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December 16, 2018

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Op-Ed War & Peace

Trump and GOP Attack Vietnam War Veterans and Refugees

One Republican senator killed a veterans benefits bill as Trump plans to deport Vietnam war refugees.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

December 16, 2018

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Op-Ed Human Rights

Can Adopting a Complementary Indigenous Perspective Save Us?

We cannot afford to ignore or dismiss the perspective that has guided us for most of human history.

by Four Arrows, Truthout

December 16, 2018

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Op-Ed Immigration

I Witnessed the Horror of Border Militarization, and Vow to Fight It

The attempt to intimidate our interfaith gathering has left me more determined to fight this toxic system.

by Brant Rosen, Truthout

December 16, 2018

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Op-Ed Politics & Elections

The Public Is Ready to Respond to Attacks on the Mueller Investigation

A majority of Americans polled believe the public should see Robert Mueller's report.

by Lisa Gilbert, Truthout

Donald Trump hugs Vietnam veteran Max Morgan as he participates in a veterans meet and greet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 10, 2017. — Trump and GOP Attack Vietnam War Veterans and Refugees

Can Adopting a Complementary Indigenous Perspective Save Us?

I Witnessed the Horror of Border Militarization, and Vow to Fight It

The Public Is Ready to Respond to Attacks on the Mueller Investigation

Featured

Donald Trump Is Under the Bus

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

We Must Challenge Capitalist “Solutions” to Climate Change

by: Robert James Parsons,; Truthout

The Trump Administration Just Killed Net Neutrality for Text Messages

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

President George H.W. Bush listens to Deputy Attorney General William Barr at a White House portico ceremony announcing Barr's nomination to succeed Attorney General Dick Thornburgh on October 16, 1991, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s Attorney General Nominee Helped Bush Sr. Get Away With Murder

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke pauses during a Camp Fire press conference at the Cal Fire Incident Command Center at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, CA, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2018.

Facing 17 Ethics Investigations, Ryan Zinke Set to Resign

by: Julia Conley,; Common Dreams

The Public Is Ready to Respond to Attacks on the Mueller Investigation

by: Lisa Gilbert,; Truthout

Workers shovel debris from the swimming and diving pool in the Aquatic Center at the Albergue Olympic Training Center of Puerto Rico on November 14, 2018, in Salinas, Puerto Rico.

Senators Press for Expanded Probe of FEMA Over Hurricane Maria

by: Jerri-Lynn Scofield,; Naked Capitalism

Then US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley attends a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East including the Question of Palestine at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on October 18, 2018.

Will Trump Dump Pence for Nikki Haley?

by: Heather Digby Parton,; Salon

LGBTQ Rights

"Events like QueerBomb are hugely important because of the ways in which they try to take inspiration from the radical queer past and for the ways in which they try to shed light on the organizations that are trying to extend the legacies of that past."

The LGBTQ Movement Needs to Revisit Its Radical Past to Thrive

by: Samantha Borek,; Truthout

The annual Pride Parade makes its way past the The Stonewall Inn on June 24, 2018, in New York City.

Gay Emancipation Goes to Market

by: Roderick A. Ferguson,; Polity Press

"Butterflies and Dandelions."

Trans Communities of Color Survive, Thrive and Fight Back

by: Jordan Scruggs,; Truthout

Educational institutions must once again become sites of fascist resistance and defend their trans students.

Schools Must Be Crucial Sites in the Struggle for Trans Liberation

by: Aleo Pugh and Victor Ultra Omni,; Truthout

Exclusives

Under Trump, More People Live Without Health Coverage

Under Trump, More People Live Without Health Coverage

Ongoing efforts to sabotage Medicaid and deny coverage to immigrant families will increase the uninsured.

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

US and Israeli Police Are Sharing Violent and Repressive Tactics

US and Israeli Police Are Sharing Violent and Repressive Tactics

The exchange programs have been devastating for both communities of color in the US and Palestinians.

by: Noah Habeeb &; Craig Willse,; Truthout

Tijuana Crossing: Asylum Seekers Hold Out Hope in the Face of Trumpism

Tijuana Crossing: Asylum Seekers Hold Out Hope in the Face of Trumpism

The dual threats of violence and poverty are forcing thousands to move away from their families.

by: Nadia Tecuapetla,; Truthout

Environment & Health

US Air Force KC135 aircraft taxis to take off at the Kadena Air Base on February 25, 2010 in Kadena, Japan.

An Empire of Bases Poisons Water, Threatening Its Own Collapse

by: Pat Elder,; World BEYOND War

Wounded Afghan men receive treatment at the Wazir Akbar Khan hospital a day after a suicide attack on a religious celebration in Kabul on November 21, 2018.

