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June 23, 2018

Economy & Labor

Capitalism, Politics and Immigration: A Tale of Profitable Suffering

The capitalist drive for profit at the cost of human life and dignity must be cast aside.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

June 23, 2018

Economy & Labor

Is Amazon the US’s Most Anti-Worker Company?

The company seeks out "union avoidance" consultants and staff with a knowledge of anti-union tactics.

by John Logan, Truthout

June 23, 2018

Politics & Elections

Mass Protests Sweep Vietnam for the First Time in Decades

Tens of thousands took to the streets to protest bills on cyber security and new special economic zones.

by Vu Quoc Ngu, Waging Nonviolence

June 23, 2018

Migrant Children Sent to Shelters With Histories of Abuse Allegations

Taxpayers have paid more than $1.5 billion to companies operating shelters accused of serious lapses in care.

by Aura Bogado, Patrick Michels, Vanessa Swales, Edgar Walters, The Center for Investigative Reporting

A Cuban man seeking asylum waits along the border bridge after being denied into the Texas city of Brownsville which has become dependent on the daily crossing into and out of Mexico on June 22, 2018, in Brownsville, Texas. — Capitalism, Politics and Immigration: A Tale of Profitable Suffering

Workers process arriving merchandise in Amazon logistics center DUS2, a 110,000 sq. meters plant established in 2011, in Rheinberg, Germany, December 2, 2014. — Is Amazon the US’s Most Anti-Worker Company?

Vietnamese protesters shout slogans against a proposal to grant companies lengthy land leases during a demonstration in Ho Chi Minh City on June 10, 2018. — Mass Protests Sweep Vietnam for the First Time in Decades

The Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children on June 19, 2018 in Homestead, FL. — Migrant Children Sent to Shelters With Histories of Abuse Allegations

Human Rights

People arrive outside the US Supreme Court before Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is heard on December 5, 2017, in Washington, DC.

Religion Cannot Be Used to Justify Discrimination in the Marketplace

by: Janine Jackson

The Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children on June 19, 2018 in Homestead, FL.

Migrant Children Sent to Shelters With Histories of Abuse Allegations

by: Aura Bogado; Patrick Michels; Vanessa Swales; Edgar Walters

ICE Detention Is “Soul-Destroying”: Eritrean Immigrant Dies by Suicide After US Deports Him

by: Amy Goodman

Substandard Medical Care in ICE Detention Is Killing Immigrants, Endangering Lives

by: Amy Goodman

War & Peace

Seymour Hersh on Torture at Abu Ghraib and Secret US Assassination Programs

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

US ships conduct replenishment-at-sea while operating in the Indo-Pacific region, March 29. 2018.

Girding for Confrontation: The Pentagon’s Provocative Encirclement of China

by: Michael T. Klare

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump walk during their summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island on June 12, 2018, in Singapore.

North Korea Agreed to Denuclearize, but When Will the US?

by: Marjorie Cohn

Yemeni war-affected women and girls queue to receive the dinner meal provided by a local charity group on June 10, 2018 in Sana’a, Yemen.

Coalition Ignores Famine Warnings and Continues Assault on Yemen as Critics Question US Complicity

by: Jessica Corbett

Special Features

How to Stop Child Separation? Stop Sending Their Parents to Prison.

How to Stop Child Separation? Stop Sending Their Parents to Prison.

Immigrant parents are facing decades in prison for simply migrating.

by: Jacinta González

Why Is the US Silent About Mexico’s New Internal Security Law?

Why Is the US Silent About Mexico’s New Internal Security Law?

The law allows the military to intervene on behalf of extractive industries and development projects.

by: Santiago Navarro F.; Renata Bessi

Under the US Deportation Regime, Activists Are Policing Themselves

Under the US Deportation Regime, Activists Are Policing Themselves

Fear of immigration policing is causing activists to restrict their engagement in community life.

by: Maria Ibarra-Frayre

Politics & Elections

Vietnamese protesters shout slogans against a proposal to grant companies lengthy land leases during a demonstration in Ho Chi Minh City on June 10, 2018.

Mass Protests Sweep Vietnam for the First Time in Decades

by: Vu Quoc Ngu

Democratic Party's presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's supporters show their sorrow as the results indicate the Republican Party's presidential nominee Donald Trump's victory for the 2016 Presidential Elections at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, NY, on November 9, 2016.

The Hope of a “Blue Wave” Is Dangerous to Democracy

by: Chris Winters

President Donald Trump, with US Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke (L) and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, speaks in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 7, 2017.

