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November 15, 2018

Op-Ed Prisons & Policing

The Midterms Did Not Stop the March of Fascism, But We Can

We currently lack the united front to fight fascism in this country. That front is necessary, because fascism is rising.

by Kelly Hayes, Maya Schenwar, Truthout

November 15, 2018

News Analysis Politics & Elections

Trump’s Attorney General Pick Is a Menace to More Than Mueller

The case against Whitaker serving as acting attorney general is airtight.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

November 15, 2018

News Human Rights

Landowners Fight the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Court

Landowners say oil pipeline companies should not seize their property for private gain.

by Mike Ludwig, Truthout

November 15, 2018

News Politics & Elections

11,000 Votes May Be Missing in Florida Congressional Race

As Florida heads for multiple recounts, data from Broward County once again reveals irregularities in all races.

by Lulu Friesdat, Truthout

The Midterms Did Not Stop the March of Fascism, But We Can

The Department of Justice Chief of Staff Matt Whitaker (right) participates in a round table event with Joint Interagency Task Force South foreign liaison officers at the Department of Justice Kennedy building on August 29, 2018, in Washington, DC. — Trump’s Attorney General Pick Is a Menace to More Than Mueller

Landowners Fight the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Court

Elections staff load ballots into machines as recounting begins at the Broward County Supervisor of Elections Office on November 11, 2018 in Lauderhill, Florida. — 11,000 Votes May Be Missing in Florida Congressional Race

Featured

Firefighters try to keep flames from a burning home from spreading to a neighboring apartment complex as they battle the Camp Fire on November 9, 2018, in Paradise, California.

Forty-Eight Dead and Counting From California’s Deadliest Wildfire

by: Dahr Jamail,; Truthout

In Pennsylvania alone, 2,723 people who entered prison between the ages of 18 and 25 are sentenced to die in prison.

Should Your Birthday Determine Whether You Are Sentenced to Die in Prison?

by: Victoria Law,; Truthout

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on November 13, 2018, in New York City. We will all be better off when the depth and scope of capitalism's problems are openly debated.

The Narrowness of Mainstream Economics Is About to Unravel

by: Richard D. Wolff,; Truthout

Donald Trump gets into an exchange with CNN reporter Jim Acosta during a news conference a day after the midterm elections on November 7, 2018, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.

At Long Last, Donald Trump Knows True Fear

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Trump Couldn’t Deliver His “Great Victory,” So He’s Throwing Tantrums

by: Heather Digby Parton,; Salon

The Department of Justice Chief of Staff Matt Whitaker (right) participates in a round table event with Joint Interagency Task Force South foreign liaison officers at the Department of Justice Kennedy building on August 29, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s Attorney General Pick Is a Menace to More Than Mueller

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams addresses supporters at an election watch party on November 6, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Sixteen Midterm Races Are Still Up for Grabs by Democrats

by: Robin Marty,; Care2

Elections staff load ballots into machines as recounting begins at the Broward County Supervisor of Elections Office on November 11, 2018 in Lauderhill, Florida.

11,000 Votes May Be Missing in Florida Congressional Race

by: Lulu Friesdat,; Truthout

Economy & Labor

New York and Virginia Are Giving Amazon $3 Billion in Corporate Welfare

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

Inside the #MeToo Revolt at Google

by: Kristen Sheets,; Socialist Worker

Grinnell student workers represented themselves at the National Labor Relations Board and beat efforts by university administrators and lawyers from Iowa's largest law firm to thwart the expansion of their union.

In Iowa, Groundbreaking Undergrad Workers Union Keeps Growing

by: Meghan Brophy,; Labor Notes

Wells Fargo's CEO describes the company as having an "excess of capital," despite the fact that it is laying off workers, outsourcing jobs, and continuing to pay its employees nearly poverty-level wages.

Wells Fargo Enriches Its Shareholders While Laying Off Workers

by: Lenore Palladino,; Roosevelt Institute

Exclusives

Veterans Resist: Deploying Art to Oppose Militarism

Veterans Resist: Deploying Art to Oppose Militarism

More veterans and service members are turning destructive energy and military training into acts of creative resistance.

by: Kevin Basl,; Truthout

The Senate Is an Institutional Barrier to Democracy

The Senate Is an Institutional Barrier to Democracy

Republicans have won Senate majority in 6 of the last 10 elections without representing a majority of the public.

by: Sohale A. Mortazavi,; Truthout

Physicians Work to Bring Back the Anti-Nuclear Movement

Physicians Work to Bring Back the Anti-Nuclear Movement

By pressuring elected officials, the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons coalition has gained ground.

by: Dahr Jamail,; Truthout

Environment & Health

Pricey Precision Medicine Is Financially Toxic for Cancer Patients

by: Liz Szabo,; Kaiser Health News

Opponents of Keystone XL Pipeline Praise Judicial Order Blocking Construction

Opponents of Keystone XL Pipeline Praise Judicial Order Blocking Construction

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

A Cal Fire firefighter monitors a burning home as the Camp Fire moves through the area on November 9, 2018, in Magalia, California.

