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February 15, 2019

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Op-Ed Politics & Elections

Is Trump’s National Emergency a Step Toward Fascism?

The tragic history of fascism teaches us that we must resist Trump's "emergency" with all our might.

by Mark Bray, Truthout

February 15, 2019

President Trump Delivers State Of The Union Address To Joint Session Of Congress

News Analysis War & Peace

Trump Moves the World Closer to “Doomsday”

Trump’s withdrawal from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty has incited a dangerous arms race.

by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout

February 15, 2019

The Resist Reimagine Rebuild Coalition (formed in response to the Trump administration) organized a march on May Day 2017 to draw the connections between racial justice and economic justice.

Op-Ed Politics & Elections

We Need to Defend Progressive Politicians From Right-Wing Attacks

The work that starts the day after elections is key.

by Barbara Ransby, Truthout

February 15, 2019

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News Analysis Politics & Elections

The Shutdown as Shock Doctrine

The right wing could use the shutdown as a pretext to accelerate cuts to public services it deems "inessential."

by Basav Sen, Truthout

President Trump arrives at a rally in El Paso, Texas, on February 11, 2019. — Is Trump’s National Emergency a Step Toward Fascism?

President Trump arrives before delivering the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 5, 2019, in Washington, D.C. — Trump Moves the World Closer to “Doomsday”

The Resist Reimagine Rebuild Coalition (formed in response to the Trump administration) organized a march on May Day 2017 to draw the connections between racial justice and economic justice. — We Need to Defend Progressive Politicians From Right-Wing Attacks

A once vibrant Joshua tree has been severed by high winds, according to park rangers, on January 8, 2019, at Joshua Tree National Park in Joshua Tree, California. Initial reports had attributed the damage to vandals who had entered the park, but rangers now say the tree was felled by natural causes. — The Shutdown as Shock Doctrine

Featured

Yemenis look at a building destroyed in Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa on February 1, 2019.

House Democrats Slam Trump on Yemen and Venezuela

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Chairman Richard Burr, center, arrives for a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence confirmation hearing in Hart Building on May 9, 2018.

Republicans Deny Collusion as Manafort Busted Again

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Prison rights activists and relatives of the incarcerated protest outside the Metropolitan Detention Center on February 4, 2019, in the Sunset Park neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The federal prison lost power and heat for at least a week during a polar vortex.

This Valentine’s Day, Let’s Choose Love Over Borders

by: adrienne maree brown,; Truthout

Hunger strikers in a Texas immigration jail are risking their lives to draw attention to the inhumane conditions.

Incarcerated Immigrants Are Being Tortured

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

The Resist Reimagine Rebuild Coalition (formed in response to the Trump administration) organized a march on May Day 2017 to draw the connections between racial justice and economic justice.

We Need to Defend Progressive Politicians From Right-Wing Attacks

by: Barbara Ransby,; Truthout

Omar Is Being Attacked Because She Poses a Challenge to White Supremacy

by: Jonah ben Avraham,; Socialist Worker

Anti-Trump marchers gather for the "March for Truth" in El Paso, Texas, on February 11, 2019.

Massive Protests Planned to Fight Trump’s National Emergency Power Grab

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke arrives at the U.S. Capitol prior to the service for former President George H.W. Bush on December 3, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

The Lobbying Swamp Is Flourishing in Trump’s Washington

by: Derek Kravitz,; ProPublica

LGBTQ Rights

Trump Administration Wants to Deny Health Care to LGBTQ People

by: s.e. smith,; Rewire.News

An Antiwar Response to Trump’s Anti-Trans Military Ban Is Possible

by: Matthew Byrne,; Truthout

Protesters demonstrate in opposition to President Trump's tweets proposing to ban transgender people from military service during an action on July 26, 2017, in New York City.

Remember That Anti-Trans Memo? Its Threat Hasn’t Vanished.

by: Hannah Walker &; Mik Kinkead,; Truthout

Even though the new law apparently won't stop the Catholic Church, civil rights activists look forward to Colorado joining 14 states and Washington, DC, that have conversion-therapy bans for minors on the books.

Colorado’s Ban on “Conversion Therapy” Won’t Stop the Catholic Church

by: Jason Salzman,; Rewire.News

Exclusives

Resisting the Weaponization of Ignorance in the Age of Trump

Resisting the Weaponization of Ignorance in the Age of Trump

We most recently saw the weaponization of ignorance exemplified in Trump’s disingenuous 2019 State of the Union address.

by: Henry A. Giroux,; Truthout

The Last Time the US Wanted a Wall, 70,000 People Were Sterilized

The Last Time the US Wanted a Wall, 70,000 People Were Sterilized

Eugenicists behind the U.S.'s forced sterilizations during the last century also wanted a border wall.

by: Jorge Juan Rodríguez V,; Truthout

In Venezuela, White Supremacy Is a Key Driver of the Coup

In Venezuela, White Supremacy Is a Key Driver of the Coup

The so-called uprising is, in part, a furious backlash against sharing power with mixed-race Venezuelans like Maduro.

by: Greg Palast,; Truthout

Environment & Health

In Mexican border towns, big discount drugstores, as well as small pharmacies like this one in Tijuana, market their less expensive medicines to U.S. tourists.

Americans Cross Border Into Mexico to Buy Insulin at a Fraction of US Cost

by: Bram Sable-Smith,; Kaiser Health News

Private homes surround Sunoco's 20-inch gas liquids pipeline along a right-of-way, October 5, 2017, in Marchwood, Pennsylvania.

