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December 16, 2018

The acquisitive impulses of hundreds of millions could become the stuff of their imprisonment or death.

News Analysis War & Peace

“Alexa, Drop a Bomb”: Amazon Wants in on US Warfare

The acquisitive impulses of hundreds of millions could become the stuff of their imprisonment or death.

by Nick Mottern, Truthout

December 16, 2018

Author Simon Pirani explains what must be done to halt runaway greenhouse gas emissions.

Interview Environment & Health

Until We Confront Capitalism, We Will Not Solve the Climate Crisis

Author Simon Pirani explains what must be done to halt runaway greenhouse gas emissions.

by Anton Woronczuk, Truthout

December 16, 2018

The word is at the center of a linguistic and legal battle between producers of beef and plant-based alternatives.

News Analysis Environment & Health

Should Plant-Based Proteins Be Called “Meat”?

The word is at the center of a linguistic and legal battle between producers of beef and plant-based alternatives.

by Melissa Kravitz, Truthout

December 16, 2018

VIETNAM-APEC-SUMMIT

Op-Ed War & Peace

Trump and GOP Attack Vietnam War Veterans and Refugees

One Republican senator killed a veterans benefits bill as Trump plans to deport Vietnam war refugees.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

The acquisitive impulses of hundreds of millions of Amazon customers could become the stuff of their imprisonment or death. — “Alexa, Drop a Bomb”: Amazon Wants in on US Warfare

Author Simon Pirani explains what must be done to halt runaway greenhouse gas emissions. — Until We Confront Capitalism, We Will Not Solve the Climate Crisis

The word is at the center of a linguistic and legal battle between producers of beef and plant-based alternatives. — Should Plant-Based Proteins Be Called “Meat”?

Donald Trump hugs Vietnam veteran Max Morgan as he participates in a veterans meet and greet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 10, 2017. — Trump and GOP Attack Vietnam War Veterans and Refugees

Featured

I Witnessed the Horror of Border Militarization, and Vow to Fight It

by: Brant Rosen,; Truthout

The Public Is Ready to Respond to Attacks on the Mueller Investigation

by: Lisa Gilbert,; Truthout

The Trump Administration Just Killed Net Neutrality for Text Messages

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Donald Trump Is Under the Bus

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Protesters march and chant slogans during an anti-government protest led by a coalition of opposition parties in Lome, on September 7, 2017. Huge crowds turned out in Togo's capital for the second day running to demand political reform, in the largest opposition protests against President Faure Gnassingbe's regime. The placard reads 'Faure, resign'.

Mass Protests Bring Togo to the Brink of Ending 50 Years of Dictatorship

by: Regina Asinde,; Waging Nonviolence

Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro greets people during his visit to the Superior Court of Labour in Brasilia, on November 13, 2018.

How the US Contributed to Brazil’s Return to Fascism

by: Janine Jackson,; FAIR

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke pauses during a Camp Fire press conference at the Cal Fire Incident Command Center at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, CA, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2018.

Facing 17 Ethics Investigations, Ryan Zinke Set to Resign

by: Julia Conley,; Common Dreams

Workers shovel debris from the swimming and diving pool in the Aquatic Center at the Albergue Olympic Training Center of Puerto Rico on November 14, 2018, in Salinas, Puerto Rico.

Senators Press for Expanded Probe of FEMA Over Hurricane Maria

by: Jerri-Lynn Scofield,; Naked Capitalism

LGBTQ Rights

"Events like QueerBomb are hugely important because of the ways in which they try to take inspiration from the radical queer past and for the ways in which they try to shed light on the organizations that are trying to extend the legacies of that past."

The LGBTQ Movement Needs to Revisit Its Radical Past to Thrive

by: Samantha Borek,; Truthout

The annual Pride Parade makes its way past the The Stonewall Inn on June 24, 2018, in New York City.

Gay Emancipation Goes to Market

by: Roderick A. Ferguson,; Polity Press

"Butterflies and Dandelions."

Trans Communities of Color Survive, Thrive and Fight Back

by: Jordan Scruggs,; Truthout

Educational institutions must once again become sites of fascist resistance and defend their trans students.

Schools Must Be Crucial Sites in the Struggle for Trans Liberation

by: Aleo Pugh and Victor Ultra Omni,; Truthout

Exclusives

Left-Wing Disaster Relief Efforts Spread Goodwill for Socialism

Left-Wing Disaster Relief Efforts Spread Goodwill for Socialism

Where FEMA has failed victims, left-wing groups are offering direct aid and drawing attention to climate change.

by: Michael Arria,; Truthout

Senate Votes to End US Role in Yemen War

Senate Votes to End US Role in Yemen War

In a resounding rebuke to Trump, the Senate voted 56-41 to end US support of the Saudi war.

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

We Must Challenge Capitalist “Solutions” to Climate Change

We Must Challenge Capitalist “Solutions” to Climate Change

COP24 wants us to drink the same old Kool-Aid in new bottles, but we can and must do better.

by: Robert James Parsons,; Truthout

Environment & Health

People rallied outside the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals courthouse in San Francisco in October to show support for the 21 youth suing the government in Juliana v. United States.

