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November 17, 2018

News Politics & Elections

Historic Wave of Women Candidates Sweep to Power on Guam

For many in Guam, this year's elections have raised hopes for self-determination after a century of US occupation.

by Jon Letman, Truthout

November 17, 2018

Op-Ed Human Rights

Solidarity Abolishes Borders

Rejecting borders, instead of people, should be a top priority.

by William C. Anderson, Truthout

November 17, 2018

News Analysis Environment & Health

California Wildfires: Where Is the Climate Change Outrage?

The recent and ongoing catastrophic wildfires in California indicate we have crossed a dangerous threshold of warming.

by Bruce Melton, Truthout

November 17, 2018

Op-Ed Politics & Elections

House Republicans, Terrible Before the Midterms, Are Now Much Worse

The Republican Party has crossed its own event horizon.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

The flag of the USA and Guam are seen during the SMS Cormoran II 100 Years Memorial Ceremony at US Agana Navy Cemetery on April 7, 2017, in Guam, Guam. — Historic Wave of Women Candidates Sweep to Power on Guam

A man taking part in a caravan of migrants from Central American countries moving towards the United States heads to Irapuato in the state of Guanajuato on November 11, 2018, after spending the night in Queretaro in central Mexico. — Solidarity Abolishes Borders

In this aerial photo, a burned neighborhood is seen in Paradise, California on November 15, 2018. — California Wildfires: Where Is the Climate Change Outrage?

Incoming House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) emerges from the House Republican Conference accompanied by his leadership team to speak to journalists in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Wednesday November 14, 2018. — House Republicans, Terrible Before the Midterms, Are Now Much Worse

Featured

The Global Extinction Rebellion Begins

by: Dahr Jamail,; Truthout

Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon, listens during a meeting between technology executives and Donald Trump at Trump Tower, on December 14, 2016, in New York City.

Amazon HQ2 Won’t Improve Quality of Life for New York and Virginia Residents

by: Peter Gowan,; Truthout

George W. Bush Accepts Prestigious Liberty Award With Bloody Hands

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Landowners Fight the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Court

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

The flag of the USA and Guam are seen during the SMS Cormoran II 100 Years Memorial Ceremony at US Agana Navy Cemetery on April 7, 2017, in Guam, Guam.

Historic Wave of Women Candidates Sweep to Power on Guam

by: Jon Letman,; Truthout

President Trump delivers remarks on supporting veterans and military families at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 15, 2018.

Trump’s Craft Strategy: Discredit Everyone Until Nobody Believes Anything

by: Heather Digby Parton,; Salon

Incoming House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) emerges from the House Republican Conference accompanied by his leadership team to speak to journalists in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Wednesday November 14, 2018.

House Republicans, Terrible Before the Midterms, Are Now Much Worse

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Who’s Running Now? These Are the Latest 2020 Democratic Rumors

by: Robin Marty,; Care2

Economy & Labor

In the Pacific Northwest, Paraeducators Lead Their First Strike in Recent Wave

by: Dan DiMaggio,; Labor Notes

Windmills in Germany, Roetgen.

Green New Deal? Bring It! But Don’t Forget Your Union Card.

by: Lauren Burke,; Inequality.org

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a news conference following the 2018 midterm elections at the Capitol Building on November 7, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Outrage as Pelosi Pushes Tax Rule That Would “Kneecap the Progressive Agenda”

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

The STOP Walmart Act Is Rewriting the Rules of Stock Buybacks

by: Lenore Palladino,; Roosevelt Institute

Exclusives

11,000 Votes May Be Missing in Florida Congressional Race

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 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

The Narrowness of Mainstream Economics Is About to Unravel

The Narrowness of Mainstream Economics Is About to Unravel

We will all be better off when the depth and scope of capitalism's problems are openly debated.

by: Richard D. Wolff,; Truthout

Environment & Health

Press conference on chlorpyrifos, a controversial insecticide, on July 25, 2017.

Industry Studies Show Bias and Misleading Conclusions on Widely Used Insecticide

by: Brian Bienkowski,; Environmental Health News

In this aerial photo, a burned neighborhood is seen in Paradise, California on November 15, 2018.

California Wildfires: Where Is the Climate Change Outrage?

by: Bruce Melton,; Truthout

Parents Deliver Ashes of Diabetic Children to Price-Gouging Insulin Manufacturer

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

California Already Has a Housing Crisis. The Fires Just Made It Worse.

by: s.e. smith,; TalkPoverty.org

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

Battering Ram

by: Khalil Bendib,; OtherWords

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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

House GOP Is Abdicating Its Duty by Blocking Yemen Resolution

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

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

Prison & Policing

President Trump makes an announcement regarding the "First Step Act" prison reform bill at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2018.

What the Latest Bipartisan Prison Reform Gets Wrong and Why It Matters

by: Dan Berger,; Truthout

Remembering Jemel Roberson, the Chicago Security Guard Slain by Police

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

Why “Countering Violent Extremism” Programs Won’t Stop White Supremacists

by: Fatema Ahmad,; American Friends Service Committee

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

by: Kelly Hayes &; Maya Schenwar,; 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.

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The Public Intellectual

The Public Intellectual

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Education & Youth

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos listens as President Donald J. Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Thursday, Aug 16, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Betsy DeVos Faces Another Lawsuit Over For-Profit College Loans

by: s.e. smith,; Care2

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

Culture & Media

Facebook Is Pushing Anti-Semitic, Anti-Black Narratives

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

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