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September 25, 2018

Politics & Elections

The Fate of Rod Rosenstein Will Impact Every Branch of Government

It all comes down to Thursday.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

September 25, 2018

Economy & Labor

Hotel Workers Register Anger With Marriott in Decisive Strike Vote

Full-time Marriott workers often have to work second jobs just to make ends meet.

by David Bacon, Truthout

September 25, 2018

As Authoritarians Band Together, We Need a Global Opposition Movement

As authoritarians collaborate with and arm each other, there's a need for a united global opposition.

by Khury Petersen-Smith, Truthout

September 25, 2018

To Secure Peace Between the Koreas, US Must Declare an End to the War

The US and its Korean military operations are the biggest roadblocks to peace on the Korean peninsula.

by Christine Ahn, Truthout

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein arrives for the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in Hart Building on September 4, 2018. — The Fate of Rod Rosenstein Will Impact Every Branch of Government

Hotel Workers Register Anger With Marriott in Decisive Strike Vote

Israelis protest against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's visit to Israel as they stand outside the presidential compound in Jerusalem on September 4, 2018, during Duerte's meeting with his Israeli counterpart. — As Authoritarians Band Together, We Need a Global Opposition Movement

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (left) gesture as they watch a gymnastic and artistic performance at the May Day Stadium on September 19, 2018, in Pyongyang, North Korea. — To Secure Peace Between the Koreas, US Must Declare an End to the War

Featured

Tampons Banned for Visitors to Virginia Prisons

by: Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg

Trump’s Tariffs on Chinese Imports Are Actually a Tax on the US Middle Class

by: Dean Baker

Colonizing Histories and Rebranding Pocahontas

by: Maile Arvin

Trump Tax Plan 2.0 Cements the Worst Economic Policy in a Generation

by: Lindsay Koshgarian

Politics & Elections

#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke on Sexual Assault Allegations Against Kavanaugh

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein arrives for the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in Hart Building on September 4, 2018.

The Fate of Rod Rosenstein Will Impact Every Branch of Government

by: William Rivers Pitt

US Capitol Police prepare to arrest demonstrators as they protest against the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be a Supreme Court Justice outside of the office of US Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 24, 2018.

Dozens Arrested as Survivors Flood Capitol Hill to Oppose Kavanaugh

by: Jessica Corbett

This 1867 drawing by Alfred Waud, "The First Vote," depicts Black men waiting in line to cast ballots. In Southern states, Black men first gained the right to vote in state constitutions drafted during the post-Civil War Reconstruction era.

Honoring Reconstruction’s Legacy: The Freedom to Vote

by: Rebekah Barber; Billy Corriher

Human Rights

Naomi Klein: There’s Nothing Natural About Puerto Rico’s Disaster

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

Ohio-based abortion provider Preterm launched a billboard campaign in January with the goal of de-stigmatizing abortion care and lifting up positive messages about how abortion has improved people’s lives. Recently, the Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice launched a high visibility billboard campaign to show support for abortion rights among people of faith.

Religious Groups Bring Pro-Choice Billboards to Oklahoma

by: Erin Heger

Israelis protest against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's visit to Israel as they stand outside the presidential compound in Jerusalem on September 4, 2018, during Duerte's meeting with his Israeli counterpart.

As Authoritarians Band Together, We Need a Global Opposition Movement

by: Khury Petersen-Smith

Arizona Threatens to Revoke Immigrant Children Shelter Licenses

by: Topher Sanders; Michael Grabell

Exclusives

If Democrats Win in November, Will There Be a Reckoning With Trump?

If Democrats Win in November, Will There Be a Reckoning With Trump?

The fruits of a Democratic victory could be substantial.

by: William Rivers Pitt

Native Vote Could Determine Outcome of Senate Race in Montana

Native Vote Could Determine Outcome of Senate Race in Montana

One of the country’s most-watched Senate races could be determined by Montana’s Native voters.

by: Alexis Bonogofsky

New Senate Bill Would Allow Indefinite Detention of Migrant Families

New Senate Bill Would Allow Indefinite Detention of Migrant Families

Republicans are searching for a legislative "solution" to the family separation crisis created by Trump.

by: Mike Ludwig

Environment & Health

Chemicals from fracking wastewater were dumped into the Allegheny River (pictured here) before 2011. Today, they are still accumulating in the bodies of freshwater mussels downstream.

Fracking Chemicals Dumped in Allegheny River a Decade Ago Entered Food Chain

by: Kristina Marusic

More than 40 families in Iowa are fighting to contain the spread of concentrated animal feeding operations.

