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July 15, 2019

A Honduran migrant recently released from a federal immigrant jail boards a bus while carrying his 2-year-old daughter at a bus depot on June 11, 2019, in McAllen, Texas.

News Immigration

Trump’s Asylum Ban 2.0 Is Broadest Attack Yet on the Asylum Process

Relying on the courts to block measures like today's asylum ban is not enough.

by Sasha Abramsky, Truthout

July 15, 2019

A man casts his ballot at polling station during New Jersey’s primary elections on June 7, 2016 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Momentum is growing among state legislatures to award electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.

News Politics & Elections

15 States Have Already Taken Steps to Make the Electoral College Obsolete

Momentum is growing among state legislatures to award electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.

by Candice Bernd, Truthout

July 15, 2019

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

News Culture & Media

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

At the root of the campaign is a latent homophobia fueled by Bolsonaro and his supporters.

by Michael Fox, Truthout

July 15, 2019

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Op-Ed Immigration

The “Pro-Life” Movement Is Silent About Children Dying at the Border

The "pro-life" movement's disregard for the lives of children lost at the border belies its true nature.

by Kendra Stanton Lee, Truthout

A Honduran migrant recently released from a federal immigrant jail boards a bus while carrying his 2-year-old daughter at a bus depot on June 11, 2019, in McAllen, Texas. — Trump’s Asylum Ban 2.0 Is Broadest Attack Yet on the Asylum Process

A man casts his ballot at polling station during New Jersey's primary elections — 15 States Have Already Taken Steps to Make the Electoral College Obsolete

Justice Minister Sergio Moro speaks in Manaus, Brazil, on June 10, 2019. — Journalist Faces Death Threats for Exposing Brazilian Judge’s Far-Right Bias

Activists hold photos of migrant children who died trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, as they demonstrate standing on the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry bridge, on June 27, 2019, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. — The “Pro-Life” Movement Is Silent About Children Dying at the Border

Featured

President Trump and China's President Xi Jinping attend a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People on November 9, 2017, in Beijing, China.

Trump’s Fixation on Intellectual Property Rights Serves the Rich

by: Dean Baker,; Truthout

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should be attacking Trump, not AOC.

Voters Don’t Want Democrats to Be Moderates. Pelosi Should Take the Hint.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler testifies during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, April 2, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

10 Ways Andrew Wheeler Has Decimated EPA Protections in Just One Year

by: Elliott Negin,; Truthout

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky: Trump Is Consolidating Far-Right Power Globally

by: C.J. Polychroniou,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna S. Pressley attend a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Trump administration's child separation policy, on July 12, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Pressley, AOC, Tlaib and Omar Hit Back at Trump’s Bigotry

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

A man casts his ballot at polling station during New Jersey's primary elections

15 States Have Already Taken Steps to Make the Electoral College Obsolete

by: Candice Bernd,; Truthout

Matteo Salvini kisses a rosary during an election rally on May 31, 2019, in Aversa, Italy.

American Dark Money Is Fueling the Rise of Europe’s Far Right

by: Mary Fitzgerald &; Claire Provost,; OpenDemocracy

U.S. Army paratroopers board aircrafts while conducting an airborne assault exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, October 9, 2018.

Democrats’ National Service Plans Put a Price on Debt Forgiveness

by: Kayla LaRosa,; Truthout

Exclusives

Amid the Bans, Abortion Advocates Are Winning Key State Victories

Amid the Bans, Abortion Advocates Are Winning Key State Victories

States offering new protections and expanding abortion access can become sanctuaries far beyond their borders.

by: Katie Klabusich,; Truthout

The Climate Crisis Has Made Breathing Smoke Normal in Pacific Northwest

The Climate Crisis Has Made Breathing Smoke Normal in Pacific Northwest

Summer in the Pacific Northwest has become the season of wildfires and unbreathable smoky air.

by: Martha Baskin,; Truthout

As Brexit Looms, Britain Bows to Trump’s Will

As Brexit Looms, Britain Bows to Trump’s Will

It’s now probable that the next British ambassador to the U.S. will effectively be hand-picked by Trump.

by: Sasha Abramsky,; Truthout

Environment & Health

Pence and Trump Deny Climate Crisis as Deadly Rains Batter Parts of the World

Pence and Trump Deny Climate Crisis as Deadly Rains Slam Louisiana and Asia

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

The Flint Water Treatment Plant is shown September 14, 2016, in Flint, Michigan.

Beyond Flint, Lead Contamination Plagues Communities Across the US

by: Laura Pangallozzi,; The Conversation

Livestock graze on illegally occupied, deforested land at Flona do Jamanxim in the Brazilian Amazon, April 4, 2009.

The Global Beef Trade Is Destroying the Amazon

by: Andrew Wasley,; Alexandra Heal,; Dom Phillips,; Daniel Camargois,; Mie Lainio,; André Campos &; Diego Junqueira,; The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

A man walks up stairs at Pier 15 along the East River at South Street Seaport, March 14, 2019 in New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio has unveiled a $10 billion plan to extend the Lower Manhattan coastline by up to two city blocks to guard against rising sea levels and other effects of climate change.

