"The media must not excuse the racism, misogyny, nativism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia because we think Trump voters have legitimate gripes." - Neal Gabler.

Here’s what Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees and advisors think about climate change and other sustainability issues. It’s not looking good, writes Grist.org.

“For many years, public-spirited citizens throughout the country have been working for the conservation of the natural resources, realizing their vital importance to the nation. Apparently, their hard-won progress is to be wiped out, as a politically minded administration returns us to the dark ages of unrestrained exploitation and destruction." - Rachel Carson, the founder of environmentalism, in a letter to the editor, shortly after the 1952 presidential election.

This election brought back the scourge of authoritarianism in the toxic language of hate, humiliation and bigotry — and in the culture of war and violence, writes Henry Giroux in a weekend long read.

Lynn Sherr writes here about Hidden Figures, a new movie that tells the story of the brilliant African-American women mathematicians at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia that got America and John Glenn into space.

It's the Washington Post's annual roundup of the biggest Pinocchios of the year. In terms of the numbers of whoopers, guess who won bigly (or big league, depending on how you roll)?

This afternoon, POLITICO reported that North Carolina GOP Gov. Pat McCrory signed legislation that will strip power from the state’s incoming governor, Democrat Roy Cooper. You might need to read that again because it is indeed shocking.

This morning, Democracy Now! spoke with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, president of Repairers of the Breach and head of the North Carolina NAACP, about the legislative coup. He told Amy Goodman -- "I want the listeners to hear this, Amy. They are afraid. They are fearful."

Dan Rather writes that there are no simple answers or silver bullets and we must begin the work to bring about the change we want to see.

There are lots of reasons why Hillary Clinton lost and Donald J. Trump won, but the hacking of our election by Russia's Vladimir Putin is the most frightening, writes Bill Moyers and Michael Winship.

Many of Donald J. Trump's nominees have close ties to Wall Street and corporate America. Altogether, his cabinet is shaping up to look a lot different from his predecessors.

For the many Americans concerned about Donald J. Trump's presidency and potential abuse of executive power, Congress is suddenly looking a whole lot more important. And it’s going to need some help and support to live up to the challenge facing it.

The bellwether state may be providing a sneak preview of the pressures for national political realignment.

Donald J. Trump is putting all of the Obama administration’s place-based work (and more) is at risk, writes Peter Edelman. "The Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, SNAP, housing vouchers and many more critical programs all face the prospect of being totally axed or turned into block grants — either way, it means far less people having access to basic needs like food, housing and healthcare." We want to know: What do you think citizens should do, if anything, in response to this?