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September 24, 2018

Economy & Labor

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

Wealth consolidation at the top is the unstated but intended goal of this tax plan.

by Lindsay Koshgarian, Truthout

September 24, 2018

Environment & Health

State Violence Is at the Root of Health Inequities

Racist policing has serious impacts on public health in communities of color at taxpayers' expense.

by William Lopez, Paul Fleming, Truthout

September 24, 2018

Education & Youth

Why New York State Should Guarantee Public Education Through College

Every child needs guaranteed access to a debt-free education to reach their full potential in the 21st century.

by Andrew Gounardes, Truthout

September 24, 2018

Politics & Elections

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, Truthout

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

State Violence Is at the Root of Health Inequities

Why New York State Should Guarantee Public Education Through College

A billboard reading: 'Impeachment Now Make America America Again!' calling for President Donald Trump's impeachment is seen along a street leading to Mar-A-Lago on March 19, 2018, in West Palm Beach, Florida. — If Democrats Win in November, Will There Be a Reckoning With Trump?

Featured

Native Vote Could Determine Outcome of Senate Race in Montana

by: Alexis Bonogofsky

Nomination by Death Threat: Picking a Justice in the Age of Trump

by: William Rivers Pitt

New Senate Bill Would Allow Indefinite Detention of Migrant Families

by: Mike Ludwig

New Legislation Gives Access to Medication Abortion at Public Colleges

by: Katie Klabusich

Politics & Elections

Republican US Senator Ted Cruz and Democratic US Representative Beto O'Rourke in their first debate for Texas U.S. Senate in McFarlin Auditorium at SMU on September 21, 2018, in Dallas, Texas.

Is the Lone Star State Moving Left?

by: Seth Uzman

Supporters of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford march and chant in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in support of their neighbor who recently came forth with sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Does #MeToo Have the Power to Take Down a Supreme Court Nominee?

by: Janelle Hanchett

A billboard reading: 'Impeachment Now Make America America Again!' calling for President Donald Trump's impeachment is seen along a street leading to Mar-A-Lago on March 19, 2018, in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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

by: William Rivers Pitt

Michael Moore: Democrats’ Fatal Mistake Was Not Taking Trump Seriously

by: Amy Goodman

Human Rights

Arizona Threatens to Revoke Immigrant Children Shelter Licenses

by: Topher Sanders; Michael Grabell

Nationwide Walkout Planned to Show Solidarity With Sexual Assault Survivors

by: Julia Conley

Fearing Deportation, Undocumented Immigrants Refuse to Testify in Abuse Cases

by: Julia Conley

Two Women From Mental Health Facility Drown in Flood During Transport

Two Women From Mental Health Facility Drown in Flood During Transport

by: Amy Goodman; Nermeen Shaikh

Exclusives

Striking Hotel Workers: “Slow Season” No Excuse for Losing Health Care

Striking Hotel Workers: “Slow Season” No Excuse for Losing Health Care

Some hotels have denied health coverage for eight months in a year, claiming it was "slow season."

by: Bryce Covert

Why Dallas Authorities Are Desperate to Attack Botham Jean’s Character

Why Dallas Authorities Are Desperate to Attack Botham Jean’s Character

A campaign is already underway to malign Jean's character in order to shield a fellow officer.

by: Candice Bernd

Hurricane Florence Unleashes Coal Ash, Sending Toxic Warning to EPA

Hurricane Florence Unleashes Coal Ash, Sending Toxic Warning to EPA

Trump's EPA has been busy weakening waste storage rules for the coal industry.

by: Mike Ludwig

Environment & Health

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

Is the United States About to Lose Its Best Conservation Program?

by: Tara Lohan

Rainwater from Hurricane Florence causes a "waterfall" of coal ash from a waste landfill at the site of a power plant operated by Duke Energy near Wilmington, North Carolina, on September 16, 2018.

Hurricane Florence Unleashes Coal Ash, Sending Toxic Warning to EPA

by: Mike Ludwig

Economy & Labor

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

by: Alexandra Bradbury

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

by: Lindsay Koshgarian

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

by: Jerome Roos

Puerto Rico Has Not Recovered From Hurricane Maria

by: Lauren Lluveras

Art & Cartoons

Mueller Makes ‘Em Sing

by: Khalil Bendib

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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

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

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.

Yemen’s Descent Into Hell: A Saudi-American War of Terror

by: Rajan Menon

Soldiers ready a tank in the Afghan capital city of Kabul on February 22, 1989.

The West Ignores Afghanistan at Its Peril

by: Dana E. Abizaid

Prison & Policing

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

Church members stand with the family of Botham Shem Jean at a press conference after the funeral service at Greenville Avenue Church of Christ on September 13, 2018, in Richardson, Texas.

Why Dallas Authorities Are Desperate to Attack Botham Jean’s Character

by: Candice Bernd

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.

Progressive Picks

Progressive Picks

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

The Public Intellectual

The Public Intellectual

Progressive academics address important social issues.

Education & Youth

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

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Ending the Secrecy of the Student Debt Crisis

by: Daniela Senderowicz

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