Truthout

July 18, 2019

Rep. Ilhan Omar conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center responding to negative comments by President Trump that were directed at the freshmen House Democrats on Monday, July 15, 2019.

Op-Ed Politics & Elections

To Protect Ilhan Omar, We Must Beat Back the March of Fascism

Last night’s rally drove home just how dire the situation has become, not simply for Omar, but for us all.

by Kelly Hayes, Truthout

July 18, 2019

Julie Dodd (L) hands out voting paperwork and directs petitioners where to go during a naturalization ceremony

News Analysis Politics & Elections

Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies Are a Voter Suppression Strategy

The GOP's vicious immigration policies seek to entrench white political power for generations.

by Alexis Goldstein, Truthout

July 18, 2019

President Trump talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a cabinet meeting at the White House, July 16, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Interview War & Peace

Noam Chomsky: Trump Is Trying to Exploit Tension With Iran for 2020

Trump is cynically concocting crises with Iran to strengthen his hand going into the next election, Chomsky says.

by David Barsamian, Truthout

July 18, 2019

White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway talks to reporters outside of the West Wing July 16, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Op-Ed Culture & Media

Fox News Is Intensifying Its Racist Attacks to Prop Up Trump 2020

Fox is now a maker of policy that results in shattering torment for innocent people.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

Rep. Ilhan Omar conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center responding to negative comments by President Trump that were directed at the freshmen House Democrats on Monday, July 15, 2019. — To Protect Ilhan Omar, We Must Beat Back the March of Fascism

Julie Dodd (L) hands out voting paperwork and directs petitioners where to go during a naturalization ceremony — Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies Are a Voter Suppression Strategy

President Trump talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a cabinet meeting at the White House, July 16, 2019, in Washington, D.C. — Noam Chomsky: Trump Is Trying to Exploit Tension With Iran for 2020

White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway talks to reporters outside of the West Wing July 16, 2019, in Washington, D.C. — Fox News Is Intensifying Its Racist Attacks to Prop Up Trump 2020

Featured

Noam Chomsky speaks into a microphone while seated

Noam Chomsky: “Worship of Markets” Is Threatening Human Civilization

by: C.J. Polychroniou,; Truthout

New York City High School students walk out of classes to protest climate change and the government's inaction on March 15, 2019, in Columbus Circle, New York City.

Don’t “Make War” on Climate Change

by: Medea Benjamin &; Azeezah Kanji,; Truthout

A piggy bank and a bottle of medicine sit equally on a scale

We’re Spending Trillions on Weapons and War. Let’s Spend It on Health Care.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

A gavel is seen in front of the spread pages of a book, prison

Lawsuit Could Force For-Profit Detention Centers to Pay Detainees Minimum Wage

by: Claire Heddles,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Rep. Ilhan Omar conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center responding to negative comments by President Trump that were directed at the freshmen House Democrats on Monday, July 15, 2019.

To Protect Ilhan Omar, We Must Beat Back the March of Fascism

by: Kelly Hayes,; Truthout

Julie Dodd (L) hands out voting paperwork and directs petitioners where to go during a naturalization ceremony

Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies Are a Voter Suppression Strategy

by: Alexis Goldstein,; Truthout

Nearly 100,000 Demand Puerto Rico Governor Rosselló Resign Over Lewd Texts

Nearly 100,000 Demand Puerto Rico Governor Resign Over Lewd Texts, Corruption

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

Trump's Racist Rhetoric is Deliberate -- Will it Lead Us to Fascism?

Henry Giroux: Will Trump’s Deliberate Racist Rhetoric Lead Us to Fascism?

by: Marc Steiner,; The Real News Network

Exclusives

Trump’s Racism Is Not Blundering — It Is Tactically Deliberate

Trump’s Racism Is Not Blundering — It Is Tactically Deliberate

Trump's racism is not an oops, it's a fascist strategy.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

As US Modernizes Its Nuclear Arsenal, Costs and Risks Soar

As US Modernizes Its Nuclear Arsenal, Costs and Risks Soar

Trump's $2 trillion makeover for the U.S.'s nuclear arsenal is certain to trigger a deadly new arms race.

by: Jon Letman,; Truthout

Let’s Establish a Wealth Tax — and Give Every Family $25,000 a Year

Let’s Establish a Wealth Tax — and Give Every Family $25,000 a Year

An annual $25,000 income to every family would create a hugely dynamic and inclusive economy.

by: John R. Talbott,; Truthout

Environment & Health

President Trump knocks on the hull of a power boat as he tours his 'Made In America' product showcase at the White House, July 15, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Turning 75 in the Bleak and Surreal Age of Trump

by: Tom Engelhardt,; TomDispatch

Cheerios contain so much glyphosate, the cereal should be labeled toxic, but corporate free speech rights prevent that.

Corporations Can Legally Put Carcinogens in Our Food Without Warning Labels

by: Matthew Rozsa,; Salon

Pence and Trump Deny Climate Crisis as Deadly Rains Batter Parts of the World

Pence and Trump Deny Climate Crisis as Deadly Rains Slam Louisiana and Asia

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Economy & Labor

An activist wears a "Fight For $15" T-shirt during a news conference prior to a vote on the Raise the Wage Act July 18, 2019, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

House Votes to Eliminate One Legacy of Slavery — Subminimum Wages

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

As Amazon Continues Undercutting Rivals, Workers Demand Fair Pay and Conditions

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

Let’s Establish a Wealth Tax — and Give Every Family $25,000 a Year

by: John R. Talbott,; Truthout

Students protest Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget cuts at the University of Alaska, Anchorage campus.

