Truthout

July 23, 2019

Boris Johnson leaves the stage after addressing Conservative Party members on July 13, 2019, in Colchester, England.

News Analysis Politics & Elections

Britain’s New Prime Minister Is Nationalist, Racist and Vain. Sound Familiar?

Boris Johnson is now a duly elected member of the resurgent global strongman’s club.

by Sasha Abramsky, Truthout

July 23, 2019

Protesters march to offices of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 13, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois.

News Prisons & Policing

Big Banks Are Divesting From Private Prisons, Thanks to Anti-ICE Activism

CoreCivic and GEO Group, the two largest private prison companies, stand to lose $1.9 billion in financing.

by Mike Ludwig, Truthout

July 23, 2019

Robert Mueller testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee June 13, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Op-Ed Politics & Elections

Mueller Could Be the Downfall of the Mueller Hearing

For the Mueller hearing to be worth it, the format needs to change -- and so does Mueller.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

July 23, 2019

Donald Trump speaks at a rally

News Analysis Politics & Elections

As Ilhan Omar Said, Trump Is a Fascist — and His Rallies Prove It

Trump's rallies present him as a demigod and, like Nazi rallies, turn politics into a theater of nativism.

by Henry A. Giroux, Truthout

Boris Johnson leaves the stage after addressing Conservative Party members on July 13, 2019, in Colchester, England. — Britain’s New Prime Minister Is Nationalist, Racist and Vain. Sound Familiar?

Protesters march to offices of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 13, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois. — Big Banks Are Divesting From Private Prisons, Thanks to Anti-ICE Activism

Robert Mueller testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee June 13, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. — Mueller Could Be the Downfall of the Mueller Hearing

Donald Trump speaks at a rally — As Ilhan Omar Said, Trump Is a Fascist — and His Rallies Prove It

Featured

A hand puts paper into a ballot box

People on Parole Fight to Reclaim the Ballot

by: Michelle Chen,; Truthout

An elderly man carries a box in a warehouse

The “Aging Crisis” Is Actually Just a Labor Crisis for the Wealthy

by: Dean Baker,; Truthout

Honduran asylum seeker Sandra Sanchez embraces her two-year-old daughter Yanela Sanchez at a playground on February 13, 2019, in the greater Washington D.C. area.

If Left Unchecked, Trump Will Obliterate the Right to Asylum

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

A man representing the Freedman's Bureau stands between armed groups of Euro-Americans and Afro-Americans in this illustration from 1868.

The US Gave Slavers Their Land Back. What About Black Folks’ Reparations?

by: Taru Taylor,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Half a Million Puerto Ricans Flood San Juan Demanding Resignation of Governor

Half a Million Puerto Ricans Flood San Juan Demanding Resignation of Governor

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

How “Ricky Leaks” Sparked a Movement to Oust Puerto Rico's Governor

How “Ricky Leaks” Sparked a Movement to Oust Puerto Rico’s Governor

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

Demonstrators protest cuts to food stamps in Los Angeles, California, June 17, 2013.

Trump USDA Proposes New Rule to Strip Food Stamps From Over 3 Million Americans

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Sen. Ted Cruz leaves after a vote at the U.S. Capitol, February 4, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Ted Cruz Wants to Label Antifa a Terrorist Group

by: Urie Dvorozniak,; Salon

Exclusives

Noam Chomsky: Trump Is Trying to Exploit Tension With Iran for 2020

Noam Chomsky: Trump Is Trying to Exploit Tension With Iran for 2020

Trump is cynically concocting crises with Iran to strengthen his hand going into the next election, Chomsky says.

by: David Barsamian,; Truthout

“Religious Freedom” Laws Are Unraveling Civil Rights as We Know It

“Religious Freedom” Laws Are Unraveling Civil Rights as We Know It

"Moral convictions" and individual conscience are being used as a form of assimilation and control.

by: Stephanie Guilloud,; Truthout

Why the Mainstream Media Has Failed to Tell Truths About Psychiatry

Why the Mainstream Media Has Failed to Tell Truths About Psychiatry

The media failed to question psychiatric association claims that were backed by Big Pharma advertising dollars.

by: Bruce E. Levine,; Truthout

Environment & Health

The General James Gavin Power Plant, along the Ohio River, was one of 10 Ohio sites near which environmental groups found elevated groundwater contaminant levels.

Wetter Weather Worsens Risks From Coal Ash Ponds, Environmental Advocates Report

by: Kathiann M. Kowalski,; Energy News Network

Native Hawaiians Fight Construction of Telescope on Mauna Kea

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

A bullzoder sits on its side in a clearing of a forest

Organic Farm in West Virginia Is Imperiled by Gas Pipeline Construction

by: Anne Meador,; DC Media Group

Criminal pollution enforcement under Trump's EPA is at record low levels.

Giving “Upper Hand to Corporate Polluters,” EPA Drops Surprise Inspections

by: Andrea Germanos,; Common Dreams

Economy & Labor

The four representatives have been bold and progressive in their tone and policies.

“The Squad” Keeps the Focus on Bold Policies to Fight Inequality

by: Sarah Anderson &; Negin Owliaei,; Inequality.org

Following the "Prime Day" actions, a new organizing effort is underway at an Amazon facility in Chicago.

