News | The Largest Fascist Rally in Recent Memory Is Expected This Week — Can the Left Unite Against It? When far-right organizers take over our cities even a tepid response from progressives would be consent. By Spencer Sunshine , Truthout August 8, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Trump’s Pick to Head the FBI Wouldn’t Say Whether He’d Spy on Mosques — the Senate Confirmed Him Anyway Both the FBI and the Trump administration benefit from self-perpetuating Islamophobia. By Chip Gibbons , DefendingRightsandDissent August 8, 2017 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Fines for Big Financial Firms Have Plunged Under Trump The amount of penalties that federal regulators have collected from misbehaving financial firms has declined sharply in the first 200 days of Trump. By Sam Sacks , TheDistrictSentinel August 8, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Millennials Are Killing the Oil Industry If there's any other defining trait of millennials, it's that we're a political generation, and lean fairly far to the left. By Kate Aronoff , InTheseTimes August 8, 2017 Truthout
Interview | “We Can’t Let Our Guard Down”: Republicans Could Use Budget as Cudgel Against Medicaid The Republican effort to cut taxes for the wealthy by terminating health care for poor and middle-class families is very much alive. By Sarah Jaffe , Truthout August 8, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Slouching Toward Mar-a-Lago: The Post-Cold-War Consensus Collapses What's the point of being an American? By Andrew J. Bacevich , TomDispatch August 8, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Boycotts to Achieve Political Change Are Forms of Political Speech Any attempt by Congress to legislate against a grassroots movement contradicts the values that are embodied in the First Amendment. By Janine Jackson , FAIR August 8, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Formerly Jailed CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou: Jeff Sessions Is Extending Obama’s War on Leaks John Kiriakou discusses the FBI's newly formed team for handling leaks. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! August 8, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Richard D. Wolff Debates FOX’s Stuart Varney About Socialism The return to socialism as a better alternative in current US society is because capitalism has failed them. By Richard D. Wolff , DemocracyAtWork August 8, 2017 Truthout
Cartoon | Playing the Country Card The White House is really milking the rural-urban divide. By Jen Sorensen , Truthout August 8, 2017 Truthout