Truthout

July 15, 2018

Environment & Health

Wealth Can’t Protect Environmentally-Ravaged Silicon Valley From Climate Change

Tech empire’s power and money are no match for the fierce drought and wildfires exacerbated by urban sprawl.

by Eve Ottenberg, Truthout

July 15, 2018

Keeping the “Public” in Public Art

Who decides where funding for New York's public art goes? Especially when that art ends up displacing people?

by Laura Flanders, Truthout

July 15, 2018

Economy & Labor

A “Happy” World Requires Institutional Change

Countries with low income disparities and high levels of social support rank highest in the World Happiness Report.

by John de Graaf, Truthout

July 15, 2018

Politics & Elections

The Importance of Being Uncivil

Why should we be civil while internment camps, travel bans, police murder and other atrocities rule the land?

by Nancy Welch, Socialist Worker

Night traffic in San Francisco, California, January 13, 2017. — Wealth Can’t Protect Environmentally-Ravaged Silicon Valley From Climate Change

The Harriet Tubman Memorial Statue in Harlem, New York, is an example of public art commissioned by the Percent for Art program. — Keeping the “Public” in Public Art

Worker holding happy face and sad face — A “Happy” World Requires Institutional Change

Members of the New York chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America were arrested for an act of civil disobedience, June 6, 2018. The act was in response to the detainment of Pablo Villavicencio by ICE. — The Importance of Being Uncivil

Featured

Reading Against Fascism

by: Henry A. Giroux

Tents are planted on either side of the old trolley rail at OccupyICEPDX, just in front of the ICE Portland headquarters in southwest Macadam on June 19, 2018, in Portland, Oregon.

Abolishing ICE Is a First Step Toward Abolishing Borders

by: Sarah Jaffe

Gov. Matt Bevin swings a mallet on the 'High Striker' game at the Fountain Run BBQ Festival while campaigning for the Republican primary May 17, 2014, in Fountain Run, Kentucky.

Kentucky Governor Retaliates Against Poor After Court Rejects Medicaid Changes

by: Michael Corcoran

Father Michael Pfleger (2nd left) and Reverend Jesse Jackson (2nd right) walk with Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson during an anti-violence protest, which shut down the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago, July 7, 2018.

It’s Not Civil Disobedience if You Ask for Permission

by: Kelly Hayes; Mariame Kaba; Monica Trinidad

Politics & Elections

Man in hemp field.

Amendment in Farm Bill Bans People With Drug Convictions From Hemp Industry

by: Kit O’Connell

Members of the New York chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America were arrested for an act of civil disobedience, June 6, 2018. The act was in response to the detainment of Pablo Villavicencio by ICE.

The Importance of Being Uncivil

by: Nancy Welch

Activist: Piers Morgan Is Wrong for Criticizing British Anti-Trump Protests

by: Amy Goodman

Donald Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May hold a joint press conference following their meeting at Chequers, the prime minister's country residence, near Ellesborough, northwest of London, on July 13, 2018.

Donald Trump Threatens Theresa May as Republicans Stage Peter Strzok Circus

by: Heather Digby Parton

Human Rights

Activists participate in a demonstration for women's rights on January 21, 2018, in Berlin, Germany.

What Came Before #MeToo: The Himpathy That Shaped Misogyny

by: Lilian Calles Barger

Lessons From a Nazi-Persecuted Philosopher on the Rights of Refugees

by: Kathleen B. Jones

Palestinian women demonstrators carry signs during a protest in Ramallah during the First Intifada.

New Film Highlights Women’s Role in the First Palestinian Intifada

by: Yoav Litvin

Will Parents at the Border Be Forced to Separate Again to Win Asylum?

by: Amy Goodman

Exclusives

Behind the Blockades: Intersectional Organizing to Abolish ICE

Behind the Blockades: Intersectional Organizing to Abolish ICE

Activists see a connection between migration and climate change, Indigenous solidarity and mass criminalization.

by: Mike Ludwig

Trump Card: Brett Kavanaugh and the “Unitary Executive” Theory

Trump Card: Brett Kavanaugh and the “Unitary Executive” Theory

With this nomination, there is only one ideology that matters.

by: William Rivers Pitt

Newly Unearthed FBI File Exposes Targeting of Folk Singer Dave Van Ronk

Newly Unearthed FBI File Exposes Targeting of Folk Singer Dave Van Ronk

Files on the late musician offer a disturbing window into the US's long tradition of political suppression.

by: Aaron J. Leonard

Environment & Health

Night traffic in San Francisco, California, January 13, 2017.

Wealth Can’t Protect Environmentally-Ravaged Silicon Valley From Climate Change

by: Eve Ottenberg

What Air Pollution and Police Violence Have in Common

by: Kristina Marusic

How the EPA and the Pentagon Downplayed a Growing Toxic Threat

by: Abrahm Lustgarten

President Donald Trump listens to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar deliver remarks during an announcement about drug prices in the Rose Garden at the White House May 11, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s Angry Tweets and Secret Deals Will Not Lower Drug Prices

by: Mike Ludwig

Economy & Labor

Judge Brett Kavanaugh listens to Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) talk about Kavanaugh's qualifications before a meeting in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, July 11, 2018, in Washington, DC.

