Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Donald Trump Keeps Saying “Deep State.” It Doesn’t Mean What He Thinks It Means. Trump’s own relationship to the national security deep state has been ambivalent at best. By Rebecca Gordon , TomDispatch January 14, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Don’t Be Surprised If Biden’s Iraq War Vote Eats Him Alive Tonight Biden will be sharing the stage with Bernie Sanders, who did the right thing when Biden did not. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout January 14, 2020 Truthout
News | Human Rights AOC, Sanders and Velázquez Demand Trump End Hold on Puerto Rico Relief Funds The letter called on Trump to immediately approve a major disaster declaration submitted by the Puerto Rican government. By Jon Queally , CommonDreams January 14, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health To Manage Fires, Australia Must Follow the Lead of Aboriginal Communities Cultural burning is proactive, while Western-style controlled burning is reactive. By Abaki Beck , YES!Magazine January 14, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Reproductive Rights Having the Abortion Talk With Children Is Easier Than You Think Parents are more than capable of having meaningful conversations with their children about abortion. By Paige Alexandria , Rewire.News January 14, 2020 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Trump Embraces Anti-LGBTQ Pastor Who Pushed “Conversion Therapy” Evangelical Pastor Robert Jeffress attempted to save a gay teenager from the “clutches of the Enemy.” By Mike Ludwig , Truthout January 14, 2020 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Even When You Change Its Name, Solitary Confinement Is Torture Indiana's restricted movement units are just as inhumane and damaging as solitary confinement. By Victoria Law , Truthout January 14, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Mitch McConnell Is Trying to Free Trump From the Rule of Law McConnell's fealty to Trump over the Constitution threatens democracy. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout January 14, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Education & Youth As Tensions With Iran Escalate, It Is Time to Challenge Empire in the Classroom Schools must not continue spreading the ahistorical narratives of empire that promote endless wars. By Shirin Vossoughi , Roozbeh Shirazi , Sepehr Vakil , Truthout January 13, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace Obama Normalized Drone Warfare. Trump Is Escalating It. Trump’s drone war should remind us how dangerous it is when a president claims the legal authority to kill in secret. By Allegra Harpootlian , TomDispatch January 13, 2020 Truthout