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July 23, 2018

Environment & Health

Ocean Acidification Could Amplify Climate Disruption

Ocean acidification can compromise marine ecosystems and was a key component in previous mass extinction events.

by Dahr Jamail, Truthout

July 23, 2018

Education & Youth

Rep. Jim Jordan Thinks Coaches Can Ignore “Locker Room Talk” About Abuse

It's time for the congressman to admit that he betrayed his athletes and step down, even if the GOP won't fire him.

by Caryn Ward, Truthout

July 23, 2018

Environment & Health

Food Security in Africa Requires Governmental Regulations

Food security is just as much about safety of food as it is about availability.

by Adjoa Agyeiwaa, Truthout

July 23, 2018

Politics & Elections

Here’s an Incredible Offer, Donald: Resign

Trump likes signing his name. Let him do it one last time.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

Ocean Acidification Could Amplify Climate Disruption

Rep. Jim Jordan Thinks Coaches Can Ignore “Locker Room Talk” About Abuse

Food Security in Africa Requires Governmental Regulations

President Donald Trump waves during a meeting of the National Space Council at the East Room of the White House June 18, 2018, in Washington, DC. — Here’s an Incredible Offer, Donald: Resign

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal speaks at the Voices for National Service Friends's National Service Awards on February 13, 2018. Jayapal founded the new congressional Medicare for All Caucus.

Single-Payer Advocates in Congress Double Down With Medicare for All Caucus

by: Michael Corcoran

Members of the Guatemalan Campesino Development Committee (CODECA) march to demand the resignation of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales for 'his inability to govern' and possible acts of corruption in his government, in Guatemala City on March 7, 2017.

Assassinations of Indigenous Leaders in Guatemala Trigger Fear

by: Jeff Abbott

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Attacking Income Inequality by Limiting Wealth

by: Mark Karlin

Rowhouses on Guilford Street in Baltimore, MD, taken on July 10, 2017.

Five Steps Toward Ending the Black Homeownership Crisis in the US

by: Teri Williams

Politics & Elections

Carter Page Warrant Has Trump Claiming Russian Interference Is All a “Hoax”

by: Heather Digby Parton

Corporate Democrats Plan “Counterrevolution” in the Midst of Progressive Success

by: Jake Johnson

Cropped Hands Of Judge By Gravel At Table

Trump-Appointed Judges Are Already Limiting Abortion and Birth Control

by: Robin Marty

President Donald Trump waves during a meeting of the National Space Council at the East Room of the White House June 18, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Here’s an Incredible Offer, Donald: Resign

by: William Rivers Pitt

Human Rights

The Arrival: Trump’s Travel and Refugee Ban

by: Salima Hamirani

About 10,000 people protested against family separation during the March and Day of Action on June 30, 2018, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

ICE Was Designed to Terrorize Immigrant Communities

by: Janine Jackson

Migrant Children Detained in Shelters Are Being Drugged

by: Amy Goodman

From Crib to Court: Trump Administration Summons Immigrant Infants

by: Christina Jewett; Shefali Luthra

Exclusives

Deported by Trump, Migrants Press Mexican President-Elect for Support

Deported by Trump, Migrants Press Mexican President-Elect for Support

Helping US returnees reintegrate is just as important as stimulating the economy, say migrant support groups.

by: José Luis Granados Ceja

Kavanaugh Scorns International Law and Loves Executive Power

Kavanaugh Scorns International Law and Loves Executive Power

If confirmed, Kavanaugh will almost certainly defer to a law-breaking president.

by: Marjorie Cohn

Even Fox Commentators Agree: Putin’s Helsinki Hustle Humiliated Trump

Even Fox Commentators Agree: Putin’s Helsinki Hustle Humiliated Trump

Following the debacle in Helsinki, Republicans in Congress have a decision to make.

by: William Rivers Pitt

Environment & Health

Food Security in Africa Requires Governmental Regulations

by: Adjoa Agyeiwaa

Ocean Acidification Could Amplify Climate Disruption

by: Dahr Jamail

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Children With Disabilities Endure Long Waits for Life-Changing Medical Equipment

by: Jocelyn Wiener

A business man looks at a virtual screen with data imposed over a cityscape.