Climate Adaptation Needs to Put Human Rights Above Property Values

by: Daniel Uncapher &; Carolyn Yvellez,; Truthout

Economy & Labor

Coal miners attend a signing ceremony where Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Wheeler signed the Affordable Clean Energy final rule at EPA headquarters June 19, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

The Media Uses Coal Miners to Attack the Green New Deal While Ignoring Pensions

by: Sarah Lazare,; In These Times

Parents watch their daughter put money in jar for savings

Six States Are Improving Tax Credits for Working Families

by: Samantha Waxman,; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

In November, voters in San Francisco will decide the fate of a proposed tax to penalize large CEO-worker pay gaps.

Will San Francisco Become the Second City to Tax Extreme CEO-Worker Pay Gaps?

by: Sarah Anderson,; Inequality.org

US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman announces charges against Jeffery Epstein on July 8, 2019, in New York City.

Jeffrey Epstein Is Exhibit A for Capitalism’s Moral Bankruptcy

by: Bob Hennelly,; Salon

Immigration

A Honduran migrant recently released from a federal immigrant jail boards a bus while carrying his 2-year-old daughter at a bus depot on June 11, 2019, in McAllen, Texas.

Trump’s Asylum Ban 2.0 Is Broadest Attack Yet on the Asylum Process

by: Sasha Abramsky,; Truthout

Communities Fight Back as Threat of ICE Raids Terrorize Immigrant Families

Communities Fight Back as Threat of ICE Raids Terrorizes Immigrant Families

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

A bus transporting immigrants leaves a temporary facility at a U.S. Border Patrol Station in Clint, Texas, on June 21, 2019.

The US Is Quietly Opening Shelters for Babies and Young Kids Without Mothers

by: Aura Bogado,; The Center for Investigative Reporting

U.S. Border Patrol agents watch over immigrants after taking them into custody on July 02, 2019 in Los Ebanos, Texas. Hundreds of immigrants, most from Central America, turned themselves in to border agents after rafting across the Rio Grande from Mexico to seek political asylum in the United States.

Border Patrol Agents Are Passing Around a Coin Mocking Care for Migrant Kids

by: Dara Lind,; ProPublica

Racial Justice

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

Making Sure the Census Counts Indian Country

by: Jourdan Bennett-Begaye,; Indian Country Today

Shinnecock Tribal Members Bianca Collins, Margo Thunderbird, Jennifer Cuffee-Wilson, and Lynda Hunter standing in front of newly built Shinnecock Monument on Shinnecock Indian Territory

Wealthy Hampton Homeowners Are Trying to Suppress Tribal Sovereignty

by: Mary Annette Pember,; Truthout

In a racialized economy, land trusts and cooperatives offer a more lasting form of reparations, say activists.

Community Land Trusts Are a Model for Reparations

by: Laura Flanders,; Truthout

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

Since 2015, mass shooters have killed 339 people in the U.S., while police have used guns to take 4,355 lives.

Presidential Candidates Can’t Discuss Gun Deaths Without Discussing Cops

by: Ella Fassler,; Truthout

Larry Krasner speaks to a reporter

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Stand in the Way of Philadelphia Criminal Legal Reform

by: Andrew Cohen,; Brennan Center for Justice

A police officer checks a mobile phone during public testimony by community members and activists on controversial social media posts by officers of the Philadelphia Police Department

Online Database Is Tracking and Exposing Police Officers’ Racist Facebook Posts

by: Lornet Turnbull,; YES! Magazine

Limestone Correctional Facility.

Alabama Prisoners on Hunger Strike Demand End to Inhumane Conditions

by: Brian Sonenstein,; Shadowproof

War & Peace

A naval vessel is seen in a large body of water

Iran Tells US and UK to Leave Gulf Region Immediately as Tensions Soar

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Iranian oil and cargo ships at the Strait of Hormuz. Almost a third of the world's oil exports are shipped through the Strait.

Oil’s Enduring Sway in US Policy in the Middle East

by: Michael T. Klare,; TomDispatch

U.S. Marines conduct a Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration during the 43rd Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 5, 2019.

Lessons From the Natural World on Washington’s Unnatural Wars

by: William J. Astore,; TomDispatch

Airmen from the 821st Contingency Response Group at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, on November 19, 2016. Propaganda floated by former Vice President Dick Cheney over a decade ago to justify his push for war against Iran has been revived by the Trump administration.

Lies About Iran Killing US Troops in Iraq Are a Ploy to Justify War

by: Gareth Porter,; Truthout

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Education & Youth

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

Sen. Bernie Sanders is introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a rally at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston on March 31, 2017.

As Progressives Call for Student Debt Cancellation, Loan Companies Influence DC

by: Reid Champlin,; Center for Responsive Politics

Students raise hands in college classroom

Henry A. Giroux: The Dismantling of Public Education Fuels Fascism

by: Suzanne LaGrande,; KBOO

Culture & Media

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

Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed

Ayn Rand’s Legacy of Unifying Social Cruelty

by: Daniel Falcone,; Truthout

Journalists, Pundits and Retired Politicians Put on a Show for Lobbyists

by: Andrew Perez,; Abigail Luke &; Tim Zelina,; Maplight