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July 26, 2018

Indigenous Asylum Seekers Face Language Barriers at the Border

An Indigenous asylum seeker who primarily speaks the Mayan dialect of K'iche' describes her ordeal.

by Candice Bernd, Truthout

July 26, 2018

Environment & Health

We Are the Lorax. We Speak for the Trees.

Dr. Seuss’s beloved character gets a bad rap. Turns out he was angry for a reason.

by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

July 26, 2018

Israel Intensifies Collective Punishment of Resistance in Gaza

Denied their basic rights to survival, Gazans have no choice but to resist Israel's aggressions as best they can.

by Michael Merryman-Lotze, Truthout

July 26, 2018

Politics & Elections

Noam Chomsky on the Resurgence of Political Authoritarianism

Countering authoritarianism will take carefully honed education, organizing and activism, Chomsky says.

by C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout

Indigenous Asylum Seekers Face Language Barriers at the Border

A Whistling Thorn Acacia at the Satao Elerai Conservancy, near Amboseli National Park, Kenya. — We Are the Lorax. We Speak for the Trees.

Relatives of a Palestinian, who was shot by Israeli forces during the 'Great March of Return' demonstrations, mourn during his funeral ceremony near Jabalia Refugee Camp in Gaza City, Gaza on July 24, 2018. — Israel Intensifies Collective Punishment of Resistance in Gaza

Noam Chomsky on the Resurgence of Political Authoritarianism

Featured

Janet Mock speaks at an event at AOL HQ on December 1, 2016, in New York City.

Rad Girls Are Bold and Empowered

by: Kate Schatz

Bipartisan Bill Would Set Record Straight on Legal Marijuana

by: Mike Ludwig

How Amazon Cooperates With Trump’s Deportation Machine

by: Sarah Jaffe

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Anti-Prostitution Ordinance Promotes Racial Profiling in Chicago

by: Andrea J. Ritchie; Brit Schulte

Politics & Elections

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein leaves a news conference at the Department of Justice, July 13, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Republicans Move to Impeach Rod Rosenstein

by: Jake Johnson

Former personal lawyer and confidante for President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen arrives at the United States District Court Southern District of New York on May 30, 2018, in New York City.

Is Donald Trump in Deep Legal Trouble Over the Michael Cohen Tapes?

by: Heather Digby Parton

A soldier observes the pyrotechnics finale for an Army competition conducted at Fort Lee, Virginia, October 5, 2011.

Empires Are Always Failed Experiments, and the US Is No Exception

by: Tom Engelhardt

House Progressives Introduce “People’s Budget”

by: Jake Johnson

Human Rights

More Than 900 Migrant Children Remain Separated From Parents Despite Deadline

by: Amy Goodman

President George Bush and Barbara Bush receive applause by some of the 2,000 people from major disability groups that gathered to witness the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), July 26, 1990.

Disability Issues Tend to Be Put on a Back Burner

by: Janine Jackson

Relatives of a Palestinian, who was shot by Israeli forces during the 'Great March of Return' demonstrations, mourn during his funeral ceremony near Jabalia Refugee Camp in Gaza City, Gaza on July 24, 2018.

Israel Intensifies Collective Punishment of Resistance in Gaza

by: Michael Merryman-Lotze

Indigenous Asylum Seekers Face Language Barriers at the Border

by: Candice Bernd

Exclusives

Ocean Acidification Could Amplify Climate Disruption

Ocean Acidification Could Amplify Climate Disruption

Ocean acidification can compromise marine ecosystems and was a key component in previous mass extinction events.

by: Dahr Jamail

Trump Put Corporate Profits Over Babies� Health. Are We Surprised?

Trump Put Corporate Profits Over Babies’ Health. Are We Surprised?

This administration has repeatedly demonstrated a desire for profit at the cost of society's most vulnerable.

by: Alison Rose Levy

Big Pharma Cozies Up to Trump as He Moves to Lower Drug Prices

Big Pharma Cozies Up to Trump as He Moves to Lower Drug Prices

Big pharma is blaming others in the drug supply chain while pushing policies to protect its own bottom line.

by: Mike Ludwig

Environment & Health

Flint’s Water-Related Death Toll Keeps Rising

by: Amy Goodman

A Whistling Thorn Acacia at the Satao Elerai Conservancy, near Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

We Are the Lorax. We Speak for the Trees.

by: William Rivers Pitt

New Study Warns of Deadly Link Between Rising Temperatures and Suicide

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

Merck Chairman and CEO Ken Frazier, left, talks to President Trump during a meeting with pharmaceutical industry leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, January 31, 2017.

