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December 14, 2019

Articles of Impeachment Markup

Op-Ed Politics & Elections

House Judiciary Committee Recommends Impeachment of Donald Trump

Trump's ongoing solicitation of foreign interference makes him a threat to the integrity of the 2020 election.

by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout

December 14, 2019

Women hold a banner that reads ‘Feminists against climate

News Environment & Health

“Market Solutions” Won’t Bring Climate Justice. Eco-Feminism Is the Alternative.

Eco-feminism undergirds protests against lack of action and representation at official UN summit.

by Leanna First-Arai, Truthout

December 14, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn stands behind a microphone while surrounded by supporters

Op-Ed Politics & Elections

Boris Johnson’s Right-Wing Populism Prevails in UK Election

Does Labour's defeat say anything about the viability of the radical economic messages of Sanders and Warren?

by Sasha Abramsky, Truthout

December 14, 2019

Kris Kobach

News Politics & Elections

Kansas Kills Kris Kobach’s National Voter Purge System

Kobach’s Crosscheck name-matching algorithm “produced false positives more than 99 percent of the time.”

by Greg Palast, Truthout

Rep. Pramila Jayapal holds up a pocket Constitution as she votes yes in the House Judiciary Committee markup of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Friday, December 13, 2019. — House Judiciary Committee Recommends Impeachment of Donald Trump

Women hold a banner that reads "Feminists against climate change" during "Fridays For Future" climate change mass protest. People are demanding urgent action on the climate crisis from world leaders attending the COP25 summit. — “Market Solutions” Won’t Bring Climate Justice. Eco-Feminism Is the Alternative.

Jeremy Corbyn stands behind a microphone while surrounded by supporters — Boris Johnson’s Right-Wing Populism Prevails in UK Election

Kris Kobach — Kansas Kills Kris Kobach’s National Voter Purge System

Featured

Steering wheel manufacturing at Delphi Delco Electronics de Mexico, a maquiladora plant across the U.S. border.

A Rising Movement Is Challenging Mexico’s Corporatized Unions

by: Tom Sullivan,; Truthout

President Trump speaks at The Diplomat Conference Center for the Israeli-American Council Summit on December 7, 2019, in Hollywood, Florida.

Trump’s Executive Order Is No Favor to US Jews. Just Look at Algeria.

by: Talia Kamran &; Eva Kalikoff,; Truthout

Nancy Pelosi stands alongside other house democrats behind a podium

Are These Two Articles of Impeachment the Best the Democrats Can Do?

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Indigenous people from Brazil take part in a demonstration demanding climate justice outside the venue of the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid, on December 9, 2019.

UN: Climate Change Will Create “New Great Divergence” Between Rich and Poor

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Yulia Tymoshenko arrives to her press-conference in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 2, 2019.

Ukrainian Foreign Influence Operation Bankrolled by Secret Donors

by: Anna Massoglia,; Center for Responsive Politics

A Public assembly in Occupy London taken on October 2011.

For Real Democracy, We Need Political Participation at All Levels of Public Life

by: Eve Olney,; ROAR Magazine

Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren take the stage at the beginning of the Democratic Presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre July 30, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan.

Following Warren and Sanders, Candidates Vow Not to Cross Picket Line for Debate

by: Julia Conley,; Common Dreams

Rep. Pramila Jayapal holds up a pocket Constitution as she votes yes in the House Judiciary Committee markup of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Friday, December 13, 2019.

House Judiciary Committee Recommends Impeachment of Donald Trump

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

Exclusives

How to Avoid Amazon This Holiday Season

How to Avoid Amazon This Holiday Season

When we have a choice, let's give our money to places that uplift workers, artists, creators and communities.

by: Brian Van Slyke,; Truthout

Pressure Mounts for Deeper Investigation of Devin Nunes in Ukraine Scandal

Pressure Mounts for Deeper Investigation of Devin Nunes in Ukraine Scandal

As time goes by, more and more Republicans appear to be implicated in the Ukraine scandal.

by: Alexis Goldstein,; Truthout

We Must Overcome Our Atomization to Beat Back Neoliberal Fascism

We Must Overcome Our Atomization to Beat Back Neoliberal Fascism

Movements in Chile, Colombia and Ecuador have gained momentum by resisting the isolation imposed by neoliberalism.

by: Henry A. Giroux,; Truthout

Environment & Health

The Ohio Senate Building at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio.

