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June 25, 2019

Rep. Ilhan Omar and Sen. Bernie Sanders share a moment during a news conference, January 10, 2019, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

News Analysis Education & Youth

Sanders and Omar’s Plan Would Wipe Out Every Outstanding Student Loan

Wiping out student debt could boost the GDP up to $108 billion and add 1.5 million jobs per year.

by Alexis Goldstein, Truthout

June 25, 2019

Joe Biden grimaces as Al Sharpton sits impassively next to him

Op-Ed Politics & Elections

To Create a New Deal That Works for Everyone, We Must Shun Centrism

The New Deal left many behind. It's time to create even bolder policies that confront the racist status quo.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

June 25, 2019

An angry boss towers over his employees while shouting

Interview Economy & Labor

Capitalist Workplaces Set Bosses Up to Be Authoritarian Tyrants

"Free markets" do not guarantee workers any freedoms other than the freedom to be unemployed and to starve.

by C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout

June 25, 2019

A dejected factory worker sits on the ground in an empty shipping container

Op-Ed Economy & Labor

Under Trump, Manufacturing Job Growth Slows to a Trickle

The average hourly wage for manufacturing workers is, for the first time ever, slightly below the overall average.

by Dean Baker, Truthout

Rep. Ilhan Omar and Sen. Bernie Sanders share a moment during a news conference, January 10, 2019, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. — Sanders and Omar’s Plan Would Wipe Out Every Outstanding Student Loan

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden seen at a television interview with Al Sharpton during the 2019 South Carolina Democratic Party State Convention on June 22, 2019, in Columbia, South Carolina. — To Create a New Deal That Works for Everyone, We Must Shun Centrism

An angry boss towers over his employees while shouting — Capitalist Workplaces Set Bosses Up to Be Authoritarian Tyrants

A dejected factory worker sits on the ground in an empty shipping container, unemployment, jobs — Under Trump, Manufacturing Job Growth Slows to a Trickle

Featured

Men gesture toward the wreckage of what looks to be an aircraft, drone, iran

Iran Had the Legal Right to Shoot Down US Spy Drone

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

Protesters seen with placards during a Sunrise NYC rally in support of the Green New Deal outside Sen. Chuck Schumer's office on Third Avenue in New York City, April 30, 2019.

History Proves We Can’t Count on the Democratic Party for a Green New Deal

by: Paul Fleckenstein,; Truthout

In permitting this heinous practice, the U.S. once again proves itself exceptional in its capacity for violence.

19 States Still Allow Schools to Beat Their Students

by: Daniel Uncapher,; Truthout

A helicopter flies over a glacier on the Franz Josef Land Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, August 23, 2017.

Scientists Are Stunned by How Rapidly Ice Is Melting in the Arctic

by: Dahr Jamail,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden seen at a television interview with Al Sharpton during the 2019 South Carolina Democratic Party State Convention on June 22, 2019, in Columbia, South Carolina.

To Create a New Deal That Works for Everyone, We Must Shun Centrism

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Donald and Melania Trump, Mike Pence and Karen Pence stand on a balcony

The Trump Administration Drained the Swamp — Into the White House

by: Heather Digby Parton,; Salon

Marie Newman speaks at a campaign event in Washington, D.C.

Primary Challengers Looking to Repeat AOC Magic Face Uphill Battle in 2020

by: Jessica Piper,; Center for Responsive Politics

Trump is using the law as a weapon to defeat opponents, while protecting his own supporters’ lawbreaking.

Trump’s Persecution of His Investigators Follows Authoritarian Playbook

by: David M. Driesen,; Truthout

Exclusives

America Was Never Great. Behind the Flag Is a Harrowing History.

America Was Never Great. Behind the Flag Is a Harrowing History.

Arguing that "America was never great" is more than controversial today: It is dangerous for those who say it.

by: Nicholas Powers,; Truthout

They Are Concentration Camps — and They Are Also Prisons

They Are Concentration Camps — and They Are Also Prisons

Asylum seekers have been ensnared by the prison-industrial complex, a system of death and destruction.

by: Maya Schenwar &; Kelly Hayes,; Truthout

In the Face of Climate Collapse, We Need the Wisdom of Elders

In the Face of Climate Collapse, We Need the Wisdom of Elders

Western industrial culture abandons elders. Now more than ever, we must instead recognize their wisdom.

by: Barbara Cecil,; Truthout

Environment & Health

A woman holds a sign with a message of support for youth againt climate change during a rally

What’s Next for the Youth Climate Lawsuit

by: Fran Korten,; YES! Magazine

At a recent vigil in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, activists urged the state legislature to expand Medicaid.

The Movement to Expand Medicaid in Southern States Is Growing

by: Rebekah Barber,; Facing South

One of the outfits promoting the efforts to counter climate lawsuits is the Progressive Policy Institute.

A Democratic Think Tank Is Promoting Pushback Against Climate Lawsuits

by: Itai Vardi,; DeSmogBlog

The American Medical Association is ignoring the 56 percent of doctors who support single-payer health care.

The AMA Is on the Wrong Side of History on Medicare of All

by: Sameena Mustafa,; Truthout

Economy & Labor

A dejected factory worker sits on the ground in an empty shipping container, unemployment, jobs

Under Trump, Manufacturing Job Growth Slows to a Trickle

by: Dean Baker,; Truthout

An angry boss towers over his employees while shouting

Capitalist Workplaces Set Bosses Up to Be Authoritarian Tyrants

by: C.J. Polychroniou,; Truthout

None of us can afford to wait on “solutions” that postpone organizing.