Angry About Low Pay and Sweltering Heat, These Amazon Workers Are Organizing

by: Rebecca Burns,; In These Times

An activist wears a "Fight For $15" T-shirt during a news conference prior to a vote on the Raise the Wage Act July 18, 2019, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

House Votes to Eliminate One Legacy of Slavery — Subminimum Wages

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Two men chant and hold signs during a union protest

Quiet Trump Administration Rule Change Could Allow Federal Union-Busting Spree

by: Heather Gies,; In These Times

Immigration

Hundreds of people gather in lower Manhattan for a "Lights for Liberty" protest against migrant detention camps and the impending raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 12, 2019, in New York City.

How Corporate Journalism Is Normalizing the Concentration Camps

by: Janine Jackson,; FAIR

A mother hold her child while walking outside

A Trump Plan Would Throw 55,000 Children Out of Their Homes

by: Rose Ramirez &; Dedrick Asante-Muhammad,; Other Words

A border patrol officer wears a patch reading "US BORDER PATROL" on their sleeve

Border Patrol Agent Calls Migrant Prison Camp a “Scene From a Zombie Apocalypse”

by: Ginger Thompson,; ProPublica

A gavel is seen in front of the spread pages of a book, prison

Lawsuit Could Force For-Profit Detention Centers to Pay Detainees Minimum Wage

by: Claire Heddles,; Truthout

Racial Justice

A Black woman looks onward as a slavery scene is depicted in the shadows of her face

Reparations to Black Americans Should Be Made Now. Here’s How to Start.

by: Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann,; The Conversation

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez holds an immigration town hall in Queens on July 20, 2019 in New York City.

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: Trump’s Agenda Is Driven by Racism

by: Andrea Germanos,; Common Dreams

Attacks on Ilhan Omar Rooted in Belief “America Is for White People”

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Facebook says its rules prohibit hate in secret groups, but it won’t discuss how it moderated the offensive Border Patrol posts — if it did anything at all.

Civil Rights Groups Have Been Warning Facebook About Hate Speech for Years

by: Ariana Tobin,; ProPublica

LGBTQ Rights

Queer Liberation March Returns Pride to Radical Roots

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Budweiser employees dance on a float during the Toronto Pride Parade, June 25, 2017.

No Rainbow Capitalism: The Five Worst Corporations We Must Kick Out of Pride

by: Violet Glaser,; Left Voice

Members of an LGBT group traveling with the the Central American migrant caravan wait for a ride on November 1, 2018, in Juchitan de Zaragoza, Mexico.

It’s Pride. Don’t Forget Trans Women Dying at the Border.

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Joe Biden squints into an apparent source of light while speaking into a microphone

Joe Biden, Get Out of Stonewall

by: Ezra Brain,; Left Voice

Prisons & Policing

Protesters march to offices of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 13, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois.

Big Banks Are Divesting From Private Prisons, Thanks to Anti-ICE Activism

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

1970s Activism Laid Foundation for Today’s Prison Abolitionist Feminism

by: Anton Woronczuk,; Truthout

"All Our Trials" offers a history of feminists who challenged the idea that the state could end gender violence.

How Feminists Resisted Prisons and Policing in the 1970s

by: Emily L. Thuma,; University of Illinois Press

Eric Garner Family Outraged DOJ Won’t Prosecute His Murder by Police

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

War & Peace

Tensions Between Iran, UK and US Spark Fears of War

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin takes his last step off the Eagle lunar module onto the surface of the Moon.

We Got to the Moon. We Can Overcome War and Capitalism.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

New Film Shows How UK Whistleblower Almost Stopped the Iraq Invasion in 2003

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

A man in the cockpit of an aircraft looks out of the window at a predator drone flying below him

Iran Says US May Have Shot Down Its Own Drone by Mistake

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

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Education & Youth

Republican-backed legislation in Ohio would mandate that teachers use anti-choice talking points in sex ed classes.

Another State Could Soon Insert Anti-Abortion Propaganda Into Public Schools

by: Erin Heger,; Rewire.News

High school students from New York City's public high schools demonstrate against a segregated school system on May 17, 2019, in Times Square, New York City. New York City has some of the most segregated schools in the nation, and black and latino students continue to be vastly underrepresented at the city's elite public high schools.

What School Segregation Looks Like in the US Today

by: Erica Frankenberg,; The Conversation

Lebanese retired security personnel remove a barricade during a demonstration over feared pension cuts near the government's headquarters in the capital Beirut on May 20, 2019.

Professors and Students Unite to Oppose Cuts to Lebanon’s Only Public University

by: J.M. Kassem,; Waging Nonviolence

Henry Giroux

Henry A. Giroux: Education Should Not Be Neutral

by: João França,; CCCB LAB

Culture & Media

A patient sits in a chair as a doctor looks over forms on a clipboard

Why the Mainstream Media Has Failed to Tell Truths About Psychiatry

by: Bruce E. Levine,; Truthout

White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway talks to reporters outside of the West Wing July 16, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Fox News Is Intensifying Its Racist Attacks to Prop Up Trump 2020

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Justice Minister Sergio Moro speaks in Manaus, Brazil, on June 10, 2019.

Journalist Faces Death Threats for Exposing Brazilian Judge’s Far-Right Bias

by: Michael Fox,; Truthout

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a press conference to introduce college affordability legislation outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2019.

Why Won’t New York Times Disclose Corporate Ties of Sanders Critics?

by: Katie Halper,; FAIR