Why Are Hong Kong Protesters Asking Trump for Help?

Why Are Hong Kong Protesters Asking Trump for Help?

August 30, 2019

Journalist Ilaria Maria Sala discusses the arrest and release of demonstration “leaders,” the history of Hong Kong’s struggle for democracy, American involvement in the protests, and the complexity of the current movement

Corporate Media Bias Against Sanders Is Structural, Not a Conspiracy

Corporate Media Bias Against Sanders Is Structural, Not a Conspiracy

What the United States needs is a real discussion about the systematic structural bias against politicians and political movements that question corporate control over the…

Colombia’s President “Wants War,” FARC Dissidents Comply

August 30, 2019
Colombia's President "Wants War," FARC Dissidents Comply

Colombian activist Manuel Rozental explains that the flawed 2016 peace agreement with the FARC rebels was an important step forward, but now FARC dissidents are…

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Canada’s Trudeau Government Uses RCMP Officers To Stifle Dissent

August 30, 2019
Canada's Trudeau Government Uses RCMP Officers To Stifle Dissent

Author/Activist Yves Engler describes RCMP intimidation tactics after he heckled Canada’s Transport Minister Marc Garneau

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Trump Administration Proposes Methane Regulations Rollback

August 30, 2019
Trump Administration Proposes Methane Regulations Rollback

Even major oil and gas companies favored the Obama-era regulations on the potent greenhouse gas, says EarthWorks’ Lauren Pagel

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Big Pharma to Pay for Opioid Crisis, But What Happens to the Money?

August 30, 2019
Big Pharma to Pay for Opioid Crisis, But What Happens to the Money?

Big Tobacco settlements didn’t help those in need. How do you ensure that these settlements help people and communities, and how do you control corporate…

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Is it Cynical to Believe the System is Corrupt?

August 30, 2019
Is it Cynical to Believe the System is Corrupt?

While a new poll shows most US citizens believe the political and economic system is rigged against them, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren also…

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Venezuela’s Press Is More Free Than You’d Think

August 30, 2019
Press Freedom in Venezuela: Much Freer Than Most Believe
Opposition figures regularly speak their mind on talk shows and news programs in Venezuela, undermining the notion that freedom of the press is highly restricted,... See More
Johnson Shuts Down Parliament to Help Ensure No-Deal Brexit

Johnson Shuts Down Parliament to Help Ensure No-Deal Brexit

August 29, 2019

The Nation Editor D.D. Guttenplan walks through the political intricacies of the current “coup” in Britain and analyzes the political and economic consequences of the worldwide right-wing push

CEO Compensation Increased 940% Between 1978 and 2018, Workers' Only by 12%

CEO Compensation Increased 940% Between 1978 and 2018, Workers’ Only by 12%

August 29, 2019

An Economic Policy Institute study shows that the dramatic increase in CEO compensation has a large impact on increasing inequality–worker pay could have doubled without the rise in CEO income

The Israeli Elections Are Not About Palestine or Peace

The Israeli Elections Are Not About Palestine or Peace

August 29, 2019

Shir Hever discusses how the upcoming Israeli elections demonstrate the secular/religious divide on major issues like gender segregation, separation of church and state, public transportation during the Shabbath, and the conscription of women and ultra-Orthodox to the military

Residents Outraged City Won’t Commit to 100% Affordable Housing

Residents Outraged City Won’t Commit to 100% Affordable Housing

August 29, 2019

Baltimore activists call out city officials for not dedicating the entire Affordable Housing Trust Fund towards equitable development

US Sanctions Take Economic Toll on Lives of Iranians

US Sanctions Take Economic Toll on Lives of Iranians

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August 29, 2019

The US is applying a policy of ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran, where economic sanctions are having a noticeable effect on the everyday lives of ordinary Iranians. DW’s Theresa Tropper talked to people in Teheran and found that opinions cover a wide spectrum

Columns

A Fossil Fuel Baron Just Bought USA Today

By: Steve Horn

August 8, 2019

Cop Whose Arrest Lead to Black Teen’s Death Decertified by State

By: Stephen Janis, Taya Graham

August 6, 2019

Africa’s Free Trade Area Misses Nigeria

By: Mattias Sköld

July 8, 2019

Oregon’s Cap and Trade Bill is Dead

By: Dharna Noor

June 26, 2019

Driving Financialization

By: Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Michael Lim Mah Hui

June 11, 2019

Loyal to their Class, Unhinged from Democracy

By: Mike Ferner

June 6, 2019

Baltimore Cop Charged with Perjury, Misconduct

By: Stephen Janis

May 29, 2019

Oppose Doug Ford’s Ontario Schools Budget

By: Dudley Paul

May 29, 2019

The (Small-d) Democrat’s Dilemma

By: Andrew Levine

May 24, 2019

Springtime for Biden and Democrats

By: Andrew Levine

May 17, 2019

Climate Emergency Manifesto

By: Socialist Project

May 14, 2019

Privatization Solution Worse than Problem

By: Jomo Kwame Sundaram

May 14, 2019

Why Ecuador?

By: Ola Bini

May 9, 2019

Fallujah Forgotten

By: David Swanson

May 6, 2019

An Open Letter to Extinction Rebellion

By: Norman Solomon

May 6, 2019

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TRNN Documentary: Trump, The Koch Brothers and Their War on Climate Science

We replay this TRNN documentary on the Koch Brothers and their war on climate science, on the occasion of David Koch’s death on August 23rd, 2019. Narrated by Danny Glover, this documentary special reveals how climate change science has been under systematic attack.

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Is the Oil Industry Canada’s ‘Deep State’?

Justin Trudeau and Canada’s political elite are fighting for the Tar Sands and oil industry’s interests, even if it means that Canada misses its climate targets. We speak to Kevin Taft, ex-Liberal Party politician and author of ‘Oil’s Deep State.’

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