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August 17, 2018

We Will Resist Trump’s Authoritarian War on the Media

Truth is the liar's kryptonite and Trump has revealed that his greatest vulnerability is to cold, hard facts.

by Mike Ludwig, Truthout

August 17, 2018

Politics & Elections

“Unite the Right 2” Showed Growth of Anti-Fascism and Police Response

The state's response to the upsurge in resistance to the far right has been brutal aggression toward anti-fascists.

by Shane Burley, Truthout

August 17, 2018

Environment & Health

“Aerial Art Action” Demands End to Planned Oil Drilling in Portugal

Hundreds participated in a work of live art to protest the Portuguese government's recent pro-fossil-fuel actions.

by Martin Winiecki, Truthout

August 17, 2018

“Unite the Right 2” Was a Dud, but Threat of White Nationalism Is Alive and Well

The failed far-right rally was more a tactical retreat than a defeat.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

We Will Resist Trump’s Authoritarian War on the Media

Particpants at the Rally and March Against the Fascists in Washington, DS, on August 12, 2018. — “Unite the Right 2” Showed Growth of Anti-Fascism and Police Response

On August 4, about 800 people gathered at a beach near Lisbon, Portugal, to form a giant message saying, "Stop the oil drilling" and "Water is life." — “Aerial Art Action” Demands End to Planned Oil Drilling in Portugal

“Unite the Right 2” Was a Dud, but Threat of White Nationalism Is Alive and Well

Featured

West Virginia Teachers’ Fight Is Still Ongoing: Will They Strike Again?

by: Sarah Jaffe

Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Wants to End EPA’s Cruel Animal Testing

by: Justin Goodman; Nathan Herschler

Photo of Woody Guthrie, circa 1940.

Newly Released FBI Files Expose Red-Baiting of Woody Guthrie

by: Aaron J. Leonard

President Donald Trump speaks on August 2, 2018, at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

Is There a Cult of Trump?

by: Dahr Jamail

Politics & Elections

“I’m Bringing My Bullhorn to Congress”: Rashida Tlaib, Muslim Dem. Socialist, Appears Headed to D.C.

Rashida Tlaib, Muslim Democratic Socialist, Appears Headed to Washington

by: Amy Goodman; Nermeen Shaikh

President Donald Trump speaks to business leaders as Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin looks on during a Roosevelt Room event October 31, 2017, at the White House in Washington, DC.

In Rush to Retweet Trump, Treasury Department May Have Violated the Law

by: Matthew Rozsa

Voting machine

Our Election Systems Are in Trouble

by: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Particpants at the Rally and March Against the Fascists in Washington, DS, on August 12, 2018.

“Unite the Right 2” Showed Growth of Anti-Fascism and Police Response

by: Shane Burley

Human Rights

Former Priest and Survivor Speak Out on Pennsylvania Catholic Sex Abuse

by: Amy Goodman; Nermeen Shaikh

Shocking Investigation Reveals Pennsylvania Priests Abused 1,000 Children and Covered Up the Abuse

Pennsylvania Priests Abused 1,000 Children and Covered It Up

by: Amy Goodman; Nermeen Shaikh

Military Cover-Up? Hundreds of Migrants Feared Dead in Arizona Mass Grave

by: Amy Goodman

“Unite the Right 2” Was a Dud, but Threat of White Nationalism Is Alive and Well

by: William Rivers Pitt

Exclusives

Will Trump Be Charged With Conspiracy to Violate Federal Election Law?

Will Trump Be Charged With Conspiracy to Violate Federal Election Law?

Evidence is mounting of Trump's participation. Could a grand jury name him an unindicted co-conspirator?

by: Marjorie Cohn

Trump Signs Legislation Pumping Billions More Into War Machine

Trump Signs Legislation Pumping Billions More Into War Machine

Some progressives in Congress are questioning the increased Pentagon funding at the cost of social programs.

by: Mike Ludwig

“Exhaling a Low Freedom Song”: Jackie Wang on Carceral Capitalism

“Exhaling a Low Freedom Song”: Jackie Wang on Carceral Capitalism

The state is using carceral techniques to fill revenue gaps created by shrinking tax bases.

by: James Kilgore

Environment & Health

On August 4, about 800 people gathered at a beach near Lisbon, Portugal, to form a giant message saying, "Stop the oil drilling" and "Water is life."

“Aerial Art Action” Demands End to Planned Oil Drilling in Portugal

by: Martin Winiecki

Hidden Studies From Decades Ago Could Have Curbed PFAS Chemical Problem

by: Heather Mongilio

How Monsanto Plants Stories, Suppresses Science and Silences Dissent

How Monsanto Plants Stories, Suppresses Science and Silences Dissent

by: Amy Goodman

One of many hand painted signs along the roads near Bent Mountain, Virginia, to protest against the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project.

