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August 23, 2019

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Op-Ed Politics & Elections

Trump Tried — and Failed — to Slash and Burn Foreign Aid Programs

For now, Congress has prevailed, but foreign aid spending remains firmly in Trump's crosshairs.

by Sasha Abramsky, Truthout

August 23, 2019

ITEC fair for military and weapons technology

News Culture & Media

Western Militaries Are Using Virtual Reality for Propaganda and Recruitment

The U.S. military is giving potential recruits an "immersive" experience but without the horrors of PTSD.

by Simon Chandler, Truthout

August 23, 2019

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Fugitive Operations Team members on a raid in Los Angeles

News Analysis Economy & Labor

ICE Raids Benefit Bosses by Creating Fear in Workers

Punishing employers won't help the workers, but repealing laws and policies that make raids possible will.

by David L. Wilson, Truthout

August 23, 2019

The darkened sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil is picture on August 19, 2019. Residents reported black rain, while studies by two universities confirmed that the rainwater contains fire residues.

News Environment & Health

The Amazon Is Dying and Bolsonaro Is Fanning the Flames

Jair Bolsonaro has worked at breakneck speed to eliminate environmental regulations.

by Dahr Jamail, Truthout

Trump Tried — and Failed — to Slash and Burn Foreign Aid Programs

Western Militaries Are Using Virtual Reality for Propaganda and Recruitment

ICE Raids Benefit Bosses by Creating Fear in Workers

The darkened sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil is picture on August 19, 2019. Residents reported black rain, while studies by two universities confirmed that the rainwater contains fire residues. — The Amazon Is Dying and Bolsonaro Is Fanning the Flames

Featured

A prisoner shines a torch from the main ICE detention center in downtown Los Angeles, California, on July 14, 2019.

Trump’s Reinstatement of Indefinite Family Detention Could Kill People

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

President Trump stops to talk to reporters and members of the media as he walks to Marine One to depart from the South Lawn at the White House on August 7, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Trump’s Greenland Comments Follow Tradition of Violent Colonialism

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Pro-choice activists, politicians and others associated with Planned Parenthood gather for a news conference and demonstration at City Hall against the Trump administrations Title X rule change on February 25, 2019, in New York City.

Why the LGBTQ Community Should Be Worried About Trump’s Gag Rule

by: Julianna S. Gonen,; Truthout

We should be focused on dealing with the environmental crisis while we still have time to do so, says Chomsky.

Chomsky: By Focusing on Russia, We Ignore Trump’s Existential Threat to Climate

by: David Barsamian,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Trump Primary Challengers Would Face Big Money Problem

by: Jessica Piper,; Center for Responsive Politics

Trump Tried — and Failed — to Slash and Burn Foreign Aid Programs

by: Sasha Abramsky,; Truthout

People react as President Trump speaks to supporters at a rally on August 15, 2019, in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Henry A. Giroux: Neoliberal Capitalism Sets the Stage for Fascism

by: Kelly Wilkins,; Media For Us

A protester holds a sign reading "Resisting tyrants since Pharoah" during a protest

Progressive Jews Hit Back After Trump’s Anti-Semitic Smear

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Exclusives

The Return of the Federal Death Penalty Is an Attack on Democracy

The Return of the Federal Death Penalty Is an Attack on Democracy

The death penalty is not just a human rights violation -- it's a warning of repression to come.

by: Lacino Hamilton,; Truthout

GOP’s Response to Inequality Crisis? More Tax Cuts for the Rich, of Course.

GOP’s Response to Inequality Crisis? More Tax Cuts for the Rich, of Course.

I'm a wealthy investor. Trump's proposal would save me and other big investors billions. This is wrong.

by: Morris Pearl,; Truthout

Living in Two Worlds: Capitalism Pretends All Is Well While the World Is Burning

Living in Two Worlds: Capitalism Pretends All Is Well While the World Is Burning

As the climate crisis escalates, we must develop strategies for living while recognizing the contradictions at hand.

by: Dahr Jamail &; Barbara Cecil,; Truthout

Environment & Health

Brazil Faces Global Outrage as Massive Fires Spread in Amazon Rainforest

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Sanders Campaign Calls on Candidates to Unite Against DNC, Demand Climate Debate

by: Jon Queally,; Common Dreams

Bolsonaro Wants to Occupy the Amazon to Obstruct Multiracial Conservation Plans

by: Manuella Libardi,; openDemocracy

The darkened sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil is picture on August 19, 2019. Residents reported black rain, while studies by two universities confirmed that the rainwater contains fire residues.

The Amazon Is Dying and Bolsonaro Is Fanning the Flames

by: Dahr Jamail,; Truthout

Economy & Labor

ICE Raids Benefit Bosses by Creating Fear in Workers

by: David L. Wilson,; Truthout

Donald Trump makes a face while seated in a chair

Amid Warnings of Recession, Trump Proposes More Tax Cuts for the Rich

by: Igor Derysh,; Salon

JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon (L), AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson (C) and Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg (R) speak during the Business Roundtable (BRT) CEO Innovation Summit

A Bunch of CEOs Want to Fix Capitalism. You Can’t Fix Anything Built on Slavery.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

A group of 21 Republicans led by Sen. Ted Cruz (2nd L) wrote a letter pushing for a move that would save wealthy investors billions of dollars a year.

