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October 23, 2018

Right-Wing Fantasies About Gender Are Killing Trans People

The Trump administration's new plan to redefine gender threatens to roll back decades of efforts by trans advocates.

by Dean Spade, Truthout

October 23, 2018

Politics & Elections

How Billionaires Bought Kavanaugh’s Seat on the Supreme Court

Justice Kavanaugh is a major win for the right-wing project to restore corporate power through the courts.

by Calvin F. Exoo, Truthout

October 23, 2018

Environment & Health

Don’t Fall for the GOP’s Cheap Tricks on Preexisting Health Conditions

The Republicans are trying to make insurance unaffordable for people with health problems.

by Dean Baker, Truthout

October 23, 2018

Education & Youth

US Air Force Admits F-35 Will Harm Health and Learning of Vermont Children

The push to base the F-35 at Burlington Airport shows a callous disregard for the poor children of color living nearby.

by James Marc Leas, Truthout

Right-Wing Fantasies About Gender Are Killing Trans People

How Billionaires Bought Kavanaugh’s Seat on the Supreme Court

Don’t Fall for the GOP’s Cheap Tricks on Preexisting Health Conditions

The push to base the F-35 at Burlington Airport shows a callous disregard for the poor children of color living nearby. — US Air Force Admits F-35 Will Harm Health and Learning of Vermont Children

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Brazil's right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro leaves after casting his vote during the general elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 7, 2018.

Social Media War in Brazil Pushes Far-Right Candidate Toward Presidency

by: Michael Fox,; Truthout

Khashoggi’s Murder and Saudi War Crimes in Yemen Were Facilitated by US

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton speak onstage during the SeriousFun Children's Network Gala at Pier 60 on May 23, 2017, in New York City.

The Longest Goodbye: Why the Clintons Need to Leave the Stage

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Activists Draw Their Own Electoral Map to End Racial Gerrymandering

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

To Hell With Civility: Voters Have the Right to Yell at Mitch McConnell

by: Heather Digby Parton,; Salon

More College Students Expected to Vote in 2018 Midterms

by: Staff,; The Conversation

How Billionaires Bought Kavanaugh’s Seat on the Supreme Court

by: Calvin F. Exoo,; Truthout

Florida Supreme Court, taken on January 16, 2018.

State Supreme Courts Thwart GOP Politicians’ Court-Packing Plans

by: Billy Corriher,; Facing South

Human Rights

Israeli Human Rights Group Slams Country’s New “Zero Tolerance” Policy at UN

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

"The Disaster Is the Colony": Street graffiti in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Struggle Over Communications Infrastructure in Puerto Rico

by: Janine Jackson,; FAIR

“Feminist Freedom Warriors” Project Seeks to Build Global Solidarity

by: Donna Nevel,; Truthout

Some children held overnight in office buildings – which had no kitchens, showers or yards – were among those separated from their families under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy.

ICE Gave $185 Million Deal to Defense Contractor Under Investigation

by: Vanessa Swales,; The Center for Investigative Reporting

Exclusives

The Terrible Trump Portrait That Explains Everything

The Terrible Trump Portrait That Explains Everything

Nixon, Reagan and W. Bush made Donald Trump possible.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

The Proud Boys Have Revived Far-Right Gang Terror With GOP Support

The Proud Boys Have Revived Far-Right Gang Terror With GOP Support

GOP support emboldened the Proud Boys to commit brazen acts of violence in New York on October 12.

by: Shane Burley,; Truthout

Trump’s Attack on Medicare for All Has Industry Fingerprints All Over It

Trump’s Attack on Medicare for All Has Industry Fingerprints All Over It

It’s no surprise that the health insurance industry went right to the White House.

by: Wendell Potter,; Truthout

Environment & Health

Jair Bolsonaro Is a Looming Threat to Global Climate and the Amazon

by: Jenny Gonzales,; Mongabay

In the past decade, Congress has received $79 million from 68 pharmaceutical political action committees run by employees of companies that make drugs.

New Database Reveals Extent of Drug Makers’ Patronage of Lawmakers

by: Emmarie Huetteman &; Sydney Lupkin,; Kaiser Health News

Don’t Fall for the GOP’s Cheap Tricks on Preexisting Health Conditions

by: Dean Baker,; Truthout

A recent study has linked the pesticide to reduced bumblebee reproduction.

