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May 25, 2019

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Op-Ed War & Peace

John Walker Lindh Spent 17 Years in Prison — and the War Rages On

To no small degree, 2002 cemented the world we live in today.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

May 25, 2019

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Interview Racial Justice

Pot Industry Owes Reparations to Those Criminalized for Drug Use

Three leading thinkers and activists in cannabis economic justice discuss strategies with Laura Flanders.

by Laura Flanders, Truthout

May 25, 2019

Dozens of anti-pipeline protesters post for a photo with their signs

News Environment & Health

Pipeline Activists Challenge Louisiana Law That Criminalizes Protest

A new lawsuit could set an important precedent for activists fighting fossil fuels nationwide.

by Mike Ludwig, Truthout

May 25, 2019

Legs bound by shackles walk through dusty red soil

Op-Ed Human Rights

Alabama Doesn’t Value Its Own Residents’ “Sanctity of Life”

The state has adopted a raft of cruel policies calculated to make life tougher and shorter for its residents.

by Sasha Abramsky, Truthout

This combination of pictures shows at left a police file photo made available February 6, 2002 of the "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh and at right a February 11, 2002 photograph of him as seen from records in Pakistan's northwestern city of Bannu. — John Walker Lindh Spent 17 Years in Prison — and the War Rages On

Marijuana samples at the Welcome to Cannacity - "She's Smokin'" Event on April 20, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. — Pot Industry Owes Reparations to Those Criminalized for Drug Use

Dozens of anti-pipeline protesters post for a photo with their signs — Pipeline Activists Challenge Louisiana Law That Criminalizes Protest

Legs bound by shackles walk through dusty red soil — Alabama Doesn’t Value Its Own Residents’ “Sanctity of Life”

Featured

Trump’s threats to use military force in Iran and the use of force itself are illegal under the United Nations Charter and the War Powers Resolution.

An Attack on Iran Would Violate US and International Law

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

Women dressed as characters from the novel-turned-TV series "The Handmaid's Tale" stand in an elevator at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington D.C. on September 4, 2018.

Abortion Bans and the Beast the GOP Would Feed Us To

by: Kelly Hayes,; Truthout

Donald Trump speaks into a microphone while surrounded by a black foreground

Trump’s War on the Constitution Has Reached a Breaking Point

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

A bunch of Fyffes bananas pictured outside the company's head office in Dublin, Ireland.

Honduran Labor Fight Reveals Exploitation Behind the Migrant Crisis

by: Michael Galant,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Donald Trump is captured from a low angle as he speaks into a microphone

Why Did Deutsche Bank Keep Lending to Donald Trump?

by: Heather Vogell &; Andrea Bernstein,; ProPublica

Theresa May cries while wearing a red blazer

British Prime Minister Theresa May Admits Brexit Defeat and Resigns

by: Jon Queally,; Common Dreams

Sudanese protesters gather during a sit-in outside the army headquarters in the capital Khartoum on April 30, 2019.

“Sooner or Later, Dictators Fall,” Says Eyewitness to Sudan’s Uprising

by: Emma Wilde Botta,; Truthout

In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wins in Landslide Re-election

In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wins in Landslide Re-election

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

Exclusives

Racist Voter Suppression Made Alabama’s Abortion Ban Possible

Racist Voter Suppression Made Alabama’s Abortion Ban Possible

It doesn’t matter if a majority of us support the right to an abortion if we cannot exercise our political power.

by: Sabrina Joy Stevens,; Truthout

Deutsche Bank Has Rolled on Donald Trump

Deutsche Bank Has Rolled on Donald Trump

The old rule still applies: Always follow the money.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

As Iran Tensions Rise, Congress Moves to Curb Trump’s War Powers

As Iran Tensions Rise, Congress Moves to Curb Trump’s War Powers

The House Appropriations Committee voted Tuesday to sunset the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Environment & Health

A bird's eye view of the stark contrast between the forest and agricultural landscapes near Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil.

Carbon Credits for Forest Preservation May Be Worse Than Nothing

by: Lisa Song,; ProPublica

Trump is further eroding protections in the Affordable Care Act for LGBTQ patients and access to reproductive care.

Trump Administration Announces Fresh Attack on LGBTQ and Reproductive Rights

by: Jessica Mason Pieklo,; Rewire.News

Dozens of anti-pipeline protesters post for a photo with their signs

Pipeline Activists Challenge Louisiana Law That Criminalizes Protest

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

A doctor hands a patient a bill in a sunlit office

Senators Release Plan to Lower Health Costs, End Surprise Bills

by: Rachel Bluth,; Kaiser Health News

Economy & Labor

CEOs of some of the wealthiest companies in the U.S. are seeing their pay rise at about twice the rate of their workers.

Inequality Chasm Between CEOs and Workers “Totally Out of Control”

by: Julia Conley,; Common Dreams

President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He talk to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, April 4, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Three Things Motivating China’s Position in Trade Negotiations With the US

by: Penelope B. Prime,; The Conversation

Union strikers wave towards the camera while standing in a line

Striking Ohio Hospital Workers Remain United, Head to Bargaining Table

by: Roland Reed,; Truthout

Workers prepare to load pipes onto a ship at the port in Lianyungang, China's eastern Jiangsu province, on January 14, 2019.

Deal or No Deal, the Rivalry Between the US and China Will Intensify

by: Ashley Smith,; Truthout

Immigration

How Trump Immigration Policies Led to Child Deaths at Border

How Trump’s Immigration Policies Led to Child Deaths at Border

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

An asylum seeker holds her 1-year-old son as they stand outside their tent at a makeshift camp housing mainly families, at Porte d'Aubervilliers in Paris, France, on April 9, 2019.

