Truthout

May 23, 2019

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.

News Analysis War & Peace

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

May 23, 2019

Nancy Pelosi speaks to members of the media after a House Democrats meeting at the Capitol

Op-Ed Politics & Elections

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

Speaker Pelosi is running the towering risk of becoming Speaker Have-My-Cake-And-Eat-It-Too.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

May 23, 2019

Women dressed as characters from the novel-turned-TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale” stand in an elevator at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington D.C. on September 4, 2018.

Op-Ed Reproductive Rights

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

May 23, 2019

Donald Trump speaks into a microphone while surrounded by a black foreground

Op-Ed Politics & Elections

Trump’s War on the Constitution Has Reached a Breaking Point

It is time to salvage this thought experiment we call a country.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

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

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

Women dressed as characters from the novel-turned-TV series "The Handmaid's Tale" stand in an elevator at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington D.C. on September 4, 2018. — Abortion Bans and the Beast the GOP Would Feed Us To

Donald Trump speaks into a microphone while surrounded by a black foreground — Trump’s War on the Constitution Has Reached a Breaking Point

Featured

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Honduran Labor Fight Reveals Exploitation Behind the Migrant Crisis

by: Michael Galant,; Truthout

Protesters backs are seen as they march for voting rights

Racist Voter Suppression Made Alabama’s Abortion Ban Possible

by: Sabrina Joy Stevens,; Truthout

Donald Trump

Deutsche Bank Has Rolled on Donald Trump

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Rep. Barbara Lee is at the forefront of efforts in Congress to sunset the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.

As Iran Tensions Rise, Congress Moves to Curb Trump’s War Powers

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

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!

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

Deadly Protests Erupt in Indonesia as US-Trained Generals Wage War on Democracy

Deadly Protests Erupt in Indonesia as US-Trained Generals Wage War on Democracy

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

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin about his involvement with Sears, a financially troubled American retailer.

AOC and Warren Have Some Tough Questions for Mnuchin About Sears’s Collapse

by: Jessica Corbett,; Common Dreams

Exclusives

The “Auntie Network” Already Exists

The “Auntie Network” Already Exists

Abortion funds provide an organizing framework for the current crisis.

by: Kelly Hayes,; Truthout

Trump’s “Genocidal” Tweets Against Iran Come With a Price

Trump’s “Genocidal” Tweets Against Iran Come With a Price

With Bolton, Netanyahu and the Saudis driving his Iran policy, Trump has few sensible options.

by: Trita Parsi,; Truthout

Deal or No Deal, the Rivalry Between the US and China Will Intensify

Deal or No Deal, the Rivalry Between the US and China Will Intensify

We need an international socialism built on working-class solidarity to end this imperialist rivalry.

by: Ashley Smith,; Truthout

Environment & Health

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Trump Administration Wants to Fund More “Clean Coal” Failures

by: Sharon Kelly,; DeSmogBlog

A lit display case showcases several containers of Monsanto's RoundUp

Monsanto’s Next Legal Battle Over Roundup Is in Its Hometown

by: Carey Gillam,; Environmental Health News

How Poor Oversight and Fraud in Generic Drug Industry Threatens Patients’ Health

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Smokestacks release smog into the air while surrounded by plastic garbage

Plastics Industry on Track to Burn 14 Percent of World’s Remaining Carbon Budget

by: Sharon Kelly,; DeSmogBlog

Economy & Labor

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Striking Ohio Hospital Workers Remain United, Head to Bargaining Table

by: Roland Reed,; Truthout

Workers prepare to load pipes onto a ship at the port in Lianyungang, China's eastern Jiangsu province, on January 14, 2019.

Deal or No Deal, the Rivalry Between the US and China Will Intensify

by: Ashley Smith,; Truthout

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Trump’s Trade War With China Is Waged to Make the Rich Richer

by: Dean Baker,; Truthout

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez prepares to speak at the National Action Network's annual convention on April 5, 2019, in New York City.

Even GOP Voters Are Applauding AOC and Sanders for Taking on Lenders

by: Sasha Abramsky,; 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

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

Movement Grows to Free Black Women From Jail for Mother’s Day

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Ilhan Omar smiles while carrying her daughter

I’m Somali, a US Resident and Muslim, and Ilhan Omar Represents Me

by: Miski Noor,; Truthout

LGBTQ Rights

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

Julia Beck testifies on the reauthorization the Violence Against Women Act

House Republicans Use “Lesbian Radical Feminist” to Advance Anti-Trans Rhetoric

by: Heron Greenesmith,; 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

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

The Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial in Marseilles, Illinois, consists of polished granite panels listing the names of those killed during various phases of U.S. "forever wars." The panels now contain more than 8,000 names.

The Town Where Presidents Should Be Forced to Confront “Forever Wars”

by: Andrew J. Bacevich,; TomDispatch

Palestinian amputees break their Ramadan fast at a community center in Rafah, which was destroyed by Israeli warplanes.

1,700 Youths in Gaza Face Amputation Due to Israeli Sniper Violence

by: Phyllis Bennis,; OtherWords

With Bolton, Netanyahu and the Saudis driving his Iran policy, Trump has few sensible options.

Trump’s “Genocidal” Tweets Against Iran Come With a Price

by: Trita Parsi,; Truthout

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Education & Youth

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

States control who gets federally supported child care assistance and few prioritize parents pursuing education.

Just 13 Percent of Child Care Assistance Goes to Parents in School

by: Lillian Mongeau,; The Hechinger Report

If politics are kept out of the classroom, the right wing will grow

If Classrooms Are “Free of Politics,” the Right Wing Will Grow

by: Henry A. Giroux,; Truthout

Culture & Media

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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

In Avengers: Endgame, we see the price of political failure.

“Avengers: Endgame” Is a Liberal War Cry

by: Nicholas Powers,; Truthout

The "secure" digital channel is a lucrative myth marketed by the tech industry.

Whistleblower’s Arrest Shows Even “Secure” Platforms Are Vulnerable

by: Bill Blunden,; Truthout