic forces have finally seized the town of Hajin after more than three months of fighting. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-backed-fighters-syria-capture-last-town-held-isis-n947851?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma 2307 comments worldnews
- Commenters, newspeoples, politicians, etc (and also those outside the world cup space). Please get it together: Colombia is a country; Columbia is a university, a space shuttle, and generally a name used in the US and Canada for naming towns amd ships. https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/8w5vj7/commenters_newspeoples_politicians_etc_and_also/ 6 comments sports
- The US town banning new Bitcoin mines http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43886040 15 comments technology
- Greenwich: the rich town on the frontline of US hedge fund fight https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/25/greenwich-connecticut-rich-town-hedge-fund-fight.html 3 comments politics
- ‘God help us if it gets hot’: Train hauling 10M pounds of human feces stranded in town http://fox43.com/2018/04/05/train-hauling-10m-pounds-of-human-feces-stranded-in-alabama-town-god-help-us-if-it-gets-hot/ 42 comments nottheonion
- Train hauling 10M pounds of human feces stranded in Alabama town: 'God help us if it gets hot' http://wgntv.com/2018/04/04/train-hauling-10m-pounds-of-human-feces-stranded-in-alabama-town-god-help-us-if-it-gets-hot/ 3 comments nottheonion
- 6 things Marco Rubio said at the CNN town hall that made news in the US gun debate https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/22/politics/marco-rubio-gun-debate-cnn-town-hall/index.html 21 comments politics
- Because of climate change, the US is relocating the entire town of Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana https://qz.com/994459/the-us-is-relocating-an-entire-town-because-of-climate-change-and-this-is-just-the-beginning/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page 6 comments indepthstories
- The US is relocating an entire town because of climate change. And this is just the beginning https://qz.com/994459/the-us-is-relocating-an-entire-town-because-of-climate-change-and-this-is-just-the-beginning/https://qz.com/994459/the-us-is-relocating-an-entire-town-because-of-climate-change-and-this-is-just-the-beginning/ 20 comments politics
- US special forces 'chased from Syria town al-Rai' - BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37396586 49 comments worldnews
- 'Crusaders! Infidels! Dogs! Get out!' American-backed rebels force US commandos to leave Syrian town https://www.rt.com/news/359591-syria-us-forces-rebels/ 8 comments worldnews
- US troops forced out of Syrian town by anti-Assad rebels- Video purportedly shows supposed American allies of the Free Syrian Army chanting: 'We're going to slaughter you' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-war-us-special-forces-chased-town-rebels-free-syrian-army-a7311666.html 133 comments worldnews
- Alabama passes law banning cities and towns from increasing minimum wage | US news http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/26/alabama-passes-law-banning-minimum-wage-increase 12 comments nottheonion
- US election 2016: Did 'socialism' save this US town? http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35636893 5 comments politics
- US town rejects solar panels amid fears they 'suck up all the energy from the sun' http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/us-town-rejects-solar-panels-amid-fears-they-suck-up-all-the-energy-from-the-sun-34285644.html 30 comments nottheonion
- US town rejects solar farm after residents say it would suck up all the sunlight http://www.smh.com.au/environment/un-climate-conference/us-town-rejects-solar-farm-after-residents-say-it-would-suck-up-the-sunlight-20151213-glmqa6.html 6 comments worldnews
- Massachusetts town to consider banning the sale of tobacco products. "Public hearing in Westminster on Wednesday could lead to the first such ban in the US" http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/09/westminster-massachusetts-ban-tobacco-products 5 comments politics
- Bernie Sanders Is Showing Us the Socialist Way to Run for President: Let Hillary and Elizabeth stump for the big-ticket candidates—the Vermont senator is jumping into a tiny California town’s fight against Chevron http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/03/bernie-sanders-is-showing-us-the-socialist-way-to-run-for-president.html 189 comments politics
- Inequality Is Forcing US Towns To Try Scandinavia-Style Taxation — And It's Working http://www.businessinsider.com/us-towns-try-scandinavia-style-taxation-2014-7 145 comments politics
- US town makes gun ownership mandatory http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2013/07/2013729151016524221.html 15 comments nottheonion
- 17 killed by US drone strike that 'jolted' entire Pakistani town http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/03/19263401-17-killed-by-us-drone-strike-that-jolted-entire-pakistani-town 11 comments worldnews
- 'Major spill' after Exxon pipe ruptures in US - company shuts 1400km pipeline after thousands of barrels spill near the town of Mayflower in state of Arkansas http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/03/201333142826356825.html 107 comments politics
- Scottish village 'Dull' twinned with US town 'Boring'. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/dull-and-boring-towns-to-be-linked-in-twin-scheme-1-2339847 10 comments nottheonion
- Scots village Dull to officially twin with US town Boring http://news.stv.tv/scotland/tayside/304691-tiny-scots-village-dull-to-officially-twin-with-us-town-boring/ 3 comments nottheonion
- Blowback: Pakistani Taliban Vow More Revenge Attacks For Obama's Execution Of Osama bin Laden - The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Taliban Movement of Pakistan, has delivered on threats to avenge the killing of bin Laden by US special forces in a Pakistani town on May 2. http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/06/pakistani-taliban-vow-revenge-attacks-on-us-targets.html 3 comments politics
- An unmistakable sign of 3rd world despotism is a police force that sees the pubic as the enemy. Thanks to the government, our local police are now militarized and imbued with hostile attitudes toward the public, and even small towns now have police forces with the firepower of US Special Forces http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23781.htm 9 comments politics
- Passions have flared in a US town over a sign in a store asking customers to place bets on an assassination of President-elect Barack Obama http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/21/2426341.htm?section=justin 9 comments politics
- Aftermath of US slaughterhouse raid: Fear and repression grip Iowa town http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/immi-m26.shtml 5 comments politics
- British guy tries to thank Bush for US Coastguard resuce. Is arrested for 'walking around town aimlessly', shackled and deported http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/british-pilot-who-buzzed-bush-ranch-to-be-deported-822145.html 27 comments worldnews
- US troops 'forced to flee Syrian town' after FSA rebel threats - Video shows Free Syrian Army fighters threatening to 'slaughter' US special forces after they moved into al-Rai with Turkish troops http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/syria-us-fsa-threats-1094894190 6 comments worldnews