Millions globally walked in unity with Saturday’s Women’s March on Washington. Trump has been busy signing executive actions. What can be expected now? Join us Thursday for a discussion.
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By Shougofa Alikozay / Sahar Speaks —
Despite high maternal and child mortality rates, Afghanistan maintains its custom of child marriage, subjecting victims to lives of poverty and misery.
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By Emma Niles — Trump has called for a probe into voter fraud during the 2016 election, even as new evidence shows that one of his daughters and one of his top aides hold dual-state registration.
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Upon reviving construction of the oil pipeline project this week, President Trump’s administration claimed it would create 28,000 jobs.
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By Emma Niles — Many in the scientific community are also spreading word of an upcoming “Scientists March on Washington.”
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The president is expected to sign executive orders addressing both issues, and may be considering even more contentious initiatives.
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By John Feffer / TomDispatch —
For all their international experience, the new president and his appointees care about the planet the way pornographers care about sex.
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After a Trump order bans aid to groups that “offer abortion counseling” in developing nations, Dutch Trade and Development Minister Lilianne Ploumen, pictured, announces plans to “fill the gap.”
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By Tim Radford / Climate News Network —
Almost 386,102 square miles of natural forest disappeared between 2000 and 2013, along with its ability to absorb carbon and reduce warming.
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The writer uses the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe to suggest the upcoming economic, security and weather calamities that Donald Trump and Mike Pence could both cause and exploit.
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The outgoing president granted the sum during his final hours in the White House, though it doesn’t approximate the billions in military aid pledged to Israel.
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment —
If the president announces a policy to halt visas for citizens of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, Wednesday will be a day of ethnic hatred.
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By A.C. Thompson / ProPublica —
In a survey of 50,000 teens, 70 percent reported abusive behavior largely targeting race, sexual orientation and immigration status.
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By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams —
The moves come amid growing concern that Trump and his appointees will suppress scientific innovation and research to advance their own ideological agenda.
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By Sahar Fetrat / Sahar Speaks —
The stigmatization of female sexuality in Afghan culture has lifelong consequences for girls and women who lack understanding of menstrual health hygiene.
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When he was a candidate he promised that abandoning the trade deal—hailed as one of the major achievements of the Obama administration—would be one of his first actions as president.
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In a segment of Monday’s show, host Cenk Uygur explained the need for a modern progressive wing in the Democratic Party.
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We offer the links to Truthdig’s seven-part series in which an honors student describes how he ended up in prison and the profound changes he experienced during his three decades behind bars.
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By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams —
The president signed executive orders Tuesday advancing the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines.
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The “Trews” host argues that for those being bombed in Yemen, or whose privacy is being invaded or who face deportation, not much will change under the new president.
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