Op-Ed | Environment & Health Don’t “Make War” on Climate Change We can’t save a burning planet with the same militarist paradigms that have repeatedly set it on fire. By Medea Benjamin & Azeezah Kanji , Truthout July 18, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor As Amazon Continues Undercutting Rivals, Workers Demand Fair Pay and Conditions Amazon faced growing outrage for its unsafe working conditions and collaboration with ICE on “Prime Day.” By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! July 17, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Eric Garner Family Outraged DOJ Won’t Prosecute His Murder by Police A medical examiner testified that the chokehold led to Garner’s death, which was ruled a homicide. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! July 17, 2019 Truthout
News | Immigration Lawsuit Could Force For-Profit Detention Centers to Pay Detainees Minimum Wage People in CoreCivic's detention centers are paid $1 a day for their labor. CoreCivic is paid $95 a day to detain them. By Claire Heddles , Truthout July 17, 2019 Truthout
News | Human Rights Chelsea Manning’s Daily Fines for Grand Jury Resistance Increase to $1000 Manning's legal team says she will face a total of more than $440,000 in fines. By Kevin Gosztola , Shadowproof July 17, 2019 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Liz Cheney Goes All-In on Trump’s Racism: Meet the Future of the GOP Nikki Haley, once a GOP rising star, has gone silent. But another woman is ready to grab the golden dog-whistle. By Heather Digby Parton , Salon July 17, 2019 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections House Progressives Say Condemning Trump’s Racism Isn’t Enough: “We Must Impeach” Public pressure is mounting for Democrats to go beyond a “strongly worded” rebuke. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams July 17, 2019 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing Outrage Over Ice Cream Licker Should Prompt Us to Ask: What Is a Crime? No one called it a crime when 10 people were hospitalized after eating Listeria-tainted Blue Bell ice cream. By Sarah Lustbader , TheAppeal July 17, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health I Was Given Medication Without My Informed Consent — and It Wasn’t Illegal Patients should be given the information they need to understand their treatment. By Casey O’Brien , Rewire.News July 17, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace We’re Spending Trillions on Weapons and War. Let’s Spend It on Health Care. The money needed to fund Medicare for All is there. It always has been. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout July 17, 2019 Truthout