GOP’s Response to Inequality Crisis? More Tax Cuts for the Rich, of Course.

by: Morris Pearl,; Truthout

Immigration

Sen. Merkley Condemns Trump’s Decision to Indefinitely Jail Migrant Kids

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Trump Administration Builds a Language Wall to Further Thwart Migrant Rights

by: Aisha Maniar,; One Small Window

Demonstrators protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Trump administration's immigration policies at Daley Plaza, June 30, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

Former Staffer Details Abuse Inside Chicago Child Detention Center

by: Ramona Benitez,; It's Going Down

An Artist Is Placing Crosses in Sonoran Desert to Memorialize Migrant Deaths

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Racial Justice

Justice Department Admits It Emailed Judges a Link to a White Nationalist Site

by: Shira Tarlo,; Salon

2020 Candidates Address Missing Indigenous Women at Native American Forum

2020 Candidates Address Missing Indigenous Women at Native American Forum

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Bernie Sanders Backs Rescinding Medals for Wounded Knee Massacre

Bernie Sanders Backs Rescinding Medals for Wounded Knee Massacre

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Elizabeth Warren stands in a field with a microphone

Elizabeth Warren Announces Plan to Protect Black Farm Ownership

by: Lizzie Presser,; ProPublica

LGBTQ Rights

Philadelphia's Transgender community rallied in Love Park in Center City Philadelphia before marching through downtown to demand basic human and civil rights in Philadelphia, on October 6, 2018.

Trump DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Legalize Firing Workers for Being Transgender

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Queer activists display anti-trump signs during a march

New Trump Rule Allows Federal Contractors to Fire LGBTQ Employees

by: Sophia Tesfaye,; Salon

Guatemalan candidate for the Vamos party, Alejandro Giammattei, votes at a polling station in Guatemala City on June 16, 2019, during general elections.

Presidential Candidates in Guatemala’s Election Oppose LGBTIQ+ Rights

by: Aisling Walsh,; OpenDemocracy

Queer Liberation March Returns Pride to Radical Roots

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Prisons & Policing

Reflections of people are seen as they gaze into an execution chamber

The Return of the Federal Death Penalty Is an Attack on Democracy

by: Lacino Hamilton,; Truthout

Emerald Garner Responds to the Firing of Officer That Killed Her Father

Emerald Garner Responds to the Firing of Officer That Killed Her Father

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

An exterior shot of the Manhattan Correctional Center, a brick building festooned with barbed wire

No One in Jail “Gets Better” on Suicide Watch

by: Alan Mills,; Truthout

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks onstage at Georgia International Convention Center on August 17, 2019, in College Park, Georgia.

Sanders Unveils Plan to “Fundamentally Transform” Criminal Legal System

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

War & Peace

Deadly Bombings as US-Taliban Peace Talks Continue Without Afghanistan

As Deadly Bombings Devastate Afghanistan, US-Taliban Peace Talks Continue

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

U.S. Marine Corps recruits complete obstacles during the Crucible at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, February 21, 2019.

We Can’t Confront Climate Change While Lavishly Funding the Pentagon

by: JP Sottile,; Truthout

Soldiers stand amidst clouds of dust

Candidates Must Commit to Immediate US Withdrawal From Afghanistan

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft sits on the flight line as a wall of fire detonates behind it during an air show at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, October 3, 2010.

Military Might Is Our National Religion

by: William J. Astore,; TomDispatch

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Education & Youth

In Chicago, Assata’s Daughters Fight for Radical Change Through Youth Mentoring

by: Staff,; Brave New Films

Trump supporters display signs and shout during a rally

Henry Giroux: Now Is the Time to Break the Spectacle of Ignorance and Violence

by: Brad Evans,; LA Review of Books

Mother and child work together in kitchen.

Could California’s Investment in Child Care Be a Model for the Country?

by: Zaidee Stavely,; The Hechinger Report

Students raise hands in class

How #MeToo Is Changing Sex Ed Policies — Even in Red States

by: Keren Landman,; Kaiser Health News

Culture & Media

Western Militaries Are Using Virtual Reality for Propaganda and Recruitment

by: Simon Chandler,; Truthout

Catholic nuns, priests, advocates and immigrants demonstrate to pressure Trump and Congress to end the practice of detaining immigrant children in the Russell Senate Office Building on July 18, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

The Christian Left, Appalled by Treatment of Migrants, Is Reviving in America

by: Laura E. Alexander,; The Conversation

Angela Davis, Nikki Giovanni and Sonia Sanchez Pay Tribute to Toni Morrison

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison’s Black Art Spoke in a Nation That Would Silence Us

by: Eisa Nefertari Ulen,; Truthout