Truthout

August 20, 2019

An exterior shot of the Manhattan Correctional Center, a brick building festooned with barbed wire

Op-Ed Prisons & Policing

No One in Jail “Gets Better” on Suicide Watch

Suicide watch means solitary confinement and isolation -- which leads many to attempt suicide.

by Alan Mills, Truthout

August 20, 2019

Migrants, some with orange life vests, are seen in a small raft

News Analysis Immigration

US and EU Accept Dire Consequences for Refugees to Keep Them Out

In “containing” refugees to developing countries, the U.S. is following in Europe’s troubling footsteps.

by Reva Dhingra, Truthout

August 20, 2019

U.S. Marine Corps recruits complete obstacles during the Crucible at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, February 21, 2019.

Op-Ed War & Peace

We Can’t Confront Climate Change While Lavishly Funding the Pentagon

As defender of the world's oil-fueled economy, the Pentagon is also the largest emitter of greenhouse gases.

by JP Sottile, Truthout

August 20, 2019

Immigrants Become U.S. Citizens During Naturalization Ceremony In Miami

Op-Ed Immigration

States Sue Trump Administration for Going After Low-Income Green Card Holders

The new regulations have already had a tremendous “chilling effect,” according to advocacy groups.

by Sasha Abramsky, Truthout

An exterior shot of the Manhattan Correctional Center, a brick building festooned with barbed wire — No One in Jail “Gets Better” on Suicide Watch

Migrants, some with orange life vests, are seen in a small raft — US and EU Accept Dire Consequences for Refugees to Keep Them Out

U.S. Marine Corps recruits complete obstacles during the Crucible at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, February 21, 2019. — We Can’t Confront Climate Change While Lavishly Funding the Pentagon

President Donald Trump is seen on a television screen as he makes a taped speech during a ceremony for people to become American citizens at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony in a Miami Field Office on August 16, 2019, in Miami, Florida. — States Sue Trump Administration for Going After Low-Income Green Card Holders

Featured

Stock broker's eyes are seen through the gap of the computer screens he's working at

China Did Not Trick the US — Trade Negotiators Served Corporate Interests

by: Dean Baker,; Truthout

America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan

The Phrase “Go Back Where You Came From” Has a Long, Violent History

by: Michael J. Viola,; Truthout

People display signs during a protest in solidarity with Kashmir

A Wave of Solidarity With Kashmir Is Spreading Across the Globe

by: Skanda Kadirgamar,; Truthout

Can timely intervention in epigenetic changes prevent the cycle of trauma?

Intergenerational Trauma Is a Biological Reality

by: A. Abbas Naqvi,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Activists clad in white clothing stand behind a robot puppet with a sign reading "STOP KILLER ROBOTS"

US Is Obstructing Treaty to Ban “Killer Robots”

by: Andrea Germanos,; Common Dreams

Dondald trump speaks behind a u.s. flag

We Are Already Living on an Orwellian Planet

by: Tom Engelhardt,; TomDispatch

Donald Trump speaks into a microphone

Trump Claims He’s Mulling a Deal to Buy Greenland, Even Though It’s Not for Sale

by: Shira Tarlo,; Salon

John Hickenlooper speaks into a microphone

The Democratic Field Shrinks as Hickenlooper Heads Back to Colorado

by: Jessica Piper,; Center for Responsive Politics

Exclusives

Immigrants Swept Up in Mississippi Raids Face Courts That Deport Most Defendants

Immigrants Swept Up in Mississippi Raids Face Courts That Deport Most Defendants

Immigration cases at New Orleans and Memphis courts have resulted in deportations 90 percent of the time.

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

“Guardianship” Often Fails Poor Seniors. Is There a Different Way?

“Guardianship” Often Fails Poor Seniors. Is There a Different Way?

Lack of regulation and potential for abuse make many elder care advocates wary of the guardianship model.

by: Michelle Chen,; Truthout

Protesters Crash ALEC Conference to Resist Bill Criminalizing Pipeline Activists

Protesters Crash ALEC Conference to Resist Bill Criminalizing Pipeline Activists

Protesters with Extinction Rebellion ATX were briefly detained and released after disrupting ALEC’s annual conference.

by: Candice Bernd,; Truthout

Environment & Health

water drips off of a hunk of sculpted ice

Huge Wildfires in the Arctic and Far North Send a Planetary Warning

by: Nancy Fresco,; The Conversation

Plateau Creek near De Beque, Colorado, where land has been leased for oil and gas production.

How to Counter Trump’s Disastrous Attack on Our Public Lands

by: Randi Spivak,; YES! Magazine

An elderly man sits in a wheelchair in a bedroom

“Guardianship” Often Fails Poor Seniors. Is There a Different Way?

by: Michelle Chen,; Truthout

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin shakes President Trump's hand as Vice President Pence watches.

Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science Already Surpass Two Bush Terms

by: Elliott Negin,; Truthout

Economy & Labor

Restaurant worker cleans crumbs off of a table

Red States Cut Worker Pay by $1.5 Billion

by: Negin Owliaei,; OtherWords

The cost of global corporate tax avoidance is $500 billion and poor countries are bearing 40 percent of it.

We Could Eliminate Extreme Global Poverty If Multinationals Paid Their Taxes

by: Alex Cobham,; Truthout

Teachers participate in a one-day strike against the government's privatization drive in public education, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 19, 2018. Teachers laid the groundwork for the uprising against the dictatorial Fiscal Oversight and Management Board.