The Kavanaugh Nomination and Labor

by: Sharon Block

President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017.

With Anti-China Protectionism, the Left Is Aiding Trump’s Xenophobic Agenda

by: Tobita Chow

Houses in the industrial suburb of Buffalo, New York.

To Combat Gentrification, One City Is Changing How Homes Are Bought and Sold

by: Lornet Turnbull

Worker holding happy face and sad face

A “Happy” World Requires Institutional Change

by: John de Graaf

Art & Cartoons

Backfire

by: Khalil Bendib

Cartoons

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Residents participate in an end-of-school-year peace march and rally on June 15, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

Education & Youth

High School Massacres Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg Among Youth Gun Deaths

An excerpt of Gary Younge's book "Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives."

by: Gary Younge

Book

Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives

School massacres get covered in the mainstream corporate press, but the unrelenting daily deaths of our young people often don't. This book rectifies that.

War & Peace

As NATO Summit Ends, We Must Resist Further Militarization

by: Amy Goodman; Nermeen Shaikh

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg look on as Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel speaks during a working dinner meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on May 25, 2017.

Intentional Chaos: Trump and the Global NATO Alliance

by: Joseph Gerson

National Security Adviser John Bolton arrives for a signing ceremony between North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and President Trump during their US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island in Singapore, on June 12, 2018.

Media, Hardliners Play Up North Korean Nuclear “Deception” Claim

by: Gareth Porter

The colored fountain on Plaza Venezuela in front of a giant portrait of President Nicolas Maduro.

“Why Can’t the US Just Simply Invade?” Officials Say Trump Pushed US Military Overthrow in Venezuela

by: Jon Queally

Prison & Policing

Protesters Hear Echoes of the Past in Germany’s New Police Laws

by: Kate Laycock

People call 'you are not alone' to immigrant detainees inside the Metropolitan Detention Center during a protest of the Trump administration policy of removing children from parents arrested for illegally crossing the US-Mexico border on June 14, 2018, in Los Angeles, California.

How Data Is Used to Ensnare People

by: Janine Jackson

Dozens of immigrant children were detained in a vacant Phoenix office building at the height of President Trump’s family separation policy. Neighbors videotaped workers leading children into the building, which is not licensed as a child care center.

Defense Contractor Detained Migrant Kids in Vacant Phoenix Office Building

by: Aura Bogado; Ziva Branstetter; Vanessa Swales

Folk singer Dave Van Ronk performs onstage at the Gaslight on June 22, 1964 in New York, New York.

Newly Unearthed FBI File Exposes Targeting of Folk Singer Dave Van Ronk

by: Aaron J. Leonard

Series

After the Raid: The Communal Trauma of Immigration Enforcement

After the Raid: The Communal Trauma of Immigration Enforcement

Visions of 2018

Visions of 2018

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Planet or Profit

Planet or Profit

Progressive Picks

Progressive Picks

The Public Intellectual

The Public Intellectual

Education & Youth

Bill Gates standing at the Elysee Palace on April 16, 2018, in Paris, France.

“They’ve Been Doing This Massive, Anti-Democratic Model of Education Reform”

by: Janine Jackson

Residents participate in an end-of-school-year peace march and rally on June 15, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

High School Massacres Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg Among Youth Gun Deaths

by: Gary Younge

Affirmative Action in Jeopardy With New DOJ Order and Retirement of Justice Kennedy

by: Amy Goodman

Children take part in a protest against US immigration policies outside the US embassy in Mexico City on June 21, 2018.

Immigrant Toddlers Ordered to Appear in Court Alone

by: Christina Jewett; Shefali Luthra

Media Justice

The Harriet Tubman Memorial Statue in Harlem, New York, is an example of public art commissioned by the Percent for Art program.

Keeping the “Public” in Public Art

by: Laura Flanders

Mainstream Media Coverage of the J20 Case Has Been Sloppy, When Present at All

by: Janine Jackson

AT&T Only Buys Time Warner Once in a Lifetime

by: Janine Jackson

Seymour Hersh: Media Today Must Cover Yemen and Trump Policy, Not Get Distracted by Tweets

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

Buzzflash

Buzzflash.com provides original commentary and progressive news aggregation.

Trump Is Killing the Affordable Care Act by a Thousand Cuts

Commentary

Trump Is Killing the Affordable Care Act by a Thousand Cuts

by: Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash

Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit Record High, UN Says

by: BBC News, BBC

Haiti's Prime Minister Resigns After Riots Over Fuel Price Hike

by: James Doubek, NPR

Israel in Turmoil Over Bill Allowing Jews and Arabs to Be Segregated

by: Oliver Holmes, Guardian