California Wildfires Hit Grim Record Amid Trump’s Clueless Tweets

by: Andrea Germanos,; Common Dreams

Australian billionaire and Blue Star Line chairman, Professor Sir Clive Palmer, officially announces details of his plans to build a 21st century version of the RMS Titanic, the Titanic II, during a press conference in central London on March 2, 2013.

In an Age of Climate Change, Even Titanic II Is Not Safe From Icebergs

by: Bruce Melton,; Truthout

Reproductive Rights

The Rules of the Economy Are Taking a Tragic Toll on Women and Their Pregnancies

by: Kendra Bozarth &; Andrea Flynn,; Roosevelt Institute

Alabama and West Virginia doubled down on anti-abortion laws as Oregon overwhelmingly rejected an abortion restriction measure.

Voters in Alabama and West Virginia Approve Anti-Abortion Measures

by: Katie Klabusich,; Truthout

Anti-Choice Measures Are on the Ballot in Three States Next Week

by: Lauren Holter,; Rewire.News

Self-Managed Early Abortion Care Is Now Accessible Online in the US

by: Auditi Guha,; Rewire.News

Art & Cartoons

Alien Invasion

by: Matt Bors,; Andrews McMeel Syndication

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The voices of resistance are heard and amplified by one another, the calendar reminds us.

War & Peace

This 2019 Peace Calendar Reminds Us That We Are Not Alone

The voices of resistance are heard and amplified by one another, the calendar reminds us.

by: Samantha Borek,; Truthout

Book

2019 Peace Calendar

War & Peace

Israel Targets TV Station and Homes in Deadly Gaza Airstrikes

Israel Targets TV Station and Homes in Deadly Gaza Airstrikes

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

The voices of resistance are heard and amplified by one another, the calendar reminds us.

This 2019 Peace Calendar Reminds Us That We Are Not Alone

by: Samantha Borek,; Truthout

Smoke billows following Israeli airstrikes targeting Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, near the border with Egypt, on November 12, 2018. "Israel is once again looking to instigate a war on Gaza," Yousef Munayyer, executive director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, wrote on Twitter.

Israel Denounced for Attack After Late-Night Raid Kills Seven Palestinians

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

A father helps his daughter hold flowers before putting them onto headstones of family members after the Fort Logan VA National Cemetery Veterans Day Ceremony at Fort Logan National Cemetery on November 11, 2018, in Denver, Colorado.

One-Hundred Years Later, It’s Time to Disarm Armistice Day

by: Robert F. Sommer,; Truthout

Prison & Policing

The Midterms Did Not Stop the March of Fascism, But We Can

by: Kelly Hayes &; Maya Schenwar,; Truthout

Maru Mora Villalpando speaking at the We Will Not be Silenced Rally in Washington, DC, January 19, 2018.

Under Trump, ICE Is Targeting Political Dissidents Like Me

by: Maru Mora Villalpando,; Truthout

Bruce Reilly and Will Harrell, two members of Voice of the Experienced, a group founded and run by formerly incarcerated activists, campaign for Amendment 2 in New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 6, 2018.

Louisiana Votes to Eliminate Jim Crow Jury Law

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

House Democrats Could End Federal Marijuana Ban in 2019. Will They?

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

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

There are more than four infants and toddlers in need of care for every one spot in a licensed center.

Forty-Two Percent of Children Under 5 Live in a Child Care “Desert”

by: Jackie Mader,; The Hechinger Report

Jaclyn Corin, a survivor of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting and one of the founders of the Never Again MSD movement, speaks at a March for Our Lives rally on August 12, 2018, in Newtown, Connecticut.

Students Across the Country Will Walk Out of School to Vote

by: Andrea Germanos,; Common Dreams

How to Make College More Affordable

by: Sydney Worth,; YES! Magazine

Saudi Ties to US Universities Under Question Amid Khashoggi Crisis

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Culture & Media

Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska.

How the Loss of Native American Languages Affects Our Understanding of Nature

by: Rosalyn R. LaPier,; The Conversation

At left, A bomb disposal technician carries a package out of a U.S. Post Office facility at 52nd Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan, October 26, 2018 in New York City.

Mail-Bomber “False Flag” Theories Overwhelm Right-Wing Discourse

by: David Neiwert,; Southern Poverty Law Center

The Ghost Script: A Graphic Novel, the newly released final volume of a trilogy by Jules Feiffer, opens up the world of the Hollywood Blacklist.

“The Ghost Script” Explores the Inside Story of Hollywood’s Blacklist

by: Paul Buhle,; Truthout

Trump Blames Media for Inciting “Anger” After Bombs Sent to CNN and Democrats

Pipe Bombs Point to How Trump’s Rhetoric Emboldens Violence

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!