How Some Iowans Are Stopping Hog Farms From Polluting Their Community

by: Wyatt Massey

The 19th-Century Tumult Over Climate Change – and Why It Matters Today

by: Deborah Coen

State Violence Is at the Root of Health Inequities

by: William Lopez; Paul Fleming

Economy & Labor

Hotel Workers Register Anger With Marriott in Decisive Strike Vote

by: David Bacon

Labor Conditions at Starbucks-Certified Plantation Deemed Analogous to Slavery

by: Daniela Penha

It’s Down to the Wire in Tense Bargaining Talks at Health Care Giant Kaiser

by: Alexandra Bradbury

Ten Years on, the Crisis of Global Capitalism Never Really Ended

by: Jerome Roos

Art & Cartoons

Eve of Battle

by: Jen Sorensen

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A USA flag hangs in the window of a vacant building in downtown Keyser, West Virginia.

Politics & Elections

What Liberals Have Gotten Wrong About Main Street USA

Democrats should take voters’ concerns seriously rather than blowing them off, says Thomas Frank.

by: Mark Karlin

Book

Rendezvous with Oblivion: Reports from a Sinking Society

With one major political party ruthless and hypocritical, and the other major political party feckless and ineffective, the United States is headed for a rendezvous with oblivion.

War & Peace

Vice President Mike Pence delivers opening remarks during the National Space Council's first meeting at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center on October 5, 2017, in Chantilly, Virginia.

Trump’s Space Force: Smoke and Mirrors or a Step Toward War in Space?

by: William D. Hartung

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (left) gesture as they watch a gymnastic and artistic performance at the May Day Stadium on September 19, 2018, in Pyongyang, North Korea.

To Secure Peace Between the Koreas, US Must Declare an End to the War

by: Christine Ahn

Afghan peace activists shout slogans in demand to an end to the war during a march from Helmand as they arrive in Kabul on June 18, 2018.

How Afghanistan’s Peace Movement Is Winning Hearts and Minds

by: Roshni Kapur

Bernie Sanders to Pompeo: Yemeni Lives Are Worth More Than Contractor Profits

by: Jake Johnson

Prison & Policing

Seven States Ban Victim Aid to People With Criminal Records

by: Alysia Santo

South Carolina Prisoners Were Left in Cells as Florence Descended

South Carolina Prisoners Were Left in Cells as Florence Descended

by: Amy Goodman; Nermeen Shaikh

Prisoner with head in hands

Private Prison Officials Allowed to Force-Feed Immigrant Hunger Strikers

by: Mike Ludwig

Prison bars and razor wire

The National Prisons Strike Is Over. Now Is When Prisoners Are Most in Danger.

by: Heather Ann Thompson

Series

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

Don’t Trust Jeff Bezos’s Preschool Philanthropy Scheme

by: Rachel M. Cohen

Why New York State Should Guarantee Public Education Through College

by: Andrew Gounardes

Children's hands up to answer question

Curiosity Is Political: We Must Nurture It if We Hope to Change the World

by: Eva-Maria Swidler

A Miami-Dade Police officer stands guard at the front entrance to the Kenwood K-8 Center on August 24, 2018, in Miami, Florida.

“Punitive Discipline Policies Have Proven to Be Destructive to Children”

by: Janine Jackson

Media Justice

Tangled in the Garden of Good and Evil

by: Norman Solomon

US President Donald Trump speaks during a 'Make America Great Again' rally at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 20, 2018.

Challenging Trump’s Propaganda Means Creating a Counter-Narrative

by: Thomas J. Scott

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies on the third day of his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill September 6, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Kavanaugh’s Hearings Have an Unprecedented Level of Secrecy

by: Janine Jackson

A Yemeni school administrator inspects damage to a school on the first day of the new academic year on September 16, 2018. The school suffered an airstrike last year during fighting between Saudi-backed government forces and pro-Iranian Huthi rebels in the country's third-largest city of Taez.

Violence in Yemen Won’t End if the US Continues to Support Saudi Arabia

by: Janine Jackson

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Hurricane Florence Delivers a Stark Antiwar Message

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Hurricane Florence Delivers a Stark Antiwar Message

by: Nick Mottern, BuzzFlash

Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Office Is Getting Rape Threats

by: Sophie Weiner, Splinter News

Trump Attacks Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Amid Talks for Hearing

by: Brian Naylor and Deirdre Walsh, NPR

The GOP's Growing Identity Crisis

by: Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen, Axios