Europeans Criminalized for Helping Migrants as Far Right Aims to Win Elections

by: Claire Provost,; Claudia Torrisi,; Nandini Archer,; Alexander Nabert &; Belen Lobos,; openDemocracy

People hold posters of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and banners as they gather to stage a demonstration in support of those deported by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security offices in front of the New York City Hall in New York, United States, on July 30, 2018.

ICE Arrests at New York Courts Have Increased 1,700 Percent

by: s.e. smith,; Care2

Asylum Seekers Are Being “Disappeared” in Private Louisiana Jails

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Racial Justice

Marijuana samples at the Welcome to Cannacity - "She's Smokin'" Event on April 20, 2019, in Los Angeles, California.

Pot Industry Owes Reparations to Those Criminalized for Drug Use

by: Laura Flanders,; Truthout

an empty jury box.

For Black Americans, “Jury of Your Peers” Is a Hollow Phrase

by: Darlene Harris,; Truthout

Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, speaks onstage at the 2017 ESSENCE Festival at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on June 30, 2017, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

On Mother’s Day, Remember the Mothers of Trayvon, Sandra and Tamir

by: Eisa Nefertari Ulen,; Truthout

Movement Grows to Free Black Women From Jail for Mother’s Day

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

LGBTQ Rights

By 2030, about 4.7 million of LGBT people in America over 50 will need elder care.

‘Stonewall Generation’ Confronts Old Age, Sickness — And Discrimination

by: JoNel Aleccia &; Melissa Bailey,; Kaiser Health News

Transgender youth fight their whole lives for the right to exist. This administration wants to take that away.

All I Want for Mother’s Day Is Equality for My Child

by: Karen Dolan,; OtherWords

A doctor stands with arms crossed as he holds a red stethoscope.

New Trump Rule Permits Anti-LGBTQ Health Care Discrimination

by: Jessica Mason Pieklo,; Rewire.News

U.S Representative Mary Gay Scanion (D-PA) speaks on introduction of the Equality Act, a comprehensive LGBTQ non-discrimination bill at the U.S. Capitol on April 01, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

The Crisis of Violence Against Transgender People Is Not a “Myth”

by: Gillian Branstetter,; Rewire.News

Prisons & Policing

Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning addresses reporters outside the Albert Bryan U.S federal courthouse with attorney Moira Meltzer-Cohen on May 16, 2019, in Alexandria, Virginia.

Judge Orders Manning Jailed, Imposes Daily $500 Fine After 30 Days Behind Bars

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

A police officer views a laptop screen while in his cruiser

Detroit Police Spent Over Half a Million on Cellphone Tracking Technology

by: Camille Fassett,; Shadowproof

Chelsea Manning speaks to the press

Chelsea Manning Is Released, But May Have Just Over a Week of Freedom

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Someone wears a vest reading "LET MY PEOPLE VOTE"

New Suffragists Fight to Gain Ballot for Incarcerated People

by: Candice Bernd,; Truthout

War & Peace

This combination of pictures shows at left a police file photo made available February 6, 2002 of the "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh and at right a February 11, 2002 photograph of him as seen from records in Pakistan's northwestern city of Bannu.

John Walker Lindh Spent 17 Years in Prison — and the War Rages On

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

David Bernhardt, Donald trump and Patrick Shanahan sit at a table

While War Drums Beat, Trump Wants to Keep Congress in the Dark

by: Sophia Tesfaye,; Salon

The Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial in Marseilles, Illinois, consists of polished granite panels listing the names of those killed during various phases of U.S. "forever wars." The panels now contain more than 8,000 names.

The Town Where Presidents Should Be Forced to Confront “Forever Wars”

by: Andrew J. Bacevich,; TomDispatch

Palestinian amputees break their Ramadan fast at a community center in Rafah, which was destroyed by Israeli warplanes.

1,700 Youths in Gaza Face Amputation Due to Israeli Sniper Violence

by: Phyllis Bennis,; OtherWords

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.

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Planet or Profit

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Education & Youth

Seattle, Cincinnati and San Antonio have developed high-quality public preschool paid for by new local taxes.

Cities Are Convincing Voters to Pay Higher Taxes for Public Preschool

by: Brenda Iasevoli,; The Hechinger Report

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a town hall at the Fort Museum on May 4, 2019, in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

Bernie Sanders Unveils a 10-Point Plan to Overhaul Public Education

by: Jessica Corbett,; Common Dreams

The 'Tribute in Light' memorial lights up lower Manhattan near One World Trade Center on September 11, 2018, in New York City.

How Do We Teach 9/11 to Those Who Don’t Remember It?

by: Nazia Kazi,; Truthout

States control who gets federally supported child care assistance and few prioritize parents pursuing education.

Just 13 Percent of Child Care Assistance Goes to Parents in School

by: Lillian Mongeau,; The Hechinger Report

Culture & Media

Julian Assange’s Attorney Decries Espionage Charges as Threat to Press Freedom

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

A large recreation of a whale hangs over tables seated with people at a gala

People With a Lot of Money Are Determining What Culture Is

by: Janine Jackson,; FAIR

A woman with an ash-streaked face stares onward

Daenerys Targaryen Was Never a Liberator

by: Kelly Hayes,; Truthout

In Avengers: Endgame, we see the price of political failure.

“Avengers: Endgame” Is a Liberal War Cry

by: Nicholas Powers,; Truthout