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October 17, 2018

Education & Youth

Technology Access Gap Leaves Millions of Students Struggling to Keep Up

Not having access to the internet and computers outside school puts millions of children at a huge disadvantage.

by Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout

October 17, 2018

Environment & Health

Energy Transfer Partners’ Security Team Sinks Water Protectors’ Boats

ETP's security team was notorious for its brutal tactics at Standing Rock.

by Dahr Jamail, Truthout

October 17, 2018

Environment & Health

The Complex and Frustrating Reality of Recycling Plastic

Less than 10 percent of the plastic used in the United States is recycled. What's the problem?

by Mary Mazzoni, Truthout

October 17, 2018

Economy & Labor

Will Trump’s Policies Wreak Havoc on the US and Global Economies?

Economics professor Gerald Epstein explains why Trump's economic policies will ultimately be extremely disruptive.

by C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout

Technology Access Gap Leaves Millions of Students Struggling to Keep Up

More than 1,000 activists rallied on the steps of the US District Court in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on August 26, 2016, in Washington, DC. — Energy Transfer Partners’ Security Team Sinks Water Protectors’ Boats

The Complex and Frustrating Reality of Recycling Plastic

President Trump talks to reporters before leaving the White House, October 15, 2018, in Washington, DC. — Will Trump’s Policies Wreak Havoc on the US and Global Economies?

Featured

Here's a harsh climate reality: Extracting carbon already emitted is as important as reaching zero output.

Carbon Capture: What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Climate Change

by: Daniel Ross,; Truthout

Unaffordable Higher Education Leads to Low Graduation Rates

by: Eleanor J. Bader,; Truthout

We Stopped ICE From Getting an Extra Billion; Now Let’s Defund It Totally

by: Kathryn Johnson,; Truthout

Why the FBI Used Its Kid Gloves on Brett Kavanaugh

by: Aaron J. Leonard,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Georgia’s First Black Gubernatorial Nominee Faces Massive Voter Suppression

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

Trump Complains Saudi Crown Prince Is Deemed “Guilty Until Proven Innocent”

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

In Unusual Move, Republican Party Begins to Pull Money From Incumbent Races

by: Kaitlin Washburn,; Center for Responsive Politics

Republicans in North Dakota Want to Disenfranchise Thousands of Native Voters

North Dakota Republicans Want to Disenfranchise Thousands of Native Voters

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

Human Rights

Anger at Trump Inaction as Hurricane Michael Leaves Millions Without Basic Needs

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Trump Administration Hints It May Resume Family Separation at Border

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Young Muslim LGBTQ Activists Fight for Right to Love and Worship Freely

by: Shaima Shamdeen,; YES! Magazine

A demonstration against Tar Sands pipeline

Addressing Sexual Violence and Misogyny Within the Green Movement

by: Kiera J. Anderson &; Kitty Stryker,; Earth Island Journal

Exclusives

San Francisco’s Earthquake-Unsafe Jail Leaves Prisoners in Peril

San Francisco’s Earthquake-Unsafe Jail Leaves Prisoners in Peril

The Hall of Justice jail sits on soil that could liquefy and swallow parts of the building in an earthquake.

by: Toshio Meronek,; Truthout

Anti-Terrorism Laws Increasingly Used to Target Indigenous Activists

Anti-Terrorism Laws Increasingly Used to Target Indigenous Activists

Terrorism laws are regularly invoked to criminalize Indigenous opposition to extractive projects on their land.

by: Sandra Cuffe,; Truthout

In a Blow to Labor, Teamsters Ratify UPS Contract Despite “No” Vote

In a Blow to Labor, Teamsters Ratify UPS Contract Despite “No” Vote

The union ratified the US's largest private-sector contract over members' wishes that they return to the table.

by: Candice Bernd,; Truthout

Environment & Health

The Complex and Frustrating Reality of Recycling Plastic

by: Mary Mazzoni,; Truthout

In 2014 and 2015, Genesee County saw the largest outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in at least a decade. After reports of high lead levels and public outcry, Gov. Rick Snyder switched Flint’s water source back to Detroit’s in October 2015.

Flint Legionnaires’ Disease Survivors Speak Out: “Every Day Is a Challenge”

by: Auditi Guha,; Rewire.News

More than 1,000 activists rallied on the steps of the US District Court in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on August 26, 2016, in Washington, DC.

Energy Transfer Partners’ Security Team Sinks Water Protectors’ Boats

by: Dahr Jamail,; Truthout

Ongoing construction of the Bayou Bridge pipeline in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin.

