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August 21, 2018

US Leaders Aid and Abet War Crimes in Yemen

The Lockheed Martin bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was sold as part of a US-Saudi arms deal.

by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout

August 21, 2018

Honduran Prosecutors Withhold Evidence in Berta Cáceres Murder Case

Cáceres's family is questioning why suspects' electronic devices were never subjected to analysis.

by Sandra Cuffe, Truthout

August 21, 2018

Education & Youth

In Wake of Trump, Radicalism Soars on Campus

Can this new anti-Trump energy on campus be harnessed to fight for broader societal changes?

by David Marino Jr., Truthout

August 21, 2018

Environment & Health

Sixth Mass Extinction Ushers In Record-Breaking Wildfires and Heat

As the Earth burns, Trump and his people continue to put profits over preservation of life.

by Dahr Jamail, Truthout

People are seen near a bus destroyed by an airstrike that killed dozens of children earlier this week, on August 12, 2018, in Saada, Yemen. — US Leaders Aid and Abet War Crimes in Yemen

Berta Cáceres addresses thousands of protesters in the Honduran capital following the 2009 coup d'état. — Honduran Prosecutors Withhold Evidence in Berta Cáceres Murder Case

Protesters from Students For a Democratic Society demonstrate on the University of Utah campus against an event where right wing speaker Ben Shapiro is speaking on September 27, 2017, in Salt Lake City, Utah. — In Wake of Trump, Radicalism Soars on Campus

Sixth Mass Extinction Ushers In Record-Breaking Wildfires and Heat

Featured

Creating a Public Bank in the Financial Capital of the World

by: Laura Flanders

Self-Managed Abortion Care Becomes Urgent as Threats to “Roe v. Wade” Mount

by: Katie Klabusich

Water Protectors Charged With Felonies Under Louisiana’s Anti-Protest Law

by: Mike Ludwig

Politics & Elections

Former US Rep. Newt Gingrich addresses the press following his visit with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower on November 21, 2016, in New York City. Gingrich is listed on the invite for ALEC's 45th Gala.

ALEC Will Celebrate 45th Gala With GOP Stars and Lobbyists at Trump Hotel

by: David Armiak; Arn Pearson

Why White House Counsel Don McGahn Has Donald Trump Extremely Worried

by: Heather Digby Parton

North Carolina Legislature’s Power Grab Disregards Basic Principles of Democracy

by: Wendy R. Weiser; Daniel I. Weiner

The Money Behind Neo-Confederate Corey Stewart’s US Senate Campaign

by: Sue Sturgis

Human Rights

Berta Cáceres addresses thousands of protesters in the Honduran capital following the 2009 coup d'état.

Honduran Prosecutors Withhold Evidence in Berta Cáceres Murder Case

by: Sandra Cuffe

Sister Simone Campbell: Catholic Sex Abuse Stems from “Monarchy” & Exclusion of Women from Power

Catholic Sex Abuse Stems From Monarchy and Exclusion of Women From Power

by: Amy Goodman

ICE Guards in Texas Separate Fathers and Sons Who Had Just Been Reunited

by: Amy Goodman

ICE Arrests Husband Taking Pregnant Wife to Hospital, Forcing Her to Drive Alone

by: Amy Goodman

Exclusives

Child Abuse, the Catholic Church and the Justice of Real Consequences

Child Abuse, the Catholic Church and the Justice of Real Consequences

This unfathomable abuse must end.

by: William Rivers Pitt

Newly Released FBI Files Expose Red-Baiting of Woody Guthrie

Newly Released FBI Files Expose Red-Baiting of Woody Guthrie

FBI records show the folk singer's surveillance continued even after he stopped performing due to Huntington's disease.

by: Aaron J. Leonard

Activists With Diabetes Take on the Global Insulin Crisis

Activists With Diabetes Take on the Global Insulin Crisis

T1 International has flipped the script on health care advocacy with patients leading the fight for accessible insulin.

by: Fran Quigley

Environment & Health

Wind turbines in Ireland.

If Ireland Can Get Out of Fossil Fuels, Your Town Can Too

by: Celia Bottger

Water Protectors Take Action to Keep Pipeline Out of Marginalized Communities

by: Jen Marlowe

Sixth Mass Extinction Ushers In Record-Breaking Wildfires and Heat

by: Dahr Jamail

Fish kill on South Lido Beach, Florida.

Supercharged by Pollution, Florida’s Toxic Algae Crisis Continues Unabated

by: Julie Dermansky

Economy & Labor

China's President Xi Jinping waits for the arrival of Britain's Prince Andrew at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 29, 2018.