Dow Wants to Bolster Use of a Pesticide Shown to Hurt Bees’ Reproduction

by: Brian Bienkowski,; Environmental Health News

Economy & Labor

Teamsters, Working Families United, National TPS Alliance, LA County Federation of Labor, CARECEN, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) gathered together for a rally in Wilmington on October 3, 2018. This marked the end of a 3-day strike by truckers and warehouse workers.

Unions Can Protect Workers From Deportation

by: Heather Gies,; In These Times

Seven thousand hotel workers across the US are on strike against Marriott, the world’s largest hotel chain.

Marriott Workers Strike, Spanning Seven Time Zones

by: Samantha Winslow,; Labor Notes

Two ATMs on a street in San Francisco, California

How Banks Slid Into the Payday Lending Business

by: Pat Garofalo,; TalkPoverty.org

To this day, domestic workers aren’t covered by OSHA or civil rights employment laws.

Black Domestic Workers Demand Better Pay, Professionalism and Respect

by: Negin Owliaei,; Inequality.org

Art & Cartoons

Prince of Fraud

by: Matt Bors,; Andrews McMeel Syndication

A Taxing Day at the Polls

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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

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2019 Peace Calendar

War & Peace

Anniversary of Afghan Invasion Passes With Little Attention

by: Tom Engelhardt,; TomDispatch

Nuclear Arms Race Feared as US Quits Key Treaty With Russia

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

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn before boarding Marine One at the White House on October 13, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Experts Alarmed Over Trump’s Plan to Ditch Nuclear Arms Control Treaty

by: Jessica Corbett,; Common Dreams

Netanyahu Attacks Israeli Human Rights Group for Criticizing Occupation at UN

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Prison & Policing

Most dollars spent on fighting domestic violence go to the criminal justice system.

The Violence Against Women Act Is Unlikely to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence

by: Leigh Goodmark,; The Conversation

Censorship further enhances isolation, which is particularly acute for LGBTQ prisoners.

Illinois Prisons Sued for Unconstitutional Ban on LGBTQ Literature

by: Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg,; Truthout

The facade of the San Francisco Hall of Justice, a courthouse which is part of the criminal court of the city of San Francisco, California, on October 13, 2017.

San Francisco’s Earthquake-Unsafe Jail Leaves Prisoners in Peril

by: Toshio Meronek,; Truthout

Demonstrators protest as they celebrate the verdict in the murder trial of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke along Michigan Avenue on October 5, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

In Convicting Van Dyke, Chicago Jury Rejected Broader Policing Norms

by: Sheila A. Bedi &; David Anderson Hooker,; USA TODAY

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

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Education & Youth

The push to base the F-35 at Burlington Airport shows a callous disregard for the poor children of color living nearby.

US Air Force Admits F-35 Will Harm Health and Learning of Vermont Children

by: James Marc Leas,; Truthout

Technology Access Gap Leaves Millions of Students Struggling to Keep Up

by: Eleanor J. Bader,; Truthout

Unaffordable Higher Education Leads to Low Graduation Rates

by: Eleanor J. Bader,; Truthout

The cost of going to college is consuming a larger portion of household income, particularly for students and families of color who already face structural barriers to education and employment.

Students Are Paying More at Public Colleges and Getting Less in Return

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Culture & Media

Facebook Accused of “Full-Frontal Suppression of Dissent”

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

New Internet Bill of Rights Introduced in Wake of Digital Privacy Breaches

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Colonizing Histories and Rebranding Pocahontas

by: Maile Arvin,; Truthout

Tangled in the Garden of Good and Evil

by: Norman Solomon,; The Nation

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Front Porch Politics: Asking Voters Directly What Matters to Them

Commentary

Front Porch Politics: Asking Voters Directly What Matters to Them

by: Jim Hightower, BuzzFlash

The Midterms Have the Power to Usher in an Era of Climate Action

by: Alex Steffen, Mother Jones

The Women's Wave Is Coming. Republicans Should Be Worried.

by: Linda Sarsour, Winnie Wong and Tamika Mallory, Guardian

Mueller Team Hunting Down Contact Between Trump Associates, WikiLeaks

by: Kate Riga, TPM