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January 17, 2019

The Trump administration views children not as the promise of a future, but as a threat to the present.

News Analysis Politics & Elections

Born Disposable: Trump’s War on Youth

The Trump administration views children not as the promise of a future, but as a threat to the present.

by Henry A. Giroux, Truthout

January 17, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 15: Attorney general nominee William P

News Prisons & Policing

William Barr Is a Danger to Civil Rights

Barr is willing to jail journalists if he believes "they're putting out stuff that would hurt the country.”

by Mike Ludwig, Truthout

January 17, 2019

Activist Protest Cuts To Long Term Health Care

News Environment & Health

Congress Considers Bill to Defend Freedom of People With Disabilities

Many with disabilities are forced into institutions instead of receiving essential services at home.

by Jen Deerinwater, Truthout

January 17, 2019

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Op-Ed Immigration

Rebuke of Trump’s Census Plan Gives Immigration Activists Hope

Trump's insidious attempt to use the census to isolate immigrants has faced a setback in federal court.

by Marisa Franco, Truthout

The Trump administration views children not as the promise of a future, but as a threat to the present.Giroux — Born Disposable: Trump’s War on Youth

William Barr Is a Danger to Civil Rights

Protestors from ADAPT, a grassroots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, block the sidewalk along the north side of the White House, September 20, 2010, in Washington, DC. — Congress Considers Bill to Defend Freedom of People With Disabilities

Rebuke of Trump’s Census Plan Gives Immigration Activists Hope

Featured

Dahr Jamail's latest book bears witness to the destruction of our natural world due to climate change.

To Take Down Fossil Fuels, We Must Abandon Capitalism

by: Anton Woronczuk,; Truthout

President Trump bows his head during a prayer as he participates in a roundtable discussion on border security with state, local and community leaders in the Cabinet Room on the 21st day of the partial government shutdown at the White House on Friday, January 11, 2019, in Washington, DC.

Will the Longest Shutdown in US History End in a Power Grab?

by: Lindsay Koshgarian,; Truthout

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell returns to the US Capitol from a meeting at the White House January 9, 2019, in Washington, DC. The GOP is hiding in plain sight as more Trump-Russia ties are exposed.

The Republican Party Is a Pack of Cowards

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Teachers, retired teachers and parents show their support for the United Teachers of Los Angeles in front of Venice High School in Venice, California, on January 10, 2019.

LA Teachers Demand Moratorium on Charters as Strike Begins

by: Candice Bernd,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

The Trump administration views children not as the promise of a future, but as a threat to the present.Giroux

Born Disposable: Trump’s War on Youth

by: Henry A. Giroux,; Truthout

Attorney General nominee William Barr is sworn in prior to testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee January 15, 2019, in Washington, DC.

Attorney General Nominee Raked in Millions From Corporate America

by: Derek Seidman,; Eyes on the Ties

Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke gives his concession speech during the election night party at Southwest University Park in downtown El Paso on November 6, 2018.

From Beto to Oprah, Undeclared 2020 Candidates Already Backed by Outside Groups

by: Raymond Arke,; Center for Responsive Politics

As Government Shutdown Drags On, IRS Continues to Aid the Rich

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

LGBTQ Rights

A US flag and a pride rainbow flag overlap in the crowd during a marriage equality rally in West Hollywood, California, celebrating the Supreme Court's ruling on June 26, 2015.

Will the Supreme Court Keep LGBTQ Workers From Being Fired?

by: Jessica Mason Pieklo,; Rewire.News

Eight LGBTQ-Led Social Justice Struggles the Corporate Media Missed in 2018

by: Toshio Meronek,; Truthout

Progressive parents and educators are fighting to make sex ed inclusive, informative and relevant.

Sex Ed Programs Face Anti-LGBTQ Backlash

by: Eleanor J. Bader,; Truthout

"Events like QueerBomb are hugely important because of the ways in which they try to take inspiration from the radical queer past and for the ways in which they try to shed light on the organizations that are trying to extend the legacies of that past."

The LGBTQ Movement Needs to Revisit Its Radical Past to Thrive

by: Samantha Borek,; Truthout

Exclusives

A Planet in Crisis: The Heat’s on Us

A Planet in Crisis: The Heat’s on Us

We have a finite amount of time left to coexist with significant parts of the biosphere.

by: Dahr Jamail,; Truthout

Trump’s Government Shutdown Furthers Native Genocide

Trump’s Government Shutdown Furthers Native Genocide

The lack of treaty-guaranteed essential services has put Indigenous lives in peril.

by: Jen Deerinwater,; Truthout

Trump Is Building a Great Case for His Own Impeachment

Trump Is Building a Great Case for His Own Impeachment

If this thing drags on, the shutdown itself will become an absolute justification for impeachment.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Environment & Health

Protestors from ADAPT, a grassroots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, block the sidewalk along the north side of the White House, September 20, 2010, in Washington, DC.

Congress Considers Bill to Defend Freedom of People With Disabilities

by: Jen Deerinwater,; Truthout

President Trump and Paradise Mayor Jody Jones view damage from the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, on November 17, 2018.

