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TODAY'S TOP STORIES - May 30, 2016 How Teenagers Got Police to Back Down and Remove Military-Grade Weaponry From Their High Schools By Sarah Lazare, AlterNet Los Angeles high school students and organizers forced police to remove grenade launchers and M-16s from their arsenals. READ MORE» The Wrenching Dilemmas of a Caring Doctor Helping Those in Pain By Lex Pelger, AlterNet No one has all the answers to the intractable problem of dealing with pain. READ MORE» Another Big Lie From Trump: His Supporters Are the 'Silent Majority' By Jonathan Zimmerman, Salon Unlike Nixon's famous "silent majority," Trump's backers are loud—and growing in volume. READ MORE» Remembering War: Two Men, Two Legs, and Too Much Suffering By Nick Turse, Tam Turse, TomDispatch America's forgotten Vietnamese victims. READ MORE» 5 Top Commencement Speech Zingers This Graduation Season By Jonah Allon, AlterNet Elizabeth Warren, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and, yeah, President Obama all offered some pointed words. READ MORE» A Shockingly Easy Way to Avoid Wasting Thousands of Gallons of Water a Year By Reynard Loki, AlterNet A small change to something you do every day can make a big difference—and save some money, too. READ MORE» Evangelical Leaders May Embrace Trump the Sinner By Bill Berkowitz, Truthout 400 social conservative leaders may be meeting with Trump in the coming weeks in New York City. READ MORE» As Methodists Continue Their Support of BDS, Is Hillary Clinton on the Wrong Side on Palestinian Rights? By David Palumbo-Liu, Salon Young people, progressives and people of color are increasingly on the side of Palestinian freedom. Where's Clinton? READ MORE» Ayn Rand's Demented Mind Is Best Understood by Her Idea of the 'Happy Ending' in Her Bestseller 'Atlas Shrugged' By Adam Lee, AlterNet An epic celebration of I've-got-mine-so-screw-youism. READ MORE» Arizona Sheriff Wants You to Take a Gun Hiking Over Memorial Day Weekend so You Can Shoot Mexicans By Sarah K. Burris, Raw Story Mexican cartels are supposedly sending out assassins aka "sicarios," so they can kill rival cartel "rip crews." READ MORE» Why Alcohol Makes You Feel Warm—and Other Strange Effects It Has on the Brain By Claire Rostron, The Conversation People have many reasons for their decision to drink. READ MORE» Deciphering the Mysterious Decline of Honey Bees By Elina El Niño, The Conversation Honey bees are still dying at troubling rates; a bee expert explains why. READ MORE» You are subscribed as: bsamad2007.adnan@blogger.com SUPPORT ALTERNET | CONTACT US | PRIVACY POLICY | UNSUBSCRIBE © 2015 Independent Media Institutes All Rights Reserved 1881 Harmon Street, Berkeley, CA 94703