In Alaska, the Choice Is Between Government Services or Bigger Oil Checks

by: Paola Banchero,; The Conversation

Immigration

Julián Castro: Trump's Asylum Ban Is Unconstitutional

Julián Castro: Trump’s Asylum Ban Is Unconstitutional

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

A Honduran migrant recently released from a federal immigrant jail boards a bus while carrying his 2-year-old daughter at a bus depot on June 11, 2019, in McAllen, Texas.

Trump’s Asylum Ban 2.0 Is Broadest Attack Yet on the Asylum Process

by: Sasha Abramsky,; Truthout

Communities Fight Back as Threat of ICE Raids Terrorize Immigrant Families

Communities Fight Back as Threat of ICE Raids Terrorizes Immigrant Families

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

A bus transporting immigrants leaves a temporary facility at a U.S. Border Patrol Station in Clint, Texas, on June 21, 2019.

The US Is Quietly Opening Shelters for Babies and Young Kids Without Mothers

by: Aura Bogado,; The Center for Investigative Reporting

Racial Justice

Facebook says its rules prohibit hate in secret groups, but it won’t discuss how it moderated the offensive Border Patrol posts — if it did anything at all.

Civil Rights Groups Have Been Warning Facebook About Hate Speech for Years

by: Ariana Tobin,; ProPublica

Making Sure the Census Counts Indian Country

by: Jourdan Bennett-Begaye,; Indian Country Today

Shinnecock Tribal Members Bianca Collins, Margo Thunderbird, Jennifer Cuffee-Wilson, and Lynda Hunter standing in front of newly built Shinnecock Monument on Shinnecock Indian Territory

Wealthy Hampton Homeowners Are Trying to Suppress Tribal Sovereignty

by: Mary Annette Pember,; Truthout

In a racialized economy, land trusts and cooperatives offer a more lasting form of reparations, say activists.

Community Land Trusts Are a Model for Reparations

by: Laura Flanders,; Truthout

LGBTQ Rights

Queer Liberation March Returns Pride to Radical Roots

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Budweiser employees dance on a float during the Toronto Pride Parade, June 25, 2017.

No Rainbow Capitalism: The Five Worst Corporations We Must Kick Out of Pride

by: Violet Glaser,; Left Voice

Members of an LGBT group traveling with the the Central American migrant caravan wait for a ride on November 1, 2018, in Juchitan de Zaragoza, Mexico.

It’s Pride. Don’t Forget Trans Women Dying at the Border.

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Joe Biden squints into an apparent source of light while speaking into a microphone

Joe Biden, Get Out of Stonewall

by: Ezra Brain,; Left Voice

Prisons & Policing

Eric Garner Family Outraged DOJ Won’t Prosecute His Murder by Police

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

A fallen ice cream cone sits on the ground

Outrage Over Ice Cream Licker Should Prompt Us to Ask: What Is a Crime?

by: Sarah Lustbader,; The Appeal

Since 2015, mass shooters have killed 339 people in the U.S., while police have used guns to take 4,355 lives.

Presidential Candidates Can’t Discuss Gun Deaths Without Discussing Cops

by: Ella Fassler,; Truthout

Larry Krasner speaks to a reporter

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Stand in the Way of Philadelphia Criminal Legal Reform

by: Andrew Cohen,; Brennan Center for Justice

War & Peace

President Trump talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a cabinet meeting at the White House, July 16, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Noam Chomsky: Trump Is Trying to Exploit Tension With Iran for 2020

by: David Barsamian,; Truthout

A Patriot GEM-T missile stands in an assembly area at Raytheon's Integrated Air Defense Center in Andover, Massachussetts.

The Military-Industrial Complex Is Swelling. It’s Time for a Reckoning.

by: William D. Hartung,; TomDispatch

Trump's $2 trillion makeover for the U.S.'s nuclear arsenal is certain to trigger a deadly new arms race.

As US Modernizes Its Nuclear Arsenal, Costs and Risks Soar

by: Jon Letman,; Truthout

A naval vessel is seen in a large body of water

Iran Tells US and UK to Leave Gulf Region Immediately as Tensions Soar

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

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Voting Wrongs

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Progressive Picks

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

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How Then Shall We Live?

Finding our way and peace of heart amidst global collapse.

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Human Rights and Global Wrongs

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The Public Intellectual

The Public Intellectual

Progressive academics address important social issues.

Education & Youth

Lebanese retired security personnel remove a barricade during a demonstration over feared pension cuts near the government's headquarters in the capital Beirut on May 20, 2019.

Professors and Students Unite to Oppose Cuts to Lebanon’s Only Public University

by: J.M. Kassem,; Waging Nonviolence

Henry Giroux

Henry A. Giroux: Education Should Not Be Neutral

by: João França,; CCCB LAB

Sen. Bernie Sanders is introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a rally at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston on March 31, 2017.

As Progressives Call for Student Debt Cancellation, Loan Companies Influence DC

by: Reid Champlin,; Center for Responsive Politics

Students raise hands in college classroom

Henry A. Giroux: The Dismantling of Public Education Fuels Fascism

by: Suzanne LaGrande,; KBOO

Culture & Media

White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway talks to reporters outside of the West Wing July 16, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Fox News Is Intensifying Its Racist Attacks to Prop Up Trump 2020

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Justice Minister Sergio Moro speaks in Manaus, Brazil, on June 10, 2019.

Journalist Faces Death Threats for Exposing Brazilian Judge’s Far-Right Bias

by: Michael Fox,; Truthout

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a press conference to introduce college affordability legislation outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2019.

Why Won’t New York Times Disclose Corporate Ties of Sanders Critics?

by: Katie Halper,; FAIR

Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed

Ayn Rand’s Legacy of Unifying Social Cruelty

by: Daniel Falcone,; Truthout