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October 18, 2018

Prisons & Policing

Illinois Prisons Sued for Unconstitutional Ban on LGBTQ Literature

Such censorship further enhances the isolation, which is particularly acute for LGBTQ prisoners.

by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, Truthout

October 18, 2018

Politics & Elections

The Proud Boys Have Revived Far-Right Gang Terror With GOP Support

GOP support emboldened the Proud Boys to commit brazen acts of violence in New York on October 12.

by Shane Burley, Truthout

October 18, 2018

Education & Youth

Technology Access Gap Leaves Millions of Students Struggling to Keep Up

Not having access to the internet and computers outside school puts millions of children at a huge disadvantage.

by Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout

October 18, 2018

Environment & Health

Energy Transfer Partners’ Security Team Sinks Water Protectors’ Boats

ETP's security team was notorious for its brutal tactics at Standing Rock.

by Dahr Jamail, Truthout

Censorship further enhances isolation, which is particularly acute for LGBTQ prisoners. — Illinois Prisons Sued for Unconstitutional Ban on LGBTQ Literature

Proud Boys pose for photos during the "Mother of All Rallies" at the National Mall in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2018. — The Proud Boys Have Revived Far-Right Gang Terror With GOP Support

Technology Access Gap Leaves Millions of Students Struggling to Keep Up

More than 1,000 activists rallied on the steps of the US District Court in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on August 26, 2016, in Washington, DC. — Energy Transfer Partners’ Security Team Sinks Water Protectors’ Boats

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Technology Access Gap Leaves Millions of Students Struggling to Keep Up

by: Eleanor J. Bader,; Truthout

The Complex and Frustrating Reality of Recycling Plastic

by: Mary Mazzoni,; Truthout

President Trump talks to reporters before leaving the White House, October 15, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Will Trump’s Policies Wreak Havoc on the US and Global Economies?

by: C.J. Polychroniou,; Truthout

Why the FBI Used Its Kid Gloves on Brett Kavanaugh

by: Aaron J. Leonard,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Ben Fountain, writer of Beautiful Country Burn Again, poses during a portrait session held on May 20, 2013, in Saint Malo, France.

Moving Toward Plutocracy: Bill Moyers Talks to Ben Fountain About the Trump Age

by: Bill Moyers,; Moyers & Company

Proud Boys pose for photos during the "Mother of All Rallies" at the National Mall in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2018.

The Proud Boys Have Revived Far-Right Gang Terror With GOP Support

by: Shane Burley,; Truthout

Georgia’s First Black Gubernatorial Nominee Faces Massive Voter Suppression

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

Trump Complains Saudi Crown Prince Is Deemed “Guilty Until Proven Innocent”

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Human Rights

Some children held overnight in office buildings – which had no kitchens, showers or yards – were among those separated from their families under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy.

ICE Gave $185 Million Deal to Defense Contractor Under Investigation

by: Vanessa Swales,; The Center for Investigative Reporting

Anger at Trump Inaction as Hurricane Michael Leaves Millions Without Basic Needs

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Trump Administration Hints It May Resume Family Separation at Border

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Young Muslim LGBTQ Activists Fight for Right to Love and Worship Freely

by: Shaima Shamdeen,; YES! Magazine

Exclusives

Unaffordable Higher Education Leads to Low Graduation Rates

Unaffordable Higher Education Leads to Low Graduation Rates

Activists and students across the US are organizing for legislative solutions to make higher education debt-free.

by: Eleanor J. Bader,; Truthout

We Stopped ICE From Getting an Extra Billion; Now Let’s Defund It Totally

We Stopped ICE From Getting an Extra Billion; Now Let’s Defund It Totally

Even in this reactionary political climate, grassroots organizing can help us get rid of an inhumane agency like ICE.

by: Kathryn Johnson,; Truthout

San Francisco’s Earthquake-Unsafe Jail Leaves Prisoners in Peril

San Francisco’s Earthquake-Unsafe Jail Leaves Prisoners in Peril

The Hall of Justice jail sits on soil that could liquefy and swallow parts of the building in an earthquake.

by: Toshio Meronek,; Truthout

Environment & Health

In 2014 and 2015, Genesee County saw the largest outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in at least a decade. After reports of high lead levels and public outcry, Gov. Rick Snyder switched Flint’s water source back to Detroit’s in October 2015.

Flint Legionnaires’ Disease Survivors Speak Out: “Every Day Is a Challenge”

by: Auditi Guha,; Rewire.News

More than 1,000 activists rallied on the steps of the US District Court in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on August 26, 2016, in Washington, DC.

Energy Transfer Partners’ Security Team Sinks Water Protectors’ Boats

by: Dahr Jamail,; Truthout

Ongoing construction of the Bayou Bridge pipeline in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin.

