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While the US Department of Homeland Security puts immigrant children in cages, Customs and Border Protection treats dogs to “plush double-sided sheepskin bedding” at a…
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A new study shows how climate change will impact global food security, particularly by reducing crop yields and increasing crop yield volatility. This, in turn,…
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A protest at the annual GM shareholders’ meeting in Detroit called attention to the fact that GM in Colombia regularly fires injured workers and fails…
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The anti-war movement, once strong under Bush, died under Obama, and still is weak under Trump. TRNN’s Ben Norton speaks with CODEPINK’s Ariel Gold about…
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Economic Update: Tariffs In An Unraveling Economy
This week: Updates on tariffs as political fiction; the Irish state apologizes for the gross exploitation of young women; the continuation of illegal toxic vehicle emissions; and NY Senator Gillibrand seeks to cut restrictions on worker co-ops. SPECIAL GUEST: Bob Hennelly on the US housing crisis as a sign of an unraveling economy
Laura Flanders Show: Building the Democratic Economy, from Preston to Cleveland
They’re calling it the Preston model of community wealth building, and it’s inspired by a model in another formerly industrialized city: Cleveland, Ohio, the Evergreen Cooperative model. On today’s program a transatlantic experiment in cooperative community wealth building
MD Voters Weigh-in on Progressive vs. Establishment Showdown
The Real News talked to voters about the intra-party battle over how best to reform the criminal justice system, improve education, and fight back against Trump
LIVE Maryland Primary Election Night Coverage
Tune in Tuesday, June 26th for LIVE election coverage of the Maryland primary races
The Murder Rate and the State’s Attorney’s Race
In the final days of the race for State’s Attorney, the case of Keith Davis Jr. sheds light on the three candidates’ debate about who prosecutes homicides best—and most
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Climate and the Environment
How Climate Change will Reduce Crop Yields and Spike Food Prices
A new study shows how climate change will impact global food security, particularly by reducing crop yields and increasing crop yield volatility. This, in turn, will have a strong effect…
Antarctic Ice Sheet Melting 3x Faster Than Expected: Sea Level Rise Inevitable
A major new study shows that Antarctica’s ice sheet is melting far faster than previously and than has been predicted, meaning that sea levels will rise faster than expected. We…
What Does Maryland’s Gubernatorial Race Mean For Flood Management?
In the wake of devastating floods in Ellicott City, some have criticized Larry Hogan’s repeal of the “rain tax.” This voting guide explains each Democratic gubernatorial candidate’s plan to improve floodwater management
Trudeau Imposes Retaliatory Trade Tariffs Against the U.S.
It is in the long term interest of Canada to unravel the intertwined economy between the two countries says Dimitri Lascaris
Pope Francis to Big Oil Executives: ‘There is no time to lose’
Dan DiLeo, Justice and Peace Studies Director at Creighton University, discusses the Vatican’s climate change conference
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MD Voters Weigh-in on Progressive vs. Establishment Showdown
The Real News talked to voters about the intra-party battle over how best to reform the criminal justice system, improve education, and fight back against Trump
Progressive vs. Establishment Candidates Locked in Tight