Teachers Fighting for Public Schools Were Key to the Uprising in Puerto Rico

by: Mercedes Martinez &; Monique Dols,; Labor Notes

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Donald Trump before a bilateral meeting during the G20 Summit on June 29, 2019, in Osaka, Japan. A dangerous gridlock in U.S.-China relations could have dire consequences for the global economy and security.

The Dangerous New US Consensus on China and the Future of US-China Relations

by: Mel Gurtov &; Mark Selden,; The Asia-Pacific Journal

Immigration

Facing Federal Charges for Aiding Migrants, Activist Says He Won’t Be Deterred

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Group Identifies Human Remains Along the Border

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Migrants, some with orange life vests, are seen in a small raft

US and EU Accept Dire Consequences for Refugees to Keep Them Out

by: Reva Dhingra,; Truthout

President Donald Trump is seen on a television screen as he makes a taped speech during a ceremony for people to become American citizens at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony in a Miami Field Office on August 16, 2019, in Miami, Florida.

States Sue Trump Administration for Going After Low-Income Green Card Holders

by: Sasha Abramsky,; Truthout

Racial Justice

Rather than eliminating racial inequality, technology has often been a major force of upholding white supremacy.

Black Communities Are Already Living in a Tech Dystopia

by: Janine Jackson,; FAIR

How Federal Policies Dispossessed Black Americans of Millions of Acres

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Ibram X. Kendi on White Supremacist Violence

Since Charlottesville, White Supremacists Have Committed at Least 73 Murders

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

IQ Tests, SAT Scores and Other “Intelligence” Tests Propagate Racism

IQ Tests, SAT Scores and Other “Intelligence” Tests Propagate Racism

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

LGBTQ Rights

Philadelphia's Transgender community rallied in Love Park in Center City Philadelphia before marching through downtown to demand basic human and civil rights in Philadelphia, on October 6, 2018.

Trump DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Legalize Firing Workers for Being Transgender

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Queer activists display anti-trump signs during a march

New Trump Rule Allows Federal Contractors to Fire LGBTQ Employees

by: Sophia Tesfaye,; Salon

Guatemalan candidate for the Vamos party, Alejandro Giammattei, votes at a polling station in Guatemala City on June 16, 2019, during general elections.

Presidential Candidates in Guatemala’s Election Oppose LGBTIQ+ Rights

by: Aisling Walsh,; OpenDemocracy

Queer Liberation March Returns Pride to Radical Roots

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Prisons & Policing

An exterior shot of the Manhattan Correctional Center, a brick building festooned with barbed wire

No One in Jail “Gets Better” on Suicide Watch

by: Alan Mills,; Truthout

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks onstage at Georgia International Convention Center on August 17, 2019, in College Park, Georgia.

Sanders Unveils Plan to “Fundamentally Transform” Criminal Legal System

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Eight banks have publicly committed to ending their future financing relationships with the private prison industry.

Private Prisons Face 87.4 Percent Financing Gap as Banks Continue to Flee

by: Gin Armstrong,; Eyes on the Ties

Civil Charges Against Jeffrey Epstein’s Estate Will Continue

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

War & Peace

U.S. Marine Corps recruits complete obstacles during the Crucible at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, February 21, 2019.

We Can’t Confront Climate Change While Lavishly Funding the Pentagon

by: JP Sottile,; Truthout

Soldiers stand amidst clouds of dust

Candidates Must Commit to Immediate US Withdrawal From Afghanistan

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft sits on the flight line as a wall of fire detonates behind it during an air show at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, October 3, 2010.

Military Might Is Our National Religion

by: William J. Astore,; TomDispatch

Bullets encircle the face of Benjamin Franklin on a $100 bill

Deficit Hawks Are Enabling the Next US War

by: Lindsay Koshgarian,; Truthout

Series

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Voting Wrongs

We expose the injustices that deny the vote to millions — and cover the fight for true enfranchisement.

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How Then Shall We Live?

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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

In Chicago, Assata’s Daughters Fight for Radical Change Through Youth Mentoring

by: Staff,; Brave New Films

Trump supporters display signs and shout during a rally

Henry Giroux: Now Is the Time to Break the Spectacle of Ignorance and Violence

by: Brad Evans,; LA Review of Books

Mother and child work together in kitchen.

Could California’s Investment in Child Care Be a Model for the Country?

by: Zaidee Stavely,; The Hechinger Report

Students raise hands in class

How #MeToo Is Changing Sex Ed Policies — Even in Red States

by: Keren Landman,; Kaiser Health News

Culture & Media

Catholic nuns, priests, advocates and immigrants demonstrate to pressure Trump and Congress to end the practice of detaining immigrant children in the Russell Senate Office Building on July 18, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

The Christian Left, Appalled by Treatment of Migrants, Is Reviving in America

by: Laura E. Alexander,; The Conversation

Angela Davis, Nikki Giovanni and Sonia Sanchez Pay Tribute to Toni Morrison

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison’s Black Art Spoke in a Nation That Would Silence Us

by: Eisa Nefertari Ulen,; Truthout

Corporate Media’s Superficial Coverage Created “Fascist Frankenstein Trump”

Corporate Media’s Superficial Coverage Created “Fascist Frankenstein Trump”

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