ALEC Behind Ohio Bill Criminalizing Protests Against Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

by: Don Wiener,; PR Watch

Signs show the distances to various cities in the town of Pond Inlet, in the Canadian Arctic, where a small Inuit settlement with only 1,300 inhabitants will deal with the consequences of climate change. Global warming here is two to three times stronger than in other regions of the world.

Climate Policy Should Reflect the Resilience of Northern Indigenous Communities

by: Mylène Ratelle &; Francis Paquette,; The Conversation

Women hold a banner that reads "Feminists against climate change" during "Fridays For Future" climate change mass protest. People are demanding urgent action on the climate crisis from world leaders attending the COP25 summit.

“Market Solutions” Won’t Bring Climate Justice. Eco-Feminism Is the Alternative.

by: Leanna First-Arai,; Truthout

More Than 70 Global South Countries Charge Ahead With Bold Climate Plans

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

Economy & Labor

U.S. President Donald Trump puts on a hard hat as he addresses the National Electrical Contractors Association convention on October 2, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

NAFTA 2.0 Does Little to Reverse the Damage of Its Predecessor

by: Michael Arria,; In These Times

The campaign to elect a new slate of officials to head the Teamsters Local 695 was comprised of mostly Madison Metro Transit employees and came 96 votes short of unseating incumbent leadership.

In Wisconsin, the Teamsters Faced a Revolt From Below

by: Alice Herman,; In These Times

A closed Toys "R" Us store seen in Hickory, North Carolina, December 19, 2018.

As Toys “R” Us Stages Holiday Comeback, Workers Organize to Protect Themselves

by: Sarah Anderson,; OtherWords

A worker loads a truck with packages at an Amazon packaging center on November 28, 2019, in Brieselang, Germany.

How to Avoid Amazon This Holiday Season

by: Brian Van Slyke,; Truthout

Immigration

Doctors protest at the gates of the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station in San Ysidro, California, on December 9, 2019.

US Border Officials Deny Request to Give Free Flu Vaccine to Detained Migrants

by: Eoin Higgins,; Common Dreams

ICE detainees flash lights from cell windows from the upper floors of the Metropolitan Detention Center on June 14, 2018, in Los Angeles, California.

How McKinsey Helped the Trump Administration Detain and Deport Immigrants

by: Ian MacDougall,; ProPublica

The Trump administration's sweeping changes to the H-1B program has denied visas to many skilled immigrants who have worked in the U.S. for years.

Trump Has Built a Bureaucratic Wall to Keep Out Immigrants He Says He Wants

by: Sinduja Rangarajan,; The Center for Investigative Reporting

Officials used machetes to destroy tents in a refugee camp in Matamoros, Mexico.

Mexican Immigration Officials Destroy Asylum Seekers’ Tents

by: Erin Sheridan,; People Live Here

Racial Justice

A grandma stands with her granddaughter behind glass

Women of Color Bear a Heavy Burden When a Loved One Is Jailed

by: Salima Hamirani,; Making Contact

Madonna Sitting Bear is pictured with her children on April 4, 2019, in Mission, South Dakota.