Beijing’s Bid for Global Power in the Age of Trump

by: Alfred W. McCoy

“There’s an Alternative to the Hierarchical, Top-Down Capitalist Corporation”

by: Janine Jackson

Why Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism Act Will Be Good for Shareholders

by: Yves Smith

Senator Elizabeth Warren hosts a town hall meeting at Belkin Family Lookout Farm in Natick, Massachusetts, on July 8, 2018.

Warren Unveils Plan to Give Workers More Control Over Corporate Decisions

by: Jake Johnson

Art & Cartoons

Wheel of Dystopia

Wheel of Dystopia

by: Jen Sorensen

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"Demonstration for Palestine" by Elaine Mokhtefi; oil on canvas, 2012.

Human Rights

“Danger” Wasn’t a Word We Knew: Elaine Mokhtefi and the Panthers in Algiers

Algiers, Third World Capital, is a rare glimpse into the work of the international arm of the Black Panther Party.

by: Susie Day

Book

Algiers, Third World Capital: Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers

A dizzying era of passion and promise that took place in the then revolutionary government of Algeria. A riveting memoir of international radical activism.

War & Peace

People are seen near a bus destroyed by an airstrike that killed dozens of children earlier this week, on August 12, 2018, in Saada, Yemen.

US Leaders Aid and Abet War Crimes in Yemen

by: Marjorie Cohn

The Militarization of Sports and the Redefinition of Patriotism

by: William J. Astore

Yemeni journalist Ahmad Algohbary holds up a piece of the US-made bomb which killed 40 children last week.

US-Made Bomb Hit School Bus in Attack That Killed 40 Yemeni Children

by: Julia Conley

A US Marine conducts a rifle test at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, February 8, 2018.

The US War of Abysmal Repetition in Afghanistan

by: Tom Engelhardt

Prison & Policing

National Prison Strike Begins: Prisoners in 17 States Demand End to “Slave Labor” Behind Bars

Prisoners in 17 States Demand End to “Slave Labor” Behind Bars

by: Amy Goodman

Immigrants prepare to become American citizens at a naturalization service on January 22, 2018, in Newark, New Jersey.

Is Citizenship and Immigration Services Conspiring With ICE?

by: s.e. smith

Supporters of Florida's prison strike rally in January.

Incarcerated People in 17 US States Plan Prison Strike

by: Julia Conley

Photo of Woody Guthrie, circa 1940.

Newly Released FBI Files Expose Red-Baiting of Woody Guthrie

by: Aaron J. Leonard

Series

After the Raid: The Communal Trauma of Immigration Enforcement

After the Raid: The Communal Trauma of Immigration Enforcement

Visions of 2018

Visions of 2018

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Planet or Profit

Planet or Profit

Progressive Picks

Progressive Picks

The Public Intellectual

The Public Intellectual

Education & Youth

Demonstrators rally for the removal of a Confederate statue coined Silent Sam on the campus of the University of Chapel Hill on August 22, 2017, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Students and other protesters tore the statue down on August 20, 2018.

North Carolina Protesters Topple Confederate Statue “Silent Sam”

by: Jake Johnson

Teacher comforts child

How Native American Children Benefit From Trauma-Informed Schools

by: Tanya H. Lee

Protesters from Students For a Democratic Society demonstrate on the University of Utah campus against an event where right wing speaker Ben Shapiro is speaking on September 27, 2017, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In Wake of Trump, Radicalism Soars on Campus

by: David Marino Jr.

Lawyer leaving legal library

Law Students Fighting Trump Agenda Won’t Find Support at Their Schools

by: Osama Alkhawaja

Media Justice

Jake Tapper Admits CNN “Fact Check” on Medicare for All Was Not Factual

by: Jake Johnson

We Will Resist Trump’s Authoritarian War on the Media

by: Mike Ludwig

Danny Glover and Lakeith Stanfield in Sorry to Bother You.

Danny Glover on New Film “Sorry to Bother You” and the Myth of a Postracial US

by: Zenobia Jeffries

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Nationwide Prisoner Strike Launched to Protest Inhumane Conditions

Commentary

Nationwide Prisoner Strike Launched to Protest Inhumane Conditions

by: Bill Berkowitz, BuzzFlash

The Fight for "Roe v. Wade" Needs to Be Intersectional

by: Amie Newman, BuzzFlash

Michael Cohen Reaches Plea Deal

by: Sara Boboltz, HuffPost

EPA unveils New Trump Plan Gutting Obama Power Plant Rules

by: Miranda Green, The Hill