Superbugs Plague Afghan Hospitals

by: Madlen Davies,; Ben Stockton &; Aqilla Faizi,; The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

UK Protesters Are Supergluing Themselves to Buildings to Fight Climate Crisis

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Hundreds of Activists Stage Sit-In Against Big Polluters on Final Day of COP24

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Economy & Labor

Demonstrators shout slogans and hold placards during a protest at the Amazon fulfillment center in Shakopee, Minnesota, on December 14, 2018.

The Troubling Link Between Attacks on Immigrants and Labor Activists

by: Harry Blain,; Foreign Policy in Focus

Truckers Spend the Holidays Driving Too Much for Too Little Pay

by: Pat Garofalo,; TalkPoverty.org

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the Chinese music-streaming service Tencent Music launches its initial public offering on December 12, 2018, in New York City.

Wall Street, Banks and Angry Citizens: The Inequality Gap Is Growing

by: Nomi Prins,; TomDispatch

There’s a Hunger Crisis in North Carolina

by: Tina Tru,; Socialist Worker

Art & Cartoons

Sisyphus the Elephant

by: Khalil Bendib,; OtherWords

Cartoons

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Progressive Picks

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Environment & Health

How We Stop the World From “Burning Up”

Whether we stop runaway carbon emissions is dependent on how deeply we transform society as a whole.

by: Simon Pirani,; Pluto Press

Book

Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption

Whether we transition away from fossil fuels is dependent on how deeply we transform society as a whole.

War & Peace

Donald Trump hugs Vietnam veteran Max Morgan as he participates in a veterans meet and greet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 10, 2017.

Trump and GOP Attack Vietnam War Veterans and Refugees

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

A Controversial Operation Tricked Veterans Into Lobbying for Saudi Arabia

by: Anna Massoglia,; Center for Responsive Politics

Senate Votes to End US Role in Yemen War

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

A Yemeni mother holds her malnourished child as they wait for treatments in a medical center in the village of Al Mutaynah in the Tuhayta province in western Yemen on November 29, 2018.

Public Pressure Could Halt US Support of Yemen War

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

Prison & Policing

Sheriff’s Deputies Protect Corporate Interests in Bayou Bridge Case

by: Karen Savage,; Bridge the Gulf

Police exchange programs have been devastating for both communities of color in the US and Palestinians.

US and Israeli Police Are Sharing Violent and Repressive Tactics

by: Noah Habeeb &; Craig Willse,; Truthout

French soldiers stand guard in front of the entrance of a synagogue in Lille, northern France, on January 13, 2015. France announced on January 12 the unprecedented deployment of 10,000 soldiers to boost security, including at Jewish schools, a day after almost four million people marched in solidarity with the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre.

On Hanukkah, Let’s Challenge Militarized Security Responses to Anti-Semitism

by: Brant Rosen,; Truthout

Tear Gas at the Border: Trump and the Endgame of Capitalism

Border Patrol Officer Who Shot Unarmed Teenager on Mexican Soil Is Acquitted

by: Amy Goodman &; Juan González,; Democracy Now!

Series

After the Raid

After the Raid

Exposing the communal trauma of immigration enforcement.

Visions of 2018

Visions of 2018

Activist leaders address what they would like to see created, built or begun this year.

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Marjorie Cohn analyzes human rights and executive branch lawbreaking.

Planet or Profit

Planet or Profit

Investigating systemic threats to the ecosystem from transglobal corporate profit-seeking.

Progressive Picks

Progressive Picks

Books and DVDs that we find thought-provoking and insightful.

The Public Intellectual

The Public Intellectual

Progressive academics address important social issues.

Education & Youth

Educators from the Acero charter school network hold signs as they protest during a strike outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters on December 5, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

Can the Nation’s First Charter School Strike Transform the Industry?

by: Candice Bernd,; Truthout

When Schools Use Child Protective Services as a Weapon Against Parents

by: Rebecca Klein &; Caroline Preston,; The Hechinger Report

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos talks with with Bill Cordes of the department's Budget Service before testifying in front of a Senate subcommittee on the department's budget request for fiscal year 2019 on June 5, 2018.

Betsy DeVos Uses Our Taxes for Koch Brothers’ Agenda

by: Jeff Bryant,; Campaign for America's Future

Why Don’t Detroit Public Schools Have Safe Drinking Water?

by: Judy Molland,; Care2

Culture & Media

“Feel-Good” Holiday Stories Are Actually Just a Symptom of a Crumbling Society

by: s.e. smith,; TalkPoverty.org

What Marc Lamont Hill’s Pro-Palestine Message Means to a Palestinian

by: Osama Alkhawaja,; Truthout

New Film Warns Against Spain’s Fascist History Repeating Itself

New Film Warns Against Spain’s Fascist History Repeating Itself

by: Amy Goodman &; Nermeen Shaikh,; Democracy Now!

Marc Lamont Hill visits "Sway In The Morning" on Eminem's Shade 45 channel with Sway Calloway at SiriusXM Studio on August 1, 2016, in New York City.

CNN Fires Marc Lamont Hill for Daring to Denounce Oppression of Palestinians

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams