Truthout

May 26, 2019

Schoolchildren line up to see an original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln during the documents unveiling at the African American Civil War Memorial Museum, May 20, 2005, in Washington, D.C.

News Analysis Racial Justice

We Have the Means to Fund Reparations. Where Is the Political Will?

An in-depth look at ways to redistribute wealth to end the U.S.'s multigenerational legacy of white supremacy.

by Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Chuck Collins, Truthout

May 26, 2019

Audible’s recommendations of similar authors makes it a dangerous platform for online radicalization.

News Analysis Culture & Media

Why Is Audible Still Featuring Far-Right Author Jack Donovan?

Audible's recommendations of similar authors makes it a dangerous platform for online radicalization.

by Shane Burley, Truthout

May 26, 2019

Los Angeles youth join a nationwide strike from school as they protest climate change and strike for the Green New Deal and “other necessary actions to solve the climate crisis,” at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles.

Op-Ed Environment & Health

It’s Too Late for a Green New Deal; Can Other Radical Plans Work?

We no longer have the time or the carbon budget left for a gradual transition to renewables.

by Bill Henderson, Truthout

May 26, 2019

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Op-Ed War & Peace

John Walker Lindh Spent 17 Years in Prison — and the War Rages On

To no small degree, 2002 cemented the world we live in today.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

Schoolchildren line up to see an original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln during the documents unveiling at the African American Civil War Memorial Museum, May 20, 2005, in Washington, D.C. — We Have the Means to Fund Reparations. Where Is the Political Will?

Audible's recommendations of similar authors makes it a dangerous platform for online radicalization. — Why Is Audible Still Featuring Far-Right Author Jack Donovan?

Los Angeles youth join a nationwide strike from school as they protest climate change and strike for the Green New Deal and "other necessary actions to solve the climate crisis," at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles. — It’s Too Late for a Green New Deal; Can Other Radical Plans Work?

This combination of pictures shows at left a police file photo made available February 6, 2002 of the "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh and at right a February 11, 2002 photograph of him as seen from records in Pakistan's northwestern city of Bannu. — John Walker Lindh Spent 17 Years in Prison — and the War Rages On

Featured

Marijuana samples at the Welcome to Cannacity - "She's Smokin'" Event on April 20, 2019, in Los Angeles, California.

Pot Industry Owes Reparations to Those Criminalized for Drug Use

by: Laura Flanders,; Truthout

Legs bound by shackles walk through dusty red soil

Alabama Doesn’t Value Its Own Residents’ “Sanctity of Life”

by: Sasha Abramsky,; Truthout

Sudanese protesters gather during a sit-in outside the army headquarters in the capital Khartoum on April 30, 2019.

“Sooner or Later, Dictators Fall,” Says Eyewitness to Sudan’s Uprising

by: Emma Wilde Botta,; Truthout

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks to members of the media after a House Democrats meeting at the Capitol on May 22, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Speaker Pelosi held the meeting with her caucus to address growing pressure for an impeachment inquiry of President Trump.

Another Wild Day in DC, and Impeachment Is Still Off the Table

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Activists were arrested by the Israel Defense Forces on May 3, 2019.

Anti-Occupation Coalition Grows Stronger Despite Israeli Military Violence

by: Rafi Ellenson,; Waging Nonviolence

Donald Trump is captured from a low angle as he speaks into a microphone

Why Did Deutsche Bank Keep Lending to Donald Trump?

by: Heather Vogell &; Andrea Bernstein,; ProPublica

Theresa May cries while wearing a red blazer

British Prime Minister Theresa May Admits Brexit Defeat and Resigns

by: Jon Queally,; Common Dreams

In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wins in Landslide Re-election

In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wins in Landslide Re-election

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

Exclusives

Pipeline Activists Challenge Louisiana Law That Criminalizes Protest

Pipeline Activists Challenge Louisiana Law That Criminalizes Protest

A new lawsuit could set an important precedent for activists fighting fossil fuels nationwide.

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

An Attack on Iran Would Violate US and International Law

An Attack on Iran Would Violate US and International Law

The Trump administration and its close ally Israel have long had their sights on regime change in Iran.

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

Abortion Bans and the Beast the GOP Would Feed Us To

Abortion Bans and the Beast the GOP Would Feed Us To

To fight abortion bans, we must confront the nature of criminalization in the U.S.

by: Kelly Hayes,; Truthout

Environment & Health

Los Angeles youth join a nationwide strike from school as they protest climate change and strike for the Green New Deal and "other necessary actions to solve the climate crisis," at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles.

It’s Too Late for a Green New Deal; Can Other Radical Plans Work?

by: Bill Henderson,; Truthout

A bird's eye view of the stark contrast between the forest and agricultural landscapes near Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil.

Carbon Credits for Forest Preservation May Be Worse Than Nothing

by: Lisa Song,; ProPublica

Trump is further eroding protections in the Affordable Care Act for LGBTQ patients and access to reproductive care.

Trump Administration Announces Fresh Attack on LGBTQ and Reproductive Rights

by: Jessica Mason Pieklo,; Rewire.News

Dozens of anti-pipeline protesters post for a photo with their signs

Pipeline Activists Challenge Louisiana Law That Criminalizes Protest

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Economy & Labor

CEOs of some of the wealthiest companies in the U.S. are seeing their pay rise at about twice the rate of their workers.

Inequality Chasm Between CEOs and Workers “Totally Out of Control”

by: Julia Conley,; Common Dreams

President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He talk to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, April 4, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Three Things Motivating China’s Position in Trade Negotiations With the US

by: Penelope B. Prime,; The Conversation

A bunch of Fyffes bananas pictured outside the company's head office in Dublin, Ireland.

Honduran Labor Fight Reveals Exploitation Behind the Migrant Crisis

by: Michael Galant,; Truthout

Union strikers wave towards the camera while standing in a line

Striking Ohio Hospital Workers Remain United, Head to Bargaining Table

by: Roland Reed,; Truthout

Immigration

How Trump Immigration Policies Led to Child Deaths at Border

How Trump’s Immigration Policies Led to Child Deaths at Border

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

An asylum seeker holds her 1-year-old son as they stand outside their tent at a makeshift camp housing mainly families, at Porte d'Aubervilliers in Paris, France, on April 9, 2019.

Europeans Criminalized for Helping Migrants as Far Right Aims to Win Elections

by: Claire Provost,; Claudia Torrisi,; Nandini Archer,; Alexander Nabert &; Belen Lobos,; openDemocracy

People hold posters of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and banners as they gather to stage a demonstration in support of those deported by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security offices in front of the New York City Hall in New York, United States, on July 30, 2018.

ICE Arrests at New York Courts Have Increased 1,700 Percent

by: s.e. smith,; Care2

Asylum Seekers Are Being “Disappeared” in Private Louisiana Jails

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Racial Justice

Advocates say previous clean energy legislation did too little to close the solar industry’s diversity gap.

Can Legislation Help Diversify Solar Workforce? Illinois Hopes So.

by: Kari Lydersen,; Energy News Network

Schoolchildren line up to see an original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln during the documents unveiling at the African American Civil War Memorial Museum, May 20, 2005, in Washington, D.C.

We Have the Means to Fund Reparations. Where Is the Political Will?

by: Dedrick Asante-Muhammad &; Chuck Collins,; Truthout

an empty jury box.

For Black Americans, “Jury of Your Peers” Is a Hollow Phrase

by: Darlene Harris,; Truthout

Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, speaks onstage at the 2017 ESSENCE Festival at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on June 30, 2017, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

On Mother’s Day, Remember the Mothers of Trayvon, Sandra and Tamir

by: Eisa Nefertari Ulen,; Truthout

LGBTQ Rights

By 2030, about 4.7 million of LGBT people in America over 50 will need elder care.

‘Stonewall Generation’ Confronts Old Age, Sickness — And Discrimination

by: JoNel Aleccia &; Melissa Bailey,; Kaiser Health News

Transgender youth fight their whole lives for the right to exist. This administration wants to take that away.

All I Want for Mother’s Day Is Equality for My Child

by: Karen Dolan,; OtherWords

A doctor stands with arms crossed as he holds a red stethoscope.

New Trump Rule Permits Anti-LGBTQ Health Care Discrimination

by: Jessica Mason Pieklo,; Rewire.News

U.S Representative Mary Gay Scanion (D-PA) speaks on introduction of the Equality Act, a comprehensive LGBTQ non-discrimination bill at the U.S. Capitol on April 01, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

The Crisis of Violence Against Transgender People Is Not a “Myth”

by: Gillian Branstetter,; Rewire.News

Prisons & Policing

Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning addresses reporters outside the Albert Bryan U.S federal courthouse with attorney Moira Meltzer-Cohen on May 16, 2019, in Alexandria, Virginia.

Judge Orders Manning Jailed, Imposes Daily $500 Fine After 30 Days Behind Bars

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

A police officer views a laptop screen while in his cruiser

Detroit Police Spent Over Half a Million on Cellphone Tracking Technology

by: Camille Fassett,; Shadowproof

Chelsea Manning speaks to the press

Chelsea Manning Is Released, But May Have Just Over a Week of Freedom

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Someone wears a vest reading "LET MY PEOPLE VOTE"

New Suffragists Fight to Gain Ballot for Incarcerated People

by: Candice Bernd,; Truthout

War & Peace

A child stands on rubble of houses a day after they were hit by airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition that left six people killed and more than 40 others injured on May 17, 2019, in Sana'a, Yemen.

Trump Uses Loophole to Send US Bombs to Saudis and United Arab Emirates

by: Andrea Germanos,; Common Dreams

This combination of pictures shows at left a police file photo made available February 6, 2002 of the "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh and at right a February 11, 2002 photograph of him as seen from records in Pakistan's northwestern city of Bannu.

John Walker Lindh Spent 17 Years in Prison — and the War Rages On

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

David Bernhardt, Donald trump and Patrick Shanahan sit at a table

While War Drums Beat, Trump Wants to Keep Congress in the Dark

by: Sophia Tesfaye,; Salon

Trump’s threats to use military force in Iran and the use of force itself are illegal under the United Nations Charter and the War Powers Resolution.

An Attack on Iran Would Violate US and International Law

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

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Education & Youth

The adversity score represents a flawed attempt to fix a flawed test.

The SAT’s New ‘Adversity Score’ Is a Poor Fix for a Problematic Test

by: Leigh Patel,; The Conversation

Seattle, Cincinnati and San Antonio have developed high-quality public preschool paid for by new local taxes.

Cities Are Convincing Voters to Pay Higher Taxes for Public Preschool

by: Brenda Iasevoli,; The Hechinger Report

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a town hall at the Fort Museum on May 4, 2019, in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

Bernie Sanders Unveils a 10-Point Plan to Overhaul Public Education

by: Jessica Corbett,; Common Dreams

The 'Tribute in Light' memorial lights up lower Manhattan near One World Trade Center on September 11, 2018, in New York City.

How Do We Teach 9/11 to Those Who Don’t Remember It?

by: Nazia Kazi,; Truthout

Culture & Media

Audible's recommendations of similar authors makes it a dangerous platform for online radicalization.

Why Is Audible Still Featuring Far-Right Author Jack Donovan?

by: Shane Burley,; Truthout

Julian Assange’s Attorney Decries Espionage Charges as Threat to Press Freedom

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

A large recreation of a whale hangs over tables seated with people at a gala

People With a Lot of Money Are Determining What Culture Is

by: Janine Jackson,; FAIR

A woman with an ash-streaked face stares onward

Daenerys Targaryen Was Never a Liberator

by: Kelly Hayes,; Truthout