New Federal Report Could Boost Climate Fight in the Courts

by: Zoe Loftus-Farren,; Earth Island Journal

Author Simon Pirani explains what must be done to halt runaway greenhouse gas emissions.

Until We Confront Capitalism, We Will Not Solve the Climate Crisis

by: Anton Woronczuk,; Truthout

The audience waves signs as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks during his event to introduce the Medicare for All Act of 2017 on September 13, 2017.

Federal Court’s Affordable Care Act Ruling Bolsters Case for Medicare for All

by: Julia Conley,; Common Dreams

The word is at the center of a linguistic and legal battle between producers of beef and plant-based alternatives.

Should Plant-Based Proteins Be Called “Meat”?

by: Melissa Kravitz,; Truthout

Economy & Labor

Demonstrators shout slogans and hold placards during a protest at the Amazon fulfillment center in Shakopee, Minnesota, on December 14, 2018.

The Troubling Link Between Attacks on Immigrants and Labor Activists

by: Harry Blain,; Foreign Policy in Focus

Truckers Spend the Holidays Driving Too Much for Too Little Pay

by: Pat Garofalo,; TalkPoverty.org

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the Chinese music-streaming service Tencent Music launches its initial public offering on December 12, 2018, in New York City.

Wall Street, Banks and Angry Citizens: The Inequality Gap Is Growing

by: Nomi Prins,; TomDispatch

There’s a Hunger Crisis in North Carolina

by: Tina Tru,; Socialist Worker

Art & Cartoons

Sisyphus the Elephant

by: Khalil Bendib,; OtherWords

Cartoons

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Author Simon Pirani explains what must be done to halt runaway greenhouse gas emissions.

Environment & Health

Until We Confront Capitalism, We Will Not Solve the Climate Crisis

Author Simon Pirani explains what must be done to halt runaway greenhouse gas emissions.

by: Anton Woronczuk,; Truthout

Book

Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption

Whether we transition away from fossil fuels is dependent on how deeply we transform society as a whole.

War & Peace

The acquisitive impulses of hundreds of millions of Amazon customers could become the stuff of their imprisonment or death.

“Alexa, Drop a Bomb”: Amazon Wants in on US Warfare

by: Nick Mottern,; Truthout

Donald Trump hugs Vietnam veteran Max Morgan as he participates in a veterans meet and greet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 10, 2017.

Trump and GOP Attack Vietnam War Veterans and Refugees

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

A Controversial Operation Tricked Veterans Into Lobbying for Saudi Arabia

by: Anna Massoglia,; Center for Responsive Politics

Senate Votes to End US Role in Yemen War

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Prison & Policing

Sheriff’s Deputies Protect Corporate Interests in Bayou Bridge Case

by: Karen Savage,; Bridge the Gulf

Police exchange programs have been devastating for both communities of color in the US and Palestinians.

US and Israeli Police Are Sharing Violent and Repressive Tactics

by: Noah Habeeb &; Craig Willse,; Truthout

French soldiers stand guard in front of the entrance of a synagogue in Lille, northern France, on January 13, 2015. France announced on January 12 the unprecedented deployment of 10,000 soldiers to boost security, including at Jewish schools, a day after almost four million people marched in solidarity with the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre.

On Hanukkah, Let’s Challenge Militarized Security Responses to Anti-Semitism

by: Brant Rosen,; Truthout

Tear Gas at the Border: Trump and the Endgame of Capitalism

Border Patrol Officer Who Shot Unarmed Teenager on Mexican Soil Is Acquitted

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

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.

Progressive Picks

Progressive Picks

Books and DVDs that we find thought-provoking and insightful.

The Public Intellectual

The Public Intellectual

Progressive academics address important social issues.

Education & Youth

Educators from the Acero charter school network hold signs as they protest during a strike outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters on December 5, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

Can the Nation’s First Charter School Strike Transform the Industry?

by: Candice Bernd,; Truthout

When Schools Use Child Protective Services as a Weapon Against Parents

by: Rebecca Klein &; Caroline Preston,; The Hechinger Report

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos talks with with Bill Cordes of the department's Budget Service before testifying in front of a Senate subcommittee on the department's budget request for fiscal year 2019 on June 5, 2018.

Betsy DeVos Uses Our Taxes for Koch Brothers’ Agenda

by: Jeff Bryant,; Campaign for America's Future

Why Don’t Detroit Public Schools Have Safe Drinking Water?

by: Judy Molland,; Care2

Culture & Media

“Feel-Good” Holiday Stories Are Actually Just a Symptom of a Crumbling Society

by: s.e. smith,; TalkPoverty.org

What Marc Lamont Hill’s Pro-Palestine Message Means to a Palestinian

by: Osama Alkhawaja,; Truthout

New Film Warns Against Spain’s Fascist History Repeating Itself

New Film Warns Against Spain’s Fascist History Repeating Itself

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

Marc Lamont Hill visits "Sway In The Morning" on Eminem's Shade 45 channel with Sway Calloway at SiriusXM Studio on August 1, 2016, in New York City.

CNN Fires Marc Lamont Hill for Daring to Denounce Oppression of Palestinians

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams