Truthout

June 22, 2018

Economy & Labor

The GOP’s New Tax Plan: A Distraction That Could Throw the Midterm Elections

The timing of this legislation -- which would make permanent many of the tax cuts from the original plan -- is no mistake.

by Lindsay Koshgarian, Truthout

June 22, 2018

Politics & Elections

Noam Chomsky on Fascism, Showmanship and Democrats’ Hypocrisy in the Trump Era

Amid the hypocritical posturing of both parties, Trump's severe assault on the common good continues.

by C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout

June 22, 2018

Under the US Deportation Regime, Activists Are Policing Themselves

Fear of immigration policing is causing activists to restrict their engagement in community life.

by Maria Ibarra-Frayre, Truthout

June 22, 2018

Trump Ends Family Separations by Detaining Whole Families Indefinitely

No plan is in place to return already-separated children to their families.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

The GOP’s New Tax Plan: A Distraction That Could Throw the Midterm Elections

Noam Chomsky on Fascism, Showmanship and Democrats’ Hypocrisy in the Trump Era

Under the US Deportation Regime, Activists Are Policing Themselves

Trump Ends Family Separations by Detaining Whole Families Indefinitely

Human Rights

No One Knows What Will Happen Now to Separated Migrant Children

by: Amy Goodman; Nermeen Shaikh

Mass Demonstrations at LaGuardia Airport as Kids Ripped From Parents Arrive in New York

by: Jake Johnson

Trump’s Act of State Terrorism Against Children

by: Henry A. Giroux

Under the US Deportation Regime, Activists Are Policing Themselves

by: Maria Ibarra-Frayre

War & Peace

Seymour Hersh on Torture at Abu Ghraib and Secret US Assassination Programs

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

US ships conduct replenishment-at-sea while operating in the Indo-Pacific region, March 29. 2018.

Girding for Confrontation: The Pentagon’s Provocative Encirclement of China

by: Michael T. Klare

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump walk during their summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island on June 12, 2018, in Singapore.

North Korea Agreed to Denuclearize, but When Will the US?

by: Marjorie Cohn

Yemeni war-affected women and girls queue to receive the dinner meal provided by a local charity group on June 10, 2018 in Sana’a, Yemen.

Coalition Ignores Famine Warnings and Continues Assault on Yemen as Critics Question US Complicity

by: Jessica Corbett

Special Features

The Nightmare Is Now: Stolen Children in a Country of Cages

The Nightmare Is Now: Stolen Children in a Country of Cages

The frightened pleas of children at the border echo a larger nightmare.

by: Kelly Hayes

How to Stop Child Separation? Stop Sending Their Parents to Prison.

How to Stop Child Separation? Stop Sending Their Parents to Prison.

Immigrant parents are facing decades in prison for simply migrating.

by: Jacinta González

Charlottesville Continues to Be a Battlefield Between Far-Right Forces and Protesters

Charlottesville Continues to Be a Battlefield Between Far-Right Forces and Protesters

Those who acted in self-defense against white supremacist terrorism are still being prosecuted.

by: Sarah Jaffe

The War on Children Under Neoliberal Fascism

The War on Children Under Neoliberal Fascism

The cruel separation of children evokes memories of similar horrific practices in US history.

by: Henry A. Giroux; Mickey Huff

Politics & Elections

US Supreme Court Decision a “Roadmap” for a Ruling on Partisan Gerrymandering Case

by: Mary Bottari

When the GOP Went Off the Rails

by: Kurt Andersen

Charlottesville Continues to Be a Battlefield Between Far-Right Forces and Protesters

by: Sarah Jaffe

Noam Chomsky on Fascism, Showmanship and Democrats’ Hypocrisy in the Trump Era

by: C.J. Polychroniou

Environment & Health

From New Orleans to the DNC, Pressure Builds to Cut Ties to Fossil Fuel Industry

by: Christine Baniewicz

ALEC’s Deadly Asbestos Agenda Benefits Koch Industries, Nationwide

by: Don Wiener; Mary Bottari

Believing We Have a Functional EPA is Worse Than Having a Non-Functional EPA

Believing We Have a Functional EPA Is Worse Than Having a Non-Functional EPA

by: Lorna Garano

Water Restored to Majority of Puerto Rico, but Problems Persist

by: Carmen Heredia Rodriguez

Economy & Labor

How Donald Trump’s Trade Wars Could Lead to a Great Depression

by: Nomi Prins

The GOP’s New Tax Plan: A Distraction That Could Throw the Midterm Elections

by: Lindsay Koshgarian

After Tax Cuts for Richest, House GOP Unveils $5.4 Trillion Attack on Nation’s Safety Net

by: Jake Johnson

Tea pickers tie up sacks of fresh tea leaves in Kerala, India.

Forced Labor Remains Common in Tea and Cocoa Industries, Despite Certification Programs

by: s.e. smith

Art & Cartoons

It’s All Pointless!

by: Tom Tomorrow

Americans Separated From Their Decency

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Politics & Elections

When the GOP Went Off the Rails

An excerpt of Kurt Andersen's "Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire."

by: Kurt Andersen

Book

Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History

The United States was founded one foot on jingoism and one foot on fantasy. Facts don't matter as much a world outlook that is anything but reality based.

Prison & Policing

GEO Group and Private Prisons Stand to Profit as Trump Pushes Indefinite Family Detention

by: Amy Goodman; Nermeen Shaikh

ICE Killed Roxsana Hernandez

by: Lea Ramirez

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is introduced at a police academy graduation and promotion ceremony in the Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier on June 15, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.

The Administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel Keeps Monitoring Protesters

by: Mick Dumke

Shifting Politics on 287(g) Immigration Enforcement

by: Sue Sturgis

Education & Youth

Authors, teachers, and parents are upset about Scholastic’s President Donald Trump by Joanne Mattern, saying the biography leaves out his racism, misogyny, xenophobia to the point of inaccuracy.

Scholastic Under Fire for Children’s Book Portrayal of Trump

by: Lornet Turnbull

Lawyer seated behind scales of justice

Staggering Debt and Shattered Hopes: How Law Schools Fail Students of Color

by: Erin L. Thompson

A student works at his desk

Eligible for Financial Aid, Nearly a Million Students Never Get It

by: Meredith Kolodner

FBI agent on a computer

Is the FBI Profiling Students to Interview Without Parental Consent?

by: Huma Yasin

Media Justice

Seymour Hersh: Media Today Must Cover Yemen and Trump Policy, Not Get Distracted by Tweets

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

“Not the End of Net Neutrality,” Say Internet Defenders, but Beginning of “Most Important Battle Yet”

by: Jessica Corbett

Actress Roseanne Barr at The Paley Center for Media on March 26, 2018, in New York City.

Roseanne and TV Myths About the Working Class

by: Elizabeth Schulte

The Denver Post and other skyscrapers on July 18, 2016, in Denver, Colorado.

Following Massive Layoffs, the Denver Post Is in Distress

by: Janine Jackson

Buzzflash

Buzzflash.com provides original commentary and progressive news aggregation.

Colorado Will Defy the EPA's Loosening of Emission Standards

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Colorado Will Defy the EPA's Loosening of Emission Standards

by: Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash

Supreme Court ruling lets states require online retailers to collect sales tax

by: Linda Wheeler and Naomi Jagoda, The Hill

Trump, Kim and the Nuclear Status Quo

by: Robert C. Koehler, BuzzFlash

Seattle's Ban on Plastic Straws and Utensils Begins July 1

by: Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch