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November 21, 2018

Op-Ed Environment & Health

Climate Change Denial Is Raking the Ashes of Paradise

There will be more and larger fires to come, and the price to be paid will continue to rise.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

November 21, 2018

Photo Essay LGBTQ Rights

Trans Communities of Color Survive, Thrive and Fight Back

Artists and activists honor communities of color on Trans Day of Resilience.

by Jordan Scruggs, Truthout

November 21, 2018

News Environment & Health

Killing Plants Is the Fastest Way to End the World

A recent study underscores how human-caused warming could annihilate life through co-extinction of species.

by Dahr Jamail, Truthout

November 21, 2018

News Analysis Immigration

Trump’s Military Deployment to the US-Mexico Border Is Illegal

The Posse Comitatus Act forbids use of the military to enforce domestic US laws, including immigration laws.

by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout

Governor-Elect Gavin Newson, FEMA Director Brock Long, President Trump, Paradise Mayor Jody Jones and Gov. Jerry Brown tour the Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park during Trump's visit of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, on November 17, 2018. — Climate Change Denial Is Raking the Ashes of Paradise

"Butterflies and Dandelions." — Trans Communities of Color Survive, Thrive and Fight Back

A recent study underscores how human-caused global warming could annihilate life through co-extinction of species. — Killing Plants Is the Fastest Way to End the World

Trump’s Military Deployment to the US-Mexico Border Is Illegal

Featured

Native Voters Made Decisive Impact on Elections in Battleground States

by: Jacqueline Keeler,; Truthout

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

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

President Trump talks to the press as he leaves the White House in Washington, DC, on November 17, 2018.

Donald Trump’s Fascist Politics and the Language of Disappearance

by: Henry A. Giroux,; Salon

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

Politics & Elections

President Trump talks to the press as he leaves the White House in Washington, DC, for California to visit the Camp Fire disaster area on November 17, 2018.

Pro-Trump Dark Money Group’s Tax Return Reveals Millions in Undisclosed Spending

by: Anna Massoglia,; Center for Responsive Politics

Shattering Europe? Why Trump’s Paris Fiasco Really Matters.

by: Rajan Menon,; TomDispatch

What We Must Do Now: Abrams, Georgia and Something Extraordinary

by: Greg Palast,; GregPalast.com

How Newly Elected Attorneys General Could Thwart Trump’s Worst Moves

by: Lisa Needham,; Rewire.News

LGBTQ Rights

"Butterflies and Dandelions."

Trans Communities of Color Survive, Thrive and Fight Back

by: Jordan Scruggs,; Truthout

Educational institutions must once again become sites of fascist resistance and defend their trans students.

Schools Must Be Crucial Sites in the Struggle for Trans Liberation

by: Aleo Pugh and Victor Ultra Omni,; Truthout

LGBTQ activists and their supporters rally in support of transgender people on the steps of New York City Hall, October 24, 2018, in New York City.

Labor Has a Role in Defending Trans People Against Trump’s Attacks

by: Julianne Tveten,; In These Times

Three False Ideas That Anchor Anti-Trans Attacks

by: Gabriel Arkles,; Truthout

Exclusives

Climate Change Is the Product of How Capitalism “Values” Nature

Climate Change Is the Product of How Capitalism “Values” Nature

To overcome climate change, we require system change.

by: C.J. Polychroniou,; Truthout

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

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

The Republican Party has crossed its own event horizon.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

California Wildfires: Where Is the Climate Change Outrage?

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

Environment & Health

A recent study underscores how human-caused global warming could annihilate life through co-extinction of species.

Killing Plants Is the Fastest Way to End the World

by: Dahr Jamail,; Truthout

Governor-Elect Gavin Newson, FEMA Director Brock Long, President Trump, Paradise Mayor Jody Jones and Gov. Jerry Brown tour the Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park during Trump's visit of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, on November 17, 2018.

Climate Change Denial Is Raking the Ashes of Paradise

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

The sun sets behind clouds of smoke from the Camp Fire seen from Highway 70 in Marysville, California, on November 8, 2018.

Living Through California’s Wildfire Nightmare

by: Ragina Johnson,; Socialist Worker

The weed killer dicamba is drifting from fields and destroying crops. Sharon and Kelvin Dordon of Bernie, Missouri, say their tomatoes are among the casualties. Broadleaf plants flinch at the slightest drop of dicamba, which the EPA has approved for use on genetically-modified soybeans and cotton.

Scientists Warned This Weed Killer Would Destroy Crops. EPA Approved It Anyway.

by: Liza Gross,; The Center for Investigative Reporting

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

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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

How America’s Perpetual Warfare Abroad Is Fueling an Increase in White Supremacist Violence in U.S.

How Perpetual Warfare Abroad Is Fueling White Supremacist Violence in the US

by: Amy Goodman &; Juan González,; Democracy Now!

US sailors engage in field-training aboard the USS Ronald Reagan in the Philippine Sea, November 1, 2018.

Global War to Infinity and Beyond

by: Danny Sjursen,; TomDispatch

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!

Prison & Policing

These Prisoners Are Paid a Dollar an Hour to Battle California Fires

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

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

Reporters raise their hands to ask President Trump questions during a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2018.

White House Bans Follow-Up Questions From Reporters

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Facebook Aids Authoritarians Like the Philippines’ Duterte

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Don’t Be Duped by Corporate Spin: Regulation Protects Us All

by: David L. Rosen,; Truthout

Facebook Is Pushing Anti-Semitic, Anti-Black Narratives

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!