Big Pharma Cozies Up to Trump as He Moves to Lower Drug Prices

by: Mike Ludwig

Economy & Labor

Collective Action Is Key to Keeping Labor Strong

by: Mery Concepcion

There Is No Summer Vacation for Parents in the Gig Economy

by: Debbie Weingarten

Cover to Striking to Survive

Chinese Workers Strike Against Runaway Factories

by: Eve Ottenberg

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Attacking Income Inequality by Limiting Wealth

by: Mark Karlin

Art & Cartoons

Stagnation Nation

by: Matt Bors

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Janet Mock speaks at an event at AOL HQ on December 1, 2016, in New York City.

Human Rights

Rad Girls Are Bold and Empowered

An excerpt from "Rad Girls Can: Stories of Bold, Brave, and Brilliant Young Women."

by: Kate Schatz

Book

Rad Girls Can

Rad girls are never too young to change the world. Learn about the courageous young women who have made a difference in empowering girls.

War & Peace

President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin wait ahead of a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018.

Implementing the Sino-Russian Blueprint for a Tripolar World Order

by: Michael T. Klare

Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo Push Confrontation With Iran

by: Amy Goodman

Meet Two of the Activists Who Secretly Entered a Nuclear Submarine Base

by: Amy Goodman

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks with White House National Security Advisor John Bolton before a news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House, on June 7, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Bolton and Pompeo Reportedly Lead Push to “Foment Unrest” in Iran

by: Jake Johnson

Prison & Policing

ICE: The Making of an American Gestapo

by: Justin Akers Chacón

Open jail cell door

Chicago Judge’s Bond Decision Is Model for a More Just Pretrial System

by: Matthew McLoughlin

Dogs guarding a site under the M1 motorway on June 11, 2018, in Bedfordshire, England.

Using Dogs as a Tool of Racist Repression

by: Alex Moyle

Los Angeles’s “Counter-Terrorism” Program Could Sweep 10 Million Into Dragnet

by: Sophia DenUyl

Series

After the Raid: The Communal Trauma of Immigration Enforcement

After the Raid: The Communal Trauma of Immigration Enforcement

Visions of 2018

Visions of 2018

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Planet or Profit

Planet or Profit

Progressive Picks

Progressive Picks

The Public Intellectual

The Public Intellectual

Education & Youth

Congress is currently considering the PROSPER Act, which could have a dramatic impact on LGTBQ students.

How the PROSPER Act Could Negatively Impact LGBTQ Students

by: Timothy R. Bussey

Rep. Jim Jordan Thinks Coaches Can Ignore “Locker Room Talk” About Abuse

by: Caryn Ward

Bill Gates standing at the Elysee Palace on April 16, 2018, in Paris, France.

“They’ve Been Doing This Massive, Anti-Democratic Model of Education Reform”

by: Janine Jackson

Residents participate in an end-of-school-year peace march and rally on June 15, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

High School Massacres Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg Among Youth Gun Deaths

by: Gary Younge

Media Justice

Supreme Court building

Here’s What the Senate Should Ask About New Technologies and the Internet

by: Camille Fischer; Corynne McSherry; Shahid Buttar

Tronc Fires Half the Staff of the New York Daily News, in Latest Attack on Local Journalism

Tronc Fires Half the Staff of the New York Daily News

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

A Win for Net Neutrality Activists: First House Republican Backs Effort to Reinstate Protections

by: Jessica Corbett

Katrina vanden Heuvel: We Need “Robust Debate” in Reporting on Russia, Not “Suffocating Consensus”

We Need Robust Debate in Reporting on Russia, Not Suffocating Consensus

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

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Trump Can't Keep Electric Car Sales and Innovations From Continuing to Advance

Commentary

Trump Can't Keep Electric Car Sales and Innovations From Continuing to Advance

by: Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash

Japan's Record-Breaking Heat Wave Declared Natural Disaster, 80 Dead

by: Lorraine Chow, BuzzFlash

Trump Is Putin's Puppet, and Now Everyone Knows It

by: Will Durst, BuzzFlash

Five Things Black Voters Should Demand From the Democratic Party

by: Michael Harriot, The Root