Despite Lingering Land Dispute, Bayou Bridge Pipeline Is Nearly Complete

by: Julie Dermansky,; DeSmogBlog

Economy & Labor

North Carolina Ballot Initiative Would Enshrine Tax Cuts for the Rich

by: Pat Garofalo,; TalkPoverty.org

UPS workers are pushing for $15 an hour for part-timers as well as increased health care.

Chicago Teamsters Consider Peak Season Strike at UPS

by: Alexandra Bradbury,; Labor Notes

President Trump talks to reporters before leaving the White House, October 15, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Will Trump’s Policies Wreak Havoc on the US and Global Economies?

by: C.J. Polychroniou,; Truthout

In the Age of Amazon, Is There a Conscientious Way to Shop?

by: Janine Jackson,; FAIR

Art & Cartoons

Prince of Fraud

by: Matt Bors,; Andrews McMeel Syndication

A Taxing Day at the Polls

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A USA flag hangs in the window of a vacant building in downtown Keyser, West Virginia.

Politics & Elections

What Liberals Have Gotten Wrong About Main Street USA

Democrats should take voters’ concerns seriously rather than blowing them off, says Thomas Frank.

by: Mark Karlin,; Truthout

Book

Rendezvous with Oblivion: Reports from a Sinking Society

With one major political party ruthless and hypocritical, and the other major political party feckless and ineffective, the United States is headed for a rendezvous with oblivion.

War & Peace

As US-Backed War in Yemen Raged, UAE Hired US Mercenaries to Kill Yemeni Leaders

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

Displaced Yemeni children from the Hodeidah province are pictured on September 30, 2018, through a hole in a damaged house where they have been living with other displaced families in the southwestern Yemeni city of Taez. The conflict has triggered what the UN describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with 22 million people in need of humanitarian aid.

In Yemen, Trump Is Taking Tolerance for War Crimes to a New Level

by: Khury Petersen-Smith,; Truthout

Dave Hancock, a veteran from the war in Vietnam, participates in an antiwar protest in front of the White House December 16, 2010, in Washington, DC.

A Majority of Veterans Want Troops to Return From Afghanistan

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Donald Trump holds a lunch meeting with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (center left) and members of his delegation in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2018.

Is the Current US-Saudi Relationship “Unreformable”?

by: Robert Naiman,; Truthout

Prison & Policing

The facade of the San Francisco Hall of Justice, a courthouse which is part of the criminal court of the city of San Francisco, California, on October 13, 2017.

San Francisco’s Earthquake-Unsafe Jail Leaves Prisoners in Peril

by: Toshio Meronek,; Truthout

Demonstrators protest as they celebrate the verdict in the murder trial of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke along Michigan Avenue on October 5, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

In Convicting Van Dyke, Chicago Jury Rejected Broader Policing Norms

by: Sheila A. Bedi &; David Anderson Hooker,; USA TODAY

How Can We Reconcile Prison Abolition With #MeToo?

by: Victoria Law,; Filter

The Power of Public Outrage: Laquan McDonald’s Place in History

by: Flint Taylor,; Truthout

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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.

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Education & Youth

Technology Access Gap Leaves Millions of Students Struggling to Keep Up

by: Eleanor J. Bader,; Truthout

The cost of going to college is consuming a larger portion of household income, particularly for students and families of color who already face structural barriers to education and employment.

Students Are Paying More at Public Colleges and Getting Less in Return

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

The Activists on the Front Lines of the Battle for Educational Justice in the US

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Students at the University of Colorado Boulder join a divestment rally on April 14, 2014, in Boulder, Colorado.

Colleges Have a Responsibility to Divest From Fossil Fuels

by: Jennie C. Stephens,; The Conversation

Media Justice

Facebook Accused of “Full-Frontal Suppression of Dissent”

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

New Internet Bill of Rights Introduced in Wake of Digital Privacy Breaches

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Colonizing Histories and Rebranding Pocahontas

by: Maile Arvin,; Truthout

Tangled in the Garden of Good and Evil

by: Norman Solomon,; The Nation

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Big Brother on Steroids: China's All-Encompassing "Social Credit" System

Commentary

Big Brother on Steroids: China's All-Encompassing "Social Credit" System

by: Bill Berkowitz, BuzzFlash

Trump's $110 Billion Saudi Arms Deal Doesn't Actually Exist

by: Matt Shuham, TPM

Mueller Ready to Deliver Key Findings in His Trump Probe, Sources Say

by: Justin Wise, The Hill

Black Senior Citizens in Georgia Ordered Off Bus Taking Them to Vote

by: Anne Branigin, The Root