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August 27, 2018

Politics & Elections

Corporate Democrats Prepare Midterm Battle Against Socialist Candidates

The New Democrat Coalition is working to preserve neoliberalism and prevent a pivot toward social democracy.

by Michael Corcoran, Truthout

August 27, 2018

For Native Americans, History Continues to Repeat Itself

The US talks about freedom and liberty, but the country was founded upon genocide and slavery.

by Dahr Jamail, Truthout

August 27, 2018

Economy & Labor

Housing and the Trump Tax Cut

Because the Federal Reserve Board has chosen to raise interest rates, the housing market seems to be weakening.

by Dean Baker, Truthout

August 27, 2018

Politics & Elections

What Liberals Have Gotten Wrong About Main Street USA

Democrats should take voters’ concerns seriously rather than blowing them off, says Thomas Frank.

by Mark Karlin, Truthout

New York Democratic candidate for Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigns for Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a rally on the campus of Wayne State University, July 28, 2018, in Detroit, Michigan. — Corporate Democrats Prepare Midterm Battle Against Socialist Candidates

Native American protesters are joined by anti-Trump and other demonstrators as they march against the Dakota Access Pipeline in Chicago, Illinois, on November 12, 2016. — For Native Americans, History Continues to Repeat Itself

Housing and the Trump Tax Cut

A USA flag hangs in the window of a vacant building in downtown Keyser, West Virginia. — What Liberals Have Gotten Wrong About Main Street USA

Featured

Funding Conservation by Killing Animals

Funding Conservation by Killing Animals: An Ironic Partnership

by: JP Sottile

African migrants are seen aboard the ship 'Sarost 5' docked in the southern Tunisian port of Zarzis on August 1, 2018.

Only African Resources, Not Migrants, Are Welcome in Western Countries

by: Yasin Kakande

California Gov. Jerry Brown conducts a press conference declaring the state's prison emergency over at his Los Angeles office in January, 2013.

The Problem With Bail Isn’t the Bondsmen, It’s the State

by: Lily Fahsi-Haskell; Mohamed Shehk

Sex Workers Fight Back Against Harmful Anti-Trafficking Laws

by: Victoria Law

Politics & Elections

New York Democratic candidate for Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigns for Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a rally on the campus of Wayne State University, July 28, 2018, in Detroit, Michigan.

Corporate Democrats Prepare Midterm Battle Against Socialist Candidates

by: Michael Corcoran

Democratic National Committee Votes to Limit Superdelegate Power

by: Amy Goodman

If Last Week’s Events Won’t Drive Trump’s Voters Away, What Will?

by: Heather Digby Parton

A USA flag hangs in the window of a vacant building in downtown Keyser, West Virginia.

What Liberals Have Gotten Wrong About Main Street USA

by: Mark Karlin

Human Rights

Government Should Pay for Migrant Families’ Mental Health Services, Lawsuit Says

by: Laura C. Morel

Native American protesters are joined by anti-Trump and other demonstrators as they march against the Dakota Access Pipeline in Chicago, Illinois, on November 12, 2016.

For Native Americans, History Continues to Repeat Itself

by: Dahr Jamail

Pro-choice protesters demonstrate in front of the US Supreme Court on July 9, 2018, in Washington, DC.

How Do We Confront a Supreme Threat to Choice?

by: Sharon Smith

US Cities Issue IDs to Protect Undocumented Immigrants

by: Liz Brazile

Exclusives

US Leaders Aid and Abet War Crimes in Yemen

US Leaders Aid and Abet War Crimes in Yemen

The Lockheed Martin bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was sold as part of a US-Saudi arms deal.

by: Marjorie Cohn

NAFTA Renegotiation Should Reject Neoliberalism

NAFTA Renegotiation Should Reject Neoliberalism

We could be facing a rare opportunity to make vital, long-needed changes to the trade deal.

by: Ryan Harvey

Sixth Mass Extinction Ushers In Record-Breaking Wildfires and Heat

Sixth Mass Extinction Ushers In Record-Breaking Wildfires and Heat

As the Earth burns, Trump and his people continue to put profits over preservation of life.

by: Dahr Jamail

Environment & Health

Tons of Plastic Trash Enter the Great Lakes Every Year — Where Does It Go?

by: Matthew J. Hoffman; Christy Tyler

Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, makes remarks at an event on June 11, 2018, in Washington, DC.

US AIDS Policy Reflects Religious Conservatives’ Ties to Trump Officials

by: Marisa Taylor

A black and white picture of the Shell Group's managing directors published in The Shell Transport and Trading Company's 1997 annual report.

Shell Took 16 Years to Warn Shareholders of Climate Risks

by: Chloe Farand; Sharon Kelly

Pigs Aren’t the Only Ones Suffering From North Carolina’s Industrial Hog Farms

by: Susan Bird

Economy & Labor

Housing and the Trump Tax Cut

by: Dean Baker

President Donald Trump arrives for a new year's party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 31, 2017.

How the Trump Foundation Illustrates the Limits of Charity Regulations

by: Ellen P. Aprill

Scoring Trump’s Tax Cuts: $280K for Rich Lawmakers, Pennies for Working People

by: Kayla Kitson

Day laborers try to get work at the Home Depot South West Houston on September 2, 2017.

Wage Theft Escalates After Hurricane Harvey

by: James Barragán

Art & Cartoons

On the Right Track

by: Khalil Bendib

A profound commitment

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A USA flag hangs in the window of a vacant building in downtown Keyser, West Virginia.

Politics & Elections

What Liberals Have Gotten Wrong About Main Street USA

Democrats should take voters’ concerns seriously rather than blowing them off, says Thomas Frank.

by: Mark Karlin

Book

Rendezvous with Oblivion: Reports from a Sinking Society

With one major political party ruthless and hypocritical, and the other major political party feckless and ineffective, the United States is headed for a rendezvous with oblivion.

War & Peace

President Trump listens to a prayer after presenting Valerie Nessel, widow of Air Force Technical Sergeant John Chapman, with the posthumous Medal of Honor for her husband during a ceremony in East Room of the White House on Wednesday, Auguat 22, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Iran Urges UN High Court to Halt US Sanctions

by: Jake Johnson

Senator John McCain leaves after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2013.

Senator John McCain, Republican War Hawk, Dead at 81

by: Staff

A grab taken from a AFPTV video on August 25, 2018 shows men carrying covered bodies in Al-Durayhimi, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Hodeida, after a missile strike for which the Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition fighting them traded blame.

26 More Children Killed by US-Backed Bombing in Yemen

by: Jon Queally

People are seen near a bus destroyed by an airstrike that killed dozens of children earlier this week, on August 12, 2018, in Saada, Yemen.

US Leaders Aid and Abet War Crimes in Yemen

by: Marjorie Cohn

Prison & Policing

Mother of NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner: My Daughter Was “Nailed to the Door”

by: Amy Goodman

When Cops Protect and Serve White Supremacy

by: Nicole Colson

National Prison Strike Begins: Prisoners in 17 States Demand End to “Slave Labor” Behind Bars

Prisoners in 17 States Demand End to “Slave Labor” Behind Bars

by: Amy Goodman

Immigrants prepare to become American citizens at a naturalization service on January 22, 2018, in Newark, New Jersey.

Is Citizenship and Immigration Services Conspiring With ICE?

by: s.e. smith

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

Celerina Patricia Sánchez Santiago.

Meet the Women Poets Preserving Indigenous Languages in Mexico

by: Bérengère Sim

Meet the UNC Student Whose Protest Toppled a Racist Monument

by: Amy Goodman

Demonstrators rally for the removal of a Confederate statue coined Silent Sam on the campus of the University of Chapel Hill on August 22, 2017, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Students and other protesters tore the statue down on August 20, 2018.

North Carolina Protesters Topple Confederate Statue “Silent Sam”

by: Jake Johnson

Teacher comforts child

How Native American Children Benefit From Trauma-Informed Schools

by: Tanya H. Lee

Media Justice

What the Media Leaves Out of John McCain’s Record of Misogyny and Militarism

by: Amy Goodman

Firefighters monitor a back fire as they battle the Medocino Complex fire on August 7, 2018, near Lodoga, California. Verizon has admitted to throttling the Santa Clara County Fire Department's data speed as it fought the fire.

Verizon Throttled Data During Deadly Wildfire in California

by: Jake Johnson

Jake Tapper Admits CNN “Fact Check” on Medicare for All Was Not Factual

by: Jake Johnson

We Will Resist Trump’s Authoritarian War on the Media

by: Mike Ludwig

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Swimming While Black in the Age of Trump

Commentary

Swimming While Black in the Age of Trump

by: Bill Berkowitz, BuzzFlash

Fast-Melting Lakes Could Increase Permafrost Emissions by 118 Percent

by: Olivia Rosane, The Guardian

Republicans Secretly Study Their Coming Hell

by: Jonathan Swan, Axios

How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Fleeing Wildfires as a Climate Change Refugee

by: Carrie Scherpelz, USA Today