Interview | Greg Palast: Jim Crow Scam Threatens to Tip Georgia’s Ossoff-Handel Race Republicans are using Jim Crow tactics to suppress the minority vote in Georgia's 6th District, says Greg Palast. By Mark Karlin , Truthout June 20, 2017 Truthout
News | Human Rights Egypt: Seven Men Tortured in State Custody Face Execution; 90 News Websites Blocked Dozens of activists have been arrested in a series of sweeping raids in recent days. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! June 20, 2017 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Ignores Latest London Attack on Muslims At least one reported dead and ten injured, but President Donald Trump makes no time to condemn anti-Muslim violence. By Staff , CommonDreams June 19, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace A Psychedelic Spin on “National Security”: The Summer of Surprisingly Political Love The quest for a more balanced approach to security in the 1960s pointed a way toward at least the possibility of an American world of diminished fears. By Ira Chernus , TomDispatch June 19, 2017 Truthout
News | Environment & Health “Give Us Back Our Land”: Paper Giants Struggle to Resolve Conflicts With Communities in Sumatra The operations of Asia Pulp & Paper and Toba Pulp Lestari remain rife with disputes with indigenous groups. By Alice Cuddy , Mongabay June 19, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Poor and Middle-Income Families Need a Better Way Than 529s to Save for College So called 529 plans have failed to help low- and middle-income households pay for college. By Steven Pressman & Robert H. Scott III , TheConversation June 19, 2017 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Meet the Southern Senators Critical to Blocking Obamacare’s Repeal Tom Cotton, Shelley Moore Capito and Bill Cassidy are among the senators considered crucial to blocking efforts to repeal Obamacare. By Sue Sturgis , FacingSouth June 19, 2017 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Trump’s FBI Nominee Offered Corporate Clients Legal Advice at Forum on ExxonMobil Climate Change Investigations Wray's law firm later pitched clients on its ability to help corporations “vigorously contest” such investigations. By Dave Anderson , EnergyandPolicyInstitute June 19, 2017 Truthout
News | Right-Wing Calls for Muslim “Internment Camps” Intensify in the US, UK and Germany Encouraged by Trump's Muslim ban, Holocaust deniers in Germany are calling for a “Warsaw Ghetto” plan for refugees. By Ben Knight & Deniz Yeter , Truthout June 19, 2017 Truthout