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September 6, 2018

Politics & Elections

Neoliberal Fascism and the Twilight of the Social

Trump’s discourse and policies are a profound attack on social solidarity and the bonds of social obligation.

by Henry A. Giroux, Truthout

September 6, 2018

Prisons & Policing

The Prison Strike Challenges Ableism and Defends Disability Rights

Each of the 10 prison strike demands implicates disability. Let's practice disability solidarity with the strikers.

by Talila A. Lewis, Dustin Gibson, Truthout

September 6, 2018

Environment & Health

UCLA’s Patent War in India Prevents Access to Prostate Cancer Treatment

Prostate cancer patients from low-income areas where a life-saving drug was tested can no longer afford it.

by Leah Salzano, Truthout

September 6, 2018

Prisons & Policing

Inside the Prison Labor Strike: New Tactics Pay Off in Mainstream Coverage

A coordinated list of demands alongside new mobilization and messaging approaches helped garner media attention.

by James Kilgore, Truthout

Neoliberal Fascism and the Twilight of the Social

The Prison Strike Challenges Ableism and Defends Disability Rights

UCLA’s Patent War in India Prevents Access to Prostate Cancer Treatment

Fist up against prison backdrop — Inside the Prison Labor Strike: New Tactics Pay Off in Mainstream Coverage

Featured

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana on August 30, 2018.

How Progressives Can End the Era of Mediocre White Men in Power

by: Eisa Nefertari Ulen

If the orcas are to be saved, immediate large-scale efforts must be taken.

With Food Source Endangered, Southern Resident Killer Whales Face Extinction

by: Curtis Johnson

Trump and the GOP have largely succeeded in making individual coverage unaffordable to people with health conditions.

Trump Succeeds in Making Insurance for People With Health Problems Unaffordable

by: Dean Baker

Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel addresses protesters outside the FCC building to rally against the end of net neutrality rules on December 14, 2017, in Washington, DC.

Democrats: Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh Would Kill Net Neutrality

by: Mike Ludwig

Politics & Elections

Chaos Greets the First Day of the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

Neoliberal Fascism and the Twilight of the Social

by: Henry A. Giroux

Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing event at Harris Conference Center August 31, 2018, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

New Midterm Election Polls Have Bad News for Trump and the GOP

by: Matthew Rozsa

“What Are They Hiding?”: Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings Begin Despite Suppression of 100K Documents

Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings Begin Despite Suppression of 100,000 Documents

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

Human Rights

Indigenous leaders, coast protectors, and others demonstrate against the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, on March 10, 2018.

First Nations Celebrate Win Against Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

by: Shannan Lenke Stoll

Noura Hussein.

#MeToo Campaign for Sudanese Teen Highlights the Need to End Western Saviorism

by: Erin Mazursky

Children play in water sprayed from a fire hydrant during an early summer heat wave in the Bronx borough of New York City.

In a Changing Climate, Access to Cooling Is a Human Right

by: Debbie Weingarten

Rohingya wait in line for humanitarian aid in Kutupalong camp August 27, 2018 in Kutupalong, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

UN Investigation Finds “Genocidal Intent” in Myanmar

by: s.e. smith

Exclusives

I’m in Labor and Wondering: Why Doesn’t the World Recognize This as Work?

I’m in Labor and Wondering: Why Doesn’t the World Recognize This as Work?

It is some of the hardest work I've ever completed, but it will never be recorded on a timesheet.

by: Maya Schenwar

Capitalism Is Not the “Market System”

Capitalism Is Not the “Market System”

Americans are debating the choice we must make now between keeping capitalism or changing the system.

by: Richard D. Wolff

Deporting US Citizens: Trump’s New Fascistic Use of Law

Deporting US Citizens: Trump’s New Fascistic Use of Law

The fascist conception of law helps explain Trump's racist mission to reduce the non-white population.

by: Mark Bray

Environment & Health

Texas Lawsuit Could Mean Life or Death for the Affordable Care Act

by: Julie Rovner

UCLA’s Patent War in India Prevents Access to Prostate Cancer Treatment

by: Leah Salzano

Why Childbirth and Abortion Are Not Separate Issues

by: Erin Sagen

Indigenous Activists Win “David v. Goliath” Victory as Court Rejects $4.5B Trans Mountain Pipeline

Canadian Court Rejects $4.5 Billion Trans Mountain Pipeline

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

Economy & Labor

Undercover Reporter at Amazon Warehouse Found Abusive Conditions

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

Driver with Uber app

Gig Companies Want to Keep More Workers as Independent Contractors

by: Jennifer Gollan

Man picks strawberries

Berry Farmers Break Free From Big Agriculture

by: Lynsi Burton

As educators across the country step back into schools this fall, the combative spirit that first took root in West Virginia is still spreading.

As the School Year Begins, More Teachers Across the Country Could Soon Strike

by: Barbara Madeloni; Samantha Winslow

Art & Cartoons

Do the Crime, Not the Time!

by: Matt Bors

What Are They Thinking?

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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

Weaponizing Space Means Opening the Heavens to War

by: Janine Jackson

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Daniel Hopping, an assaultman with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, shields himself from dust being kicked up from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter lifting off April 28, 2014, during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

The US Military Sees Endless War as a “Victory”

by: Nick Turse

A Yemeni child receives medical treatment at a hospital in Saada, Yemen, on August 12, 2018, after he was injured by an airstrike hitting a bus he was riding.

Critics Ramp Up Calls for US to Stop Fueling Atrocities in Yemen

by: Jake Johnson

Millions of Afghans Face Risks of Drought Related Displacement

by: Enayatullah Azad

Prison & Policing

The Prison Strike Challenges Ableism and Defends Disability Rights

by: Talila A. Lewis; Dustin Gibson

Fist up against prison backdrop

Inside the Prison Labor Strike: New Tactics Pay Off in Mainstream Coverage

by: James Kilgore

Prison guard

Land of Extraction: How Prison Industry Settled in Central Appalachia

by: Stephen T. Young; Brian Pitman

The Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia.

Durham Leaders Investigate Conditions at For-Profit Immigrant Detention Center

by: Rebekah Barber

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

Elvin Lee, a teacher from Lawton, Oklahoma, joins the teachers' rally at the state capitol on April 2, 2018, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Back to School and Straight to the Picket Line

by: Camille White-Avian; Nikki Williams

Child with parent blocked by wall

How Child Protective Services Can Skip Due Process

by: Elizabeth Brico

Outcry Grows Over DeVos Plan to Divert Federal Funds and Put Guns in Schools

by: Amy Goodman; Juan González

The student debt crisis has put millions in financial peril at the hands of bad-faith lenders, sparking protests like this 2009 demonstration by University of California students in Los Angeles.

Trump Administration Helped Banks Rip Off Student Borrowers, Official Alleges

by: Michael Corcoran

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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This Could Be the Moment World Governments Chart a Path Toward Tackling Climate Change

Commentary

This Could Be the Moment World Governments Chart a Path Toward Tackling Climate Change

by: Asad Rehman et al., BuzzFlash

Lawsuit Could Shut Down Controversial Great Lakes Pipeline

by: Olivia Rosane, BuzzFlash

At Senate Hearing, Brett Kavanaugh Dances Around Views on Abortion

by: Tierney Sneed, Talking Points Memo

Trump Approval Drop Could Be Disaster for GOP

by: Harry Enten, CNN