Paper Genocide: The Barriers to an Accurate Count of Native People in 2020

by: Jen Deerinwater,; Rewire.News

Russel Pearce stands in front of the supreme court building

ALEC Is an Incubator for Efforts to Protect White Supremacy, Says New Report

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

people gather for the first thanksgiving meal in a painting that has burned edges

Thanksgiving Is Dedicated to Erasing the Ruthlessness of English Settlers

by: Joseph M. Pierce,; Truthout

LGBTQ Rights

A woman holds a sign reading "PROTECT TRANS KIDS" during a protest

Anti-Trans Discrimination Begins in the Classroom

by: Bethany M. Coston,; Rewire.News

Two young women hold eachother while looking at the camera

Conservative Christians Are Making Schools Less Safe for LGBTQ Students

by: Eleanor J. Bader,; Truthout

Image description: illustration of two Black trans people looking into each others eyes and touching hands in a starry sky. Below them are roses behind a city skyline and the text "#BlackTransLivesMatter." Below this are pink, blue and white butterflies flying through a gate into the sky. At the bottom of the image is a Black trans woman, smiling and speaking into a megaphone with her fist in the air. Behind her is a crowd holding a banner that says: "Give Us Our Roses While we're Still Here.

Honoring Murdered Trans People Isn’t Enough. We Must End the Killing.

by: Imara Jones,; Truthout

On Trans Day of Resilience, Artists Show Us a Future of Liberation

by: xoài phạm,; Truthout

Prisons & Policing

A man looks at DNA

Genetic Testing Company Acquired by Company With Ties to FBI and Law Enforcement

by: Jennifer Lynch,; Electronic Frontier Foundation

Boris Johnson stands in a factory holding rolls of wrapping paper

UK Politicians Are Cynically Using London Bridge Attack to Drum Up Votes

by: Sabra Williams,; Truthout

Police Halt Activist-Led “Toxic Tour” of Corporate Polluters Sponsoring COP25

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

A prison gate is in the foreground of a scene where gaurds look into people's cells

Locking People Up Doesn’t Make Us Safer, Abuse Survivor Says

by: James Kilgore,; Truthout

War & Peace

President Trump addresses U.S. troops on November 28, 2019, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

Complicity With Imperialism Is Holding Back the Anti-Trump Resistance

by: Azeezah Kanji,; Truthout

the u.s. flag billows

American Exceptionalism Is Killing the Planet

by: William J. Astore,; TomDispatch

A silhouetted figure kneels in the grass to plant a small u.s. flag in the ground

As a Military Spouse, I’m Trying to Bear Witness to the Costs of War

by: Andrea Mazzarino,; TomDispatch

Pope Francis Calls Nuclear Weapons Immoral as Catholic Activists Face Jail

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

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Voting Wrongs

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Climate Disruption Dispatches

Climate Disruption Dispatches

Each month, we chronicle the catastrophic impacts of climate change.

How Then Shall We Live?

How Then Shall We Live?

Finding our way and peace of heart amidst global collapse.

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

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The Public Intellectual

The Public Intellectual

Progressive academics address important social issues.

Education & Youth

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testifies during a hearing before House Education and Labor Committee December 12, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Betsy DeVos Forced Students Defrauded by For-Profit Colleges to Repay Loans

by: Igor Derysh,; Salon

In struggling Rust Belt cities, child care deserts threaten educational progress.

Wealthy Cities Can Afford to Expand Pre-K. What About Everyone Else?

by: Megan Conn,; The Hechinger Report

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testifies during a Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee on March 28, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

DeVos Accused of Scheming to Stop Next President From Canceling Student Debt

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Two women lean over a desk in a small business

Mayor Pete Is Wrong — Free Public College Could Unite the Country

by: Alexis Goldstein,; Truthout

Culture & Media

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the opening keynote at the Facebook F8 Conference at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, on April 30, 2019.

Social Media Penetrates Every Aspect of Our Online Lives for Profit

by: Tina Sikka,; Florian Zollmann,; Daniel Broudy &; Jeffery Klaehn,; Truthout

Edward Snowden: In the US, I Would Likely Die in Prison for Telling the Truth

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

The film Parasite hints at an urgent need for as-yet unimagined new futures that work better for more people.

“Parasite” Reaches Toward a Classless Future We Haven’t Fully Imagined

by: Dawn Tefft,; Truthout

Michael Bloomberg stands in front of a dark blue backdrop

Bloomberg’s Press Cheerleaders Are Ignoring and Downplaying His Scandals

by: Ari Paul,; FAIR