Trump Wants to Punish California Wildfire Victims by Withholding Funds

by: s.e. smith,; Care2

A chunk of ice drifts to the shore during a rainstorm on the coast of Qassiarsuk, Greenland. This was once a much larger piece of ice, possibly an iceberg, but it has melted to about one meter in height.

The World Will End in Fire

by: David Swanson,; Let's Try Democracy

The Gulkana Glacier in the Alaska Range, like most glaciers globally, is losing mass rapidly. Some experts predict that every alpine glacier in the world will be gone by 2100.

A Planet in Crisis: The Heat’s on Us

by: Dahr Jamail,; Truthout

Economy & Labor

Theresa May’s Brexit Deal Goes Down in Historic Defeat

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Los Angeles Teachers Strike Against Privatization and Underfunding

Los Angeles Teachers Strike Against Privatization and Underfunding

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

People’s Action members affected by the housing crisis traveled to Washington from New York, Los Angeles and Chicago to meet with lawmakers in December.

It’s Time for a Homes Guarantee

by: Tara Raghuveer,; Campaign for America's Future

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee Rita Silva-Martins holds her dog, Mochi, in Natick, Massachusetts, on January 10, 2019. Because federal funding for the TSA lapsed on December 22, her paycheck is in danger. Unless a deal is brokered soon to reopen the government, her finances are on a collision course with President Trump's fight for $5 billion to build a wall on the southern border.

Shutdown Is Another Reason US Poor Can’t Bank on a Safety Net

by: Jamila Michener,; The Conversation

Art & Cartoons

A Horrible Crisis at Our Southern Border!

by: Matt Bors,; Andrews McMeel Syndication

No Government, No Problem

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A chunk of ice drifts to the shore during a rainstorm on the coast of Qassiarsuk, Greenland. This was once a much larger piece of ice, possibly an iceberg, but it has melted to about one meter in height.

Environment & Health

The World Will End in Fire

The vanishing of ice from Earth is helping to rapidly render this planet uninhabitable.

by: David Swanson,; Let's Try Democracy

Book

The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption

From award-winning Truthout staff reporter Dahr Jamail, The End of Ice is “assiduously researched, profoundly affecting, and filled with vivid evocations of the natural world." (Kirkus Reviews)

War & Peace

Off-the-books bases, such as the one at al-Tanf in Syria near the border with Iraq and Jordan, remain hidden for a reason. The Pentagon doesn’t want to talk about them.

Bases, Bases, Everywhere — Except in the Pentagon’s Report

by: Nick Turse,; TomDispatch

President Trump speaks during a surprise visit to the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House with representatives of National Border Patrol Council on day 13 of a partial government shutdown, January 3, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Will Trump Consign Humans to the Fate of the Dinosaurs?

by: Tom Engelhardt,; TomDispatch

The US should make reparations for the devastation it has wreaked in Afghanistan and Syria.

Notorious CIA-Backed Units Will Remain in Afghanistan

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

Pentagon Rings in New Year With Joke About Dropping Massive Bombs on People

by: Jon Queally,; Common Dreams

Prison & Policing

William Barr Is a Danger to Civil Rights

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Florida Pardons Men Falsely Accused in Jim Crow-Era Rape Case in 1949

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

William Barr, nominee to be attorney general, meets with Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley on Wednesday, January 9, 2018.

AG Nominee William Barr Endorsed “More Incarceration”

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Mariame Kaba on Criminalization of Sexual Violence Survivors

Finally, Clemency for Sexual Violence Survivor Cyntoia Brown

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

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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Education & Youth

As many as half of America’s college students face campus hunger.

More Solutions Needed for Campus Hunger

by: Suzanna Martinez,; The Conversation

As student debt grows, grassroots organizations keep pushing for sweeping change on a national level.

How Activists Are Moving the Dial on Student Loan Debt

by: Siona Peterous,; Inequality.org

US Corporations Are Micromanaging Curricula to Miseducate Students

by: Eve Ottenberg,; Truthout

Letting kids in class is a welcoming gesture that can set the stage for or accompany the more systemic and substantive supports that student parents need for success.

Kids in the Classroom Can Help Single Moms Rise From Poverty

by: Lornet Turnbull,; YES! Magazine

Culture & Media

A live demonstration uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition in a dense crowd at the Horizon Robotics exhibit at the Las Vegas Convention Center during the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 10, 2019.

Tech Companies Urged Not to Sell Facial Recognition to Governments

by: Jessica Corbett,; Common Dreams

Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered in Union Square on April 6, 2018, to show solidarity with the tens of thousands of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. An unconstitutional bill, called the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, is being considered by Congress and would criminalize such organizing and calls for boycotts.

People Are Mobilizing Against the Crackdown on Dissent

by: Janine Jackson,; FAIR

Members of American Legion Post 416 watch President Trump speak on January 8, 2019, in Encinitas, California.

Life in the United States of Trump: Confronting “Alternative Facts”

by: Rebecca Gordon,; TomDispatch

Sen. Elizabeth Warren addresses the media outside of her home after announcing she formed an exploratory committee for a 2020 presidential run on December 31, 2018 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Media Did Not Make Up Native Anger Over Elizabeth Warren

by: Nick Martin,; Splinter News