Health Insurers Are Collecting Your Data — And Could Raise Your Rates

by: Marshall Allen

Economy & Labor

There Is No Summer Vacation for Parents in the Gig Economy

by: Debbie Weingarten

Cover to Striking to Survive

Chinese Workers Strike Against Runaway Factories

by: Eve Ottenberg

Charles Wells, 63, who earns the minimum wage with his job at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport shows off his weathered wallet before starting his shift in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday, August 30, 2016. Wells barely makes enough money to metro back and forth to work for his job.

DC Council Should Listen to Voters Who Want to Raise Wages for Tipped Workers

by: Venorica Tucker

Congress Finally Introduces Bill to Address Sexual Harassment at Work

by: Mike Ludwig

Art & Cartoons

The Path to the Supreme Court

by: Tom Tomorrow

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Economy & Labor

Attacking Income Inequality by Limiting Wealth

Redistribution is not enough; we need an economy that generates less inequality in the first place.

by: Mark Karlin

Book

The Case for a Maximum Wage

Can inequality be abated not just through a minimum wage, but also through a maximum wage? Would this leading to a world without the super rich?

War & Peace

Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo Push Confrontation With Iran

by: Amy Goodman

Kings Bay Plowshares: Activists Secretly Entered a Nuclear Submarine Base

by: Amy Goodman

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks with White House National Security Advisor John Bolton before a news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House, on June 7, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Bolton and Pompeo Reportedly Lead Push to “Foment Unrest” in Iran

by: Jake Johnson

International civilian protection officer, Rufus Moiseemah, helps open access to remote areas of South Sudan so they can receive humanitarian assistance.

Why Unarmed Civilian Protection Is the Best Path to Sustainable Peace

by: Annie Hewitt

Prison & Policing

ICE: The Making of an American Gestapo

by: Justin Akers Chacón

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Chicago Judge’s Bond Decision Is Model for a More Just Pretrial System

by: Matthew McLoughlin

Dogs guarding a site under the M1 motorway on June 11, 2018, in Bedfordshire, England.

Using Dogs as a Tool of Racist Repression

by: Alex Moyle

Los Angeles’s “Counter-Terrorism” Program Could Sweep 10 Million Into Dragnet

by: Sophia DenUyl

Series

After the Raid: The Communal Trauma of Immigration Enforcement

After the Raid: The Communal Trauma of Immigration Enforcement

Visions of 2018

Visions of 2018

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Planet or Profit

Planet or Profit

Progressive Picks

Progressive Picks

The Public Intellectual

The Public Intellectual

Education & Youth

Rep. Jim Jordan Thinks Coaches Can Ignore “Locker Room Talk” About Abuse

by: Caryn Ward

Bill Gates standing at the Elysee Palace on April 16, 2018, in Paris, France.

“They’ve Been Doing This Massive, Anti-Democratic Model of Education Reform”

by: Janine Jackson

Residents participate in an end-of-school-year peace march and rally on June 15, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

High School Massacres Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg Among Youth Gun Deaths

by: Gary Younge

Affirmative Action in Jeopardy With New DOJ Order and Retirement of Justice Kennedy

by: Amy Goodman

Media Justice

A Win for Net Neutrality Activists: First House Republican Backs Effort to Reinstate Protections

by: Jessica Corbett

Katrina vanden Heuvel: We Need “Robust Debate” in Reporting on Russia, Not “Suffocating Consensus”

We Need Robust Debate in Reporting on Russia, Not Suffocating Consensus

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

Meet the Reporter Dragged from Trump-Putin Press Conference for Trying to Ask About Nuclear Treaty

Reporter Dragged From Helsinki Meeting After Trying to Ask About Nuclear Treaty

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

The headquarters of the Sinclair Broadcast Group is shown April 3, 2018, in Hunt Valley, Maryland.

Ajit Pai Drafts Order That Could Be “Deal Killer” for Sinclair Merger

by: Jessica Corbett

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EPA Monitoring of Lead in Drinking Water Needs to Be Strengthened, New Report Urges

Commentary

EPA Monitoring of Lead in Drinking Water Needs to Be Strengthened, New Report Urges

by: Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash

California Hit Its Climate Goal Early, But Its Largest Source of Pollution Keeps Rising

by: Tony Barboza and Julian H. Lange, Los Angeles Times

Sanders's Wing of the Party Terrifies Moderate Dems. Here's How They Plan to Stop It.

by: Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News

Let's Get the Facts Straight About Mueller and His Investigation

by: Klaus Marre and Donkeyhotey, Who.What.Why.