What Happens When a Pipeline Runs Afoul of Government Rules?

by: Kate Mishkin; Ken Ward Jr.; Beena Raghavendran

Economy & Labor

Senator Elizabeth Warren hosts a town hall meeting at Belkin Family Lookout Farm in Natick, Massachusetts, on July 8, 2018.

Warren Unveils Plan to Give Workers More Control Over Corporate Decisions

by: Jake Johnson

Nursing home caregivers and senior advocates with the SEIU labor union protest outside of the Carlyle Group headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. on October 22, 2007.

Medicaid Officials Target Home Health Aides’ Union Dues

by: Shefali Luthra

ALEC Is Pushing a New Slate of Viciously Anti-Worker, Pro-Corporate Laws

by: Mary Bottari

Art & Cartoons

About That Meeting

About That Meeting

by: Tom Tomorrow

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F.L.N. (National Liberation Front) soldiers, 1954-1962, in France during the Algerian War of Independence.

War & Peace

When Algeria Became the Liberation Capital of the “Third World”

Elaine Mokhtefi reflects upon the Algerian war of independence.

by: Elaine Mokhtefi

Book

Algiers, Third World Capital: Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers

A dizzying era of passion and promise that took place in the then revolutionary government of Algeria. A riveting memoir of international radical activism.

War & Peace

A US Marine conducts a rifle test at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, February 8, 2018.

The US War of Abysmal Repetition in Afghanistan

by: Tom Engelhardt

F.L.N. (National Liberation Front) soldiers, 1954-1962, in France during the Algerian War of Independence.

When Algeria Became the Liberation Capital of the “Third World”

by: Elaine Mokhtefi

Outrage Mounts Over US Role in Airstrike on Yemeni School Bus Carrying Children

Outrage Mounts Over US Role in Airstrike on Yemeni School Bus Carrying Children

by: Amy Goodman

US Marines run to firing positions during live-fire training in Jordan, April 21, 2018.

Trump Signs Legislation Pumping Billions More Into War Machine

by: Mike Ludwig

Prison & Policing

“Exhaling a Low Freedom Song”: Jackie Wang on Carceral Capitalism

by: James Kilgore

Prison Firefighting Program Pays a Dollar an Hour to Fight California Wildfires

Prison Firefighting Program Pays a Dollar an Hour to Fight California Wildfires

by: Amy Goodman; Nermeen Shaikh

Mourners attend a candlelight vigil in memory of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. on October 9, 2014, in St. Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed by an off-duty St. Louis police officer.

Research Shows Entire Black Communities Suffer Trauma After Police Shootings

by: Tasha Williams

An immigrant detainee looks from his segregation cell at the GEO Group Adelanto detention jail on November 15, 2013, in Adelanto, California.

Lancaster Shows How to Say No to For-Profit Prison Company

by: Negin Owliaei

Series

After the Raid: The Communal Trauma of Immigration Enforcement

After the Raid: The Communal Trauma of Immigration Enforcement

Visions of 2018

Visions of 2018

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Planet or Profit

Planet or Profit

Progressive Picks

Progressive Picks

The Public Intellectual

The Public Intellectual

Education & Youth

Standing Against Privatization: Puerto Rico’s Teachers Strike

by: Monique Dols

Black lives matter protesters chant in the middle of the student quad during a protest against education cuts at Chicago State University in Chicago, Illinois, on April 1, 2016.

Black Lives Matter in Our Schools: Developing an Anti-Racist Pedagogy

by: Mark Karlin

Black students in class

Teaching for Black Lives and Bearing Witness Through Poetry

by: Renée Watson

Colleges protect perpetrators of assault

“Anything to Avoid a Scandal”: How Colleges Sideline Sexual Abuse

by: Eleanor J. Bader

Media Justice

We Will Resist Trump’s Authoritarian War on the Media

by: Mike Ludwig

Danny Glover and Lakeith Stanfield in Sorry to Bother You.

Danny Glover on New Film “Sorry to Bother You” and the Myth of a Postracial US

by: Zenobia Jeffries

California Lawmakers Warned to Back Net Neutrality or “Feel Constituents’ Wrath”

by: Julia Conley

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Potential Mueller Subpoena of Trump May Be Quashed by Supreme Court

Commentary

Potential Mueller Subpoena of Trump May Be Quashed by Supreme Court

by: Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash

"Stand Your Ground" Laws Prioritize Racist Fears Over Black People's Safety

by: Robert C. Koehler, BuzzFlash

Saving Democracy

by: Mel Gurtov, BuzzFlash

Remembering Aretha Franklin

by: Laura Snapes and Ben Beaumont-Thomas, the Guardian