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- Remote work turns America into Suburban nation https://fortune.com/2023/05/05/remote-work-suburbs-millennials-want-to-move-out-of-cities/ 67 comments
- Andrew Sullivan: How Dick Cheney Turned America Into A Torture Nation http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/how-cheney-made-america-a-torture-nation.html? 7 comments politics
- "A socialist minister wrote the Pledge of Allegiance for a national celebration aimed at turning a profit for his company. Only in America!" http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-perspec-0907-pledge-20120907,0,5949969.story?dssreturn 4 comments politics
- America has become a nation of wimps. We are in the midst of a growing energy crisis, but we can't even be bothered to turn our thermostats up a few degrees to save electricity. http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/59633#comments 37 comments politics
- Trump Is Turning America Into the ‘Shithole Country’ He Fears - The president’s mindless nationalism has come to this: Americans are not welcome in Europe or Mexico. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/when-trumps-understanding-of-the-world-is-flipped-on-its-head/613840/ 3 comments politics
- Trump’s Immigration Lockdown Will Weaken America | By turning away the world’s best talent, U.S. industrial and tech leadership might lose out to China and other nations. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-29/trump-coronavirus-immigration-lockdown-will-weaken-u-s-economy 12 comments politics
- Turning dreams into nightmares: How Trump unraveled DACA and perverted America’s tradition as an immigrant-welcoming nation https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/99-reasons-to-dump-trump/ny-edit-daca-20200803-l3smt2aw6zdwxcwcf42zbnc4la-story.html 7 comments politics
- Corporate America cuts Trump off in his final days: Where will he turn now?. Iced out of corporate money, Trump may mortgage the final days of his presidency at the cost of national security https://www.salon.com/2021/01/13/corporate-america-cuts-trump-off-in-his-final-days-where-will-he-turn-now/ 16 comments politics
- Cuauhtemoc Blanco, former player for America and the Mexican National team, is currently leading a mayoral race. Which other footballers do you know that turned into politicians? How are they doing? http://eleccionesmorelos.aztecanoticias.com.mx/presidentesmunicipales/municipio/votoscandidatura/detalle.html#!/17/7 17 comments soccer
- New Report Released: "Dissent or Terror: How the Nation's Counter Terrorism Apparatus, In Partnership With Corporate America, Turned on Occupy Wall Street" http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/government_surveillance_of_occupy_movement 3 comments politics
- America Strikes Back Against the Third World! - A turning of the tables: how would you feel if Afghans justified the murder of American children for the sake of "national security"? http://tuftsroundtable.org/blog/things-that-are-cool/699-america-strikes-back-against-the-third-world 13 comments politics
- We are not a nation that accepts nearly 46 million uninsured men, women and children. We are not a nation that lets hardworking families go without coverage or turns its back on those in need... We look out for one another. That's what makes us the United States of America. http://govne.ws/item/why-reform-why-now 3 comments politics
- Confronting the Past: America Finally Turns Its Attention to Rampant Racism - Why is America only now having an honest debate about racism? The dead from Charleston are also the dead of a nation that has long refused to work through its past mistakes. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-us-confronts-its-racist-past-a-1040952.html 4 comments politics
- In 1959, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz liberated Cuba from imperial America, police state rule, and mafia bosses who turned the nation into a casino and brothel. Castro now believes that the US's rage for war is leading the world into inevitable disaster. http://theintelhub.com/2012/03/24/heading-for-inevitable-disaster/ 3 comments politics
- All nations that bomb civilians are guilty and should account for their actions, and I believe the U.S. owes a special accounting. The scale and intensity of American bombing crossed a new threshold and...turned the bombing of cities into America's chief weapon in concluding its war against Japan. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20100507a1.html 7 comments politics
- Brazilian NT manifesto on Copa América: "[...] We have a mission to accomplish wearing our historic five-time world champion yellow-green shirt. We are against the organisation of the Copa America, be it in Chile or Brazil, but we will never turn our backs to the Brazilian national team." https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/selecao-brasileira/noticia/jogadores-da-selecao-quebram-silencio-e-criticam-conmebol-em-texto-insatisfeitos.ghtml 29 comments soccer
- [Marcus Stroman] Racism is thriving in America. That’s a fact. If you choose to turn a blind eye towards it...you’re part of the problem that will continue to destroy this nation. Wake up and look in the mirror! https://twitter.com/STR0/status/1267095660815319040?s=19 359 comments baseball
- Republicans turn their back on the Enlightenment – "America is becoming an intellectual two-speed nation, with a technocratic, informed elite and a scientifically illiterate rump" - Telegraph Blogs http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscience/100128559/republicans-turn-their-back-on-the-enlightenment/ 325 comments politics
- “some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries,” he said. “The United States of America is different. And as President, I refused to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action.” http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/obama-defends-u-s-attacks-on-libya/?hp 7 comments worldnews
- Unfortunately for America, Republicans turned to the dark side and chose the road to fascism. By "fascism" I mean a national political movement that rejects democracy, embraces nativism and racism, and promotes violence. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-burnett/the-gop-chooses-fascism_b_259482.html 3 comments politics
- "I Don't Think Billionaires Should Exist": Sanders Proposes Wealth Tax to Slash Fortunes of Nation's Ultra-Rich. "Enough is enough. We are going to take on the billionaire class, substantially reduce wealth inequality in America, and stop our democracy from turning into a corrupt oligarchy." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/24/i-dont-think-billionaires-should-exist-sanders-proposes-wealth-tax-slash-fortunes 2889 comments politics
- America has never actually welcomed the world’s huddled masses: The nation turned away thousands of Jews fleeing the Third Reich, even though our immigration quotas remained unfilled. Politicians justified their actions by arguing that German spies and subversives might be hiding among the refugees https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/america-has-never-actually-welcomed-the-worlds-huddled-masses/2015/11/20/6763fad0-8e71-11e5-ae1f-af46b7df8483_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-1%3Ahomepage%2Fstory 244 comments politics
- Obamacare has not yet turned America into a nation of part-time workers, as many of its critics have long said it would. In fact, the opposite seems to be happening, according to new government numbers, the number of part-time jobs is actually shrinking, and full-time jobs are being created instead http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/07/obamacare-part-time_n_4919117.html 4 comments politics
- Amy Goodman: Romney’s 1 Percent Nation Under God - Romney said President Obama “wants to turn America into a European-style entitlement society.” Curious words from a man who salted $3 million into a Swiss bank account. https://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/02-2 10 comments politics
- Food pantries turning people away - as they see a growing tide of people they've never before had to assist, many of whom work full-time jobs. The poverty in America is a national disgrace http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/23foodbankct.html 115 comments politics