Rep. Ro Khanna: U.S. Troops Are a “Sitting Target” in Syria; It’s Time to Bring Them Home; A Coup in Progress? Venezuelan Foreign Minister Decries U.S. & Brazil-Backed Effort to Oust Maduro.
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Strike! Barbara Ehrenreich Calls on TSA Workers to Walk Off Job in Protest of Government Shutdown; Native American Communities Bear Brunt of Shutdown with Medicine Shortages & Suspended Food Programs; The Fox in Charge of the Henhouse: Activists Decry Trump’s EPA Pick, Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler.
“A Fight for the Soul of Britain”: Theresa May’s Brexit Deal Goes Down in Historic Defeat; Could Trump’s Attorney General Pick William Barr Be “Worse Than Jeff Sessions” on Civil Rights? Judge Blocks Gov’t Plan to Add Citizenship Question to Census, Citing “Smorgasbord” of Broken Rules.
“Public Education Is Not Your Plaything”: L.A. Teachers Strike Against Privatization & Underfunding; Will Trump’s AG Pick William Barr Face Questions over Gitmo, Mass Incarceration & NSA Surveillance?; Arizona Activists Face Jail Time for Providing Life-Saving Aid to Migrants Crossing Sonoran Desert.
The Groveland Four: Florida Pardons Men Falsely Accused in Jim Crow-Era Rape Case in 1949; As Gov’t Shutdown Drags On, IRS Continues to Aid the Rich & Corporations While Targeting the Poor.
Exclusive: Angela Davis Speaks Out on Palestine, BDS & More After Civil Rights Award Is Revoked.
There Are Thousands of Cyntoia Browns: Mariame Kaba on Criminalization of Sexual Violence Survivors; From EPA to TSA, Agencies Devoted to Nation’s Health and Safety Are Going Unfunded During Shutdown; Public Citizen: Frightening Prospect If an Authoritarian Like Trump Declares State of Emergency; Facing Mass Deportation, Haitians Sue Trump to Preserve Temporary Protected Status; National … Continued
“A Racist, Xenophobic Attack”: Immigrant Rights Activist Decries Trump Remarks About Southern Border
“A Racist, Xenophobic Attack”: Immigrant Rights Activist Decries Trump Remarks About Southern Border; Bernie Sanders Responds to Trump’s Border Wall Address, Debunking President’s Lies About Immigration; Longtime Reporter Leaves NBC Saying Media Is “Trump Circus” That Encourages Perpetual War; William Arkin on Homeland Security’s Creeping Fascism and Why the CIA & FBI Won’t Save Us … Continued
Rep. Rashida Tlaib: I Won’t Apologize for My Comments About Trump—I Still Want to Impeach Him; Rashida Tlaib: The Senate’s Anti-BDS Bill Is an Unconstitutional Attack on Free Speech; “Crime + Punishment” Exposes Racial Quotas in the NYPD & Retaliation Against Officers Who Speak Out.
Ari Berman: Dems Introduce Sweeping Voting Rights Bill to Combat Rampant Voter Suppression; Sunrise Movement: Pelosi’s Actions on Climate Fall Woefully & Inexcusably Short of What We Need; Surviving R. Kelly: New Doc Says Time’s Up for Singer Accused of Abusing Black Girls for Decades.