Scott Pruitt Is an Ethics Nightmare, But So Is Ryan Zinke

by: David Halperin

The Poor People’s Campaign Goes to Congress

by: Sarah Anderson; Karla Molinar Arvizo

Environment & Health

If You’ve Got Hepatitis C, Spitting Can Be a Felony

by: Michelle Andrews

From New Orleans to the DNC, Pressure Builds to Cut Ties to Fossil Fuel Industry

by: Christine Baniewicz

ALEC’s Deadly Asbestos Agenda Benefits Koch Industries, Nationwide

by: Don Wiener; Mary Bottari

Believing We Have a Functional EPA is Worse Than Having a Non-Functional EPA

Believing We Have a Functional EPA Is Worse Than Having a Non-Functional EPA

by: Lorna Garano

Economy & Labor

An Arizona teacher holds up a sign in front of the State Capitol during a #REDforED rally on April 26, 2018, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Unwieldy Health Costs Often Stand Between Teachers and Fatter Paychecks

by: Emmarie Huetteman

Workers process arriving merchandise in Amazon logistics center DUS2, a 110,000 sq. meters plant established in 2011, in Rheinberg, Germany, December 2, 2014.

Is Amazon the US’s Most Anti-Worker Company?

by: John Logan

A Cuban man seeking asylum waits along the border bridge after being denied into the Texas city of Brownsville which has become dependent on the daily crossing into and out of Mexico on June 22, 2018, in Brownsville, Texas.

Capitalism, Politics and Immigration: A Tale of Profitable Suffering

by: William Rivers Pitt

Workplace Deaths Are Rising. Trump-Era Budget Cuts Could Make It Worse.

by: Bruce Vail

Art & Cartoons

Your ‘Law and Order’ Candidate

by: Khalil Bendib

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Politics & Elections

When the GOP Went Off the Rails

An excerpt of Kurt Andersen's "Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire."

by: Kurt Andersen

Book

Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History

The United States was founded one foot on jingoism and one foot on fantasy. Facts don't matter as much a world outlook that is anything but reality based.

Prison & Policing

Trump Has Called for Pentagon to Make Beds Available for 20,000 Children at US Military Bases

by: Julia Conley

GEO Group and Private Prisons Stand to Profit as Trump Pushes Indefinite Family Detention

by: Amy Goodman; Nermeen Shaikh

ICE Killed Roxsana Hernandez

by: Lea Ramirez

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is introduced at a police academy graduation and promotion ceremony in the Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier on June 15, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.

The Administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel Keeps Monitoring Protesters

by: Mick Dumke

Education & Youth

Authors, teachers, and parents are upset about Scholastic’s President Donald Trump by Joanne Mattern, saying the biography leaves out his racism, misogyny, xenophobia to the point of inaccuracy.

Scholastic Under Fire for Children’s Book Portrayal of Trump

by: Lornet Turnbull

Lawyer seated behind scales of justice

Staggering Debt and Shattered Hopes: How Law Schools Fail Students of Color

by: Erin L. Thompson

A student works at his desk

Eligible for Financial Aid, Nearly a Million Students Never Get It

by: Meredith Kolodner

FBI agent on a computer

Is the FBI Profiling Students to Interview Without Parental Consent?

by: Huma Yasin

Media Justice

Seymour Hersh: Media Today Must Cover Yemen and Trump Policy, Not Get Distracted by Tweets

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

“Not the End of Net Neutrality,” Say Internet Defenders, but Beginning of “Most Important Battle Yet”

by: Jessica Corbett

Actress Roseanne Barr at The Paley Center for Media on March 26, 2018, in New York City.

Roseanne and TV Myths About the Working Class

by: Elizabeth Schulte

The Denver Post and other skyscrapers on July 18, 2016, in Denver, Colorado.

Following Massive Layoffs, the Denver Post Is in Distress

by: Janine Jackson

Buzzflash

Buzzflash.com provides original commentary and progressive news aggregation.

Trump Administration Had No Plans to Reunite Children Separated From Parents

Commentary

Trump Administration Had No Plans to Reunite Children Separated From Parents

by: Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash

Hundreds Protest Police Killing of Unarmed Black Teen in Pittsburgh

by: Al Jazeera News, Al Jazeera English

Fifty Years On, the Mississippi Town That Sparked Dr. King's Poverty Fight

by: Adam Gabbatt, Guardian

"Occupy ICE" Protests Emerge Across the Country

by: Emily Birnbaum, The Hill