Energy Transfer Pipeline Projects on Hold After String of Violations

by: Sharon Kelly,; DeSmogBlog

Governor Northam's racist photo is proof that even those sworn to "do no harm" routinely betray that trust.

Ralph Northam’s Yearbook Photo Is a Symptom of Racism in Medicine

by: Dr. Nia Heard-Garris &; Dr. O.N. Ray Bignall II,; Truthout

Dahr Jamail on Climate Disruption From the Melting Himalayas to Extinction

A Third of the Himalaya Ice Cap Will Melt by 2100

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

Economy & Labor

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attends the Women's March on January 19, 2019, in New York City.

Ocasio-Cortez Cheers After Amazon Scraps Planned New York Campus

by: Joseph Neese,; Salon

Furloughed federal workers and those aligned with them protest the partial government shutdown in the Hart Senate Office Building January 23, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

The Last Shutdown Shows How Precarious Federal Jobs Have Become

by: Hana Sarfan,; Inequality.org

The distribution of income is not something that just happens. It depends on how we structure the economy.

The Distribution of Income Depends on How We Structure the Economy

by: Janine Jackson,; FAIR

Denver Teachers Strike Over Bonus-Based Pay System

Denver Teachers Strike Over Bonus-Based Pay System

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

Art & Cartoons

Medicare for all: threat or menace?

Medicare for All: Threat or Menace?

by: Tom Tomorrow,; This Modern World

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A man walks past a mosaic depicting late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) and Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro on a wall in Caracas on January 30, 2019.

Politics & Elections

Neoliberal Ties Doomed Latin America’s Leftist Political Tide

We must be willing to criticize Latin American governments from the left, says author Mike Gonzalez.

by: Mike Gonzalez,; Pluto Press

Book

The Ebb of the Pink Tide: The Decline of the Left in Latin America

In the past few years, Latin America’s left have suffered many setbacks and reactionary challenges, leading many to wonder whether the “Pink Tide” is now on the wane.

War & Peace

President Trump arrives before delivering the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 5, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Trump Moves the World Closer to “Doomsday”

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882-1967) was a major political figure in the modern history of Iran and served as prime minister of that country until he was overthrown in a joint U.S.-British coup. This photograph was taken around 1965 in Ahmadabad, Iran.

The Suffering of the Iranian People Has “Made in USA” Stamped on It

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

In the upcoming season of presidential politics, the nuclear question belongs at the top of every candidate’s agenda.

World’s Most Dangerous Nuclear Weapon Rolls Off Assembly Line

by: James Carroll,; TomDispatch

National Guard soldiers walk past a flag in the newly remodeled National Guard Armory in Natick, Massachusetts, on October 26, 2018. National Guard members are now deployed in at least 56 countries around the world.

National Guard Recruits Sign On for “Once a Month” — Then Sent to War

by: Rebecca Gordon,; TomDispatch

Prison & Policing

What Happened at the Brooklyn Jail Is Part of a Deeper Human Rights Crisis

by: Bonnie Kerness,; American Friends Service Committee

Cities Across US Are Stripping Homeless People of Their Autonomy

by: Toshio Meronek &; Tory Becker,; Truthout

A protest sign leans against a wall during the Occupy4Prisoners Rally at San Quentin Prison in Marin County, California, on February 20, 2012.

The Future of the Prison Abolition Movement

by: Salima Hamirani,; Making Contact

Passersby walk under a surveillance camera which is part of a facial recognition technology test at Berlin Suedkreuz station on August 3, 2017, in Berlin, Germany.

Face Surveillance Is a Uniquely Dangerous Technology

by: Janine Jackson,; FAIR

Series

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How Then Shall We Live?

Finding our way and peace of heart amidst global collapse.

After the Raid

After the Raid

Exposing the communal trauma of immigration enforcement.

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Marjorie Cohn analyzes human rights and executive branch lawbreaking.

Planet or Profit

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Education & Youth

One Year After Parkland, 1,200 More Kids Are Dead by Gunfire

One Year After Parkland, 1,200 More Kids Are Dead by Gunfire

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

Corporate Greed and Criminalizing Teachers in Atlanta School Cheating Scandal

The Untold Story Behind the Atlanta School Cheating Scandal

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

Melissa Somerville's first grade class participates in Trayvon Martin Memorial Day as part of the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action.

All Schools Should Teach Students That Black Lives Matter

by: Eisa Nefertari Ulen,; Truthout

President Trump hosts a roundtable with Latino pastors on the 35th day of the partial government shutdown, the longest in US history, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Friday, January 25, 2019, in Washington, DC.

Trump Supports “Bible Literacy” Classes in Public Schools

by: s.e. smith,; Care2

Culture & Media

A Trump supporter was restrained after violently attacking a BBC cameraman at President Trump's rally in El Paso, Texas, on Monday night.

BBC Journalist Violently Attacked at Rally After Trump’s Anti-Press Rant

by: Julia Conley,; Common Dreams

Migrants view a live televised speech by President Donald Trump on border security at a shelter for migrants on January 8, 2019, in Tijuana, Mexico.

The Problem Is Not “Fake News.” It’s the Noise That Drowns Out the News.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Gritty incarnation Fellow Worker Gritty is a cultural critic, organizer and icon haunting fascist dreams.

Meet Fellow Worker Gritty, the Anti-Fascist Mascot

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Indigenous and front-line communities demonstrate against climate profiteers and the fossil fuel industry on September 13, 2018, in San Francisco, California.

Indigenous Narratives Hold Power to Revolutionize Societal Views

by: Janine Jackson,; FAIR