Despite Lingering Land Dispute, Bayou Bridge Pipeline Is Nearly Complete

by: Julie Dermansky,; DeSmogBlog

Here's a harsh climate reality: Extracting carbon already emitted is as important as reaching zero output.

Carbon Capture: What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Climate Change

by: Daniel Ross,; Truthout

Economy & Labor

To this day, domestic workers aren’t covered by OSHA or civil rights employment laws.

Black Domestic Workers Demand Better Pay, Professionalism and Respect

by: Negin Owliaei,; Inequality.org

North Carolina Ballot Initiative Would Enshrine Tax Cuts for the Rich

by: Pat Garofalo,; TalkPoverty.org

UPS workers are pushing for $15 an hour for part-timers as well as increased health care.

Chicago Teamsters Consider Peak Season Strike at UPS

by: Alexandra Bradbury,; Labor Notes

In the Age of Amazon, Is There a Conscientious Way to Shop?

by: Janine Jackson,; FAIR

Art & Cartoons

Prince of Fraud

by: Matt Bors,; Andrews McMeel Syndication

A Taxing Day at the Polls

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The voices of resistance are heard and amplified by one another, the calendar reminds us.

War & Peace

This 2019 Peace Calendar Reminds Us That We Are Not Alone

The voices of resistance are heard and amplified by one another, the calendar reminds us.

by: Samantha Borek,; Truthout

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2019 Peace Calendar

War & Peace

The voices of resistance are heard and amplified by one another, the calendar reminds us.

This 2019 Peace Calendar Reminds Us That We Are Not Alone

by: Samantha Borek,; Truthout

As US-Backed War in Yemen Raged, UAE Hired US Mercenaries to Kill Yemeni Leaders

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

Displaced Yemeni children from the Hodeidah province are pictured on September 30, 2018, through a hole in a damaged house where they have been living with other displaced families in the southwestern Yemeni city of Taez. The conflict has triggered what the UN describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with 22 million people in need of humanitarian aid.

In Yemen, Trump Is Taking Tolerance for War Crimes to a New Level

by: Khury Petersen-Smith,; Truthout

Dave Hancock, a veteran from the war in Vietnam, participates in an antiwar protest in front of the White House December 16, 2010, in Washington, DC.

A Majority of Veterans Want Troops to Return From Afghanistan

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Prison & Policing

Censorship further enhances isolation, which is particularly acute for LGBTQ prisoners.

Illinois Prisons Sued for Unconstitutional Ban on LGBTQ Literature

by: Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg,; Truthout

The facade of the San Francisco Hall of Justice, a courthouse which is part of the criminal court of the city of San Francisco, California, on October 13, 2017.

San Francisco’s Earthquake-Unsafe Jail Leaves Prisoners in Peril

by: Toshio Meronek,; Truthout

Demonstrators protest as they celebrate the verdict in the murder trial of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke along Michigan Avenue on October 5, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

In Convicting Van Dyke, Chicago Jury Rejected Broader Policing Norms

by: Sheila A. Bedi &; David Anderson Hooker,; USA TODAY

How Can We Reconcile Prison Abolition With #MeToo?

by: Victoria Law,; Filter

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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.

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Education & Youth

Unaffordable Higher Education Leads to Low Graduation Rates

by: Eleanor J. Bader,; Truthout

The cost of going to college is consuming a larger portion of household income, particularly for students and families of color who already face structural barriers to education and employment.

Students Are Paying More at Public Colleges and Getting Less in Return

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

The Activists on the Front Lines of the Battle for Educational Justice in the US

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Students at the University of Colorado Boulder join a divestment rally on April 14, 2014, in Boulder, Colorado.

Colleges Have a Responsibility to Divest From Fossil Fuels

by: Jennie C. Stephens,; The Conversation

Media Justice

Facebook Accused of “Full-Frontal Suppression of Dissent”

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

New Internet Bill of Rights Introduced in Wake of Digital Privacy Breaches

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Colonizing Histories and Rebranding Pocahontas

by: Maile Arvin,; Truthout

Tangled in the Garden of Good and Evil

by: Norman Solomon,; The Nation

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Big Brother on Steroids: China's All-Encompassing "Social Credit" System

Commentary

Big Brother on Steroids: China's All-Encompassing "Social Credit" System

by: Bill Berkowitz, BuzzFlash

Trump's $110 Billion Saudi Arms Deal Doesn't Actually Exist

by: Matt Shuham, TPM

Mueller Ready to Deliver Key Findings in His Trump Probe, Sources Say

by: Justin Wise, The Hill

Black Senior Citizens in Georgia Ordered Off Bus Taking Them to Vote

by: Anne Branigin, The Root