Beware of the “Easy” Way to Build Power. It Must Begin With Organizing.

by: Samantha Winslow,; Labor Notes

almart is one of many companies that shared a windfall from its GOP tax cut with shareholders while laying off workers.

Walmart Got a $2.2 Billion Tax Cut. Now It’s Laying Off Workers

by: Igor Derysh,; Salon

Immigration

Japanese-American Internment Survivors Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Chaos, Illness and Danger Pervade Migrant Child Jail in Texas

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

A young woman looks at shelves of books in a library

Thousands of Students Cross the US-Mexico Border Every Day to Go to College

by: Charlotte West,; The Hechinger Report

Guatemalan Luis Miguel takes care of his daughter Marisol at a pediatric intensive care unit

“Willful Recklessness”: Trump Pushes for Indefinite Family Detention

by: Renée Feltz,; Rewire.News

Racial Justice

Counter demonstrators blocked by police shout at Joey Gibson, leader of the Patriot Prayer, and other groups as they march through the streets during their rally on August 18, 2018, in Seattle, Washington.

Far-Right Group Patriot Prayer Is Declining. Thank Anti-Fascists.

by: Shane Burley,; Truthout

Ta-Nehisi Coates Argues for Reparations at Historic Congressional Hearing

Ta-Nehisi Coates Argues for Reparations at Historic Congressional Hearing

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

Reparations Are Not Just About Slavery But Centuries of Theft and Racial Terror

Reparations Are Not Just About Slavery But Centuries of Theft and Racial Terror

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

Addressing racism in the medical profession is crucial to finding solutions.

Why the Demand for Black Bone Marrow Donors Is High — and Awareness Is Low

by: Deonna Anderson,; YES! Magazine

LGBTQ Rights

A group of demonstrators gathered on December 29, 2018, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to protest "LGBTphobia" and honor 30-year-old hairdresser Plínio Henrique de Almeida Lima, who was murdered on December 21, 2018.

Legal Victory Strengthens LGBT Activists as Threat From Bolsonaro Looms

by: Jaimee A. Swift,; Truthout

A transgender pride flag waves during a protest in Chicago, Illinois, August 21, 2017.

Transgender Women Challenge State Laws Blocking Name Changes

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Community Demands Answers After Trans Black Latinx Woman Died at Rikers

Community Demands Answers After Trans Black Latinx Woman Died at Rikers

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

Apology not accepted NYPD, because you hold up a rotten system, one that increasing numbers of us want to destroy.

NYPD, Apology for Stonewall Not Accepted

by: Tatiana Cozzarelli,; Left Voice

Prisons & Policing

Limestone Correctional Facility.

Alabama Prisoners on Hunger Strike Demand End to Inhumane Conditions

by: Brian Sonenstein,; Shadowproof

A hand reaches up to dial the numbers on a blue prison phone

My Grandmother’s 20-Year Fight for Prison Phone Justice

by: Ulandis Forte,; Truthout

Sheriff's department car

Floridians Are Suing a Cop Fired for Planting Drugs in Their Vehicles

by: Katie Rose Quandt,; The Appeal

Police Held Family at Gunpoint After 4-Year-Old Took Doll

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

War & Peace

Protesters gather for an antiwar demonstration

There Aren’t Mass Marches, But There’s Still an Antiwar Movement

by: Allegra Harpootlian,; TomDispatch

"The drums of war are beating in Washington again," Sanders wrote.

Bernie Sanders Says Everything Must Be Done to Prevent US Attack on Iran

by: Jon Queally,; Common Dreams

Trump Pulls Back From Iran Attack as Bolton and Pompeo Continue to Push for War

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Ilhan Omar

War Survivor Ilhan Omar Makes Impassioned Case Against Iran Attack

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Series

How Then Shall We Live?

How Then Shall We Live?

Finding our way and peace of heart amidst global collapse.

After the Raid

After the Raid

Exposing the communal trauma of immigration enforcement.

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

Rep. Ilhan Omar and Sen. Bernie Sanders share a moment during a news conference, January 10, 2019, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Sanders and Omar’s Plan Would Wipe Out Every Outstanding Student Loan

by: Alexis Goldstein,; Truthout

Teach For America has evolved into an informal but vital ally of the charter school movement.

How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement

by: Annie Waldman,; ProPublica

Father lifts child, silhouetted against sunset

On Father’s Day, Let’s Promise Our Children We Will Not Stop Hoping

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Right-wing groups with funding from the Koch brothers have sought to create space on campuses for white nationalists.

Kochs’ Dark-Money Network Bankrolls Right-Wing “Free Speech Crisis” on Campuses

by: David Armiak &; Ralph Wilson,; PRWatch

Culture & Media

Protesters sit in a busy street and chant while holding signs, climate

Dozens Arrested in Protest Demanding New York Times Improve Climate Reporting

by: Jon Queally,; Common Dreams

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson stands at a podium

It’s Bad Journalism to Take Cops at Their Word

by: Matthew McLoughlin,; Truthout

Julian Assange Indictment “Criminalizes the News Gathering Process"

Julian Assange Indictment “Criminalizes the News Gathering Process”

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

A man in a hazmat suit walks through fog

“Chernobyl” Undermines True Socialism at a Time When We Need It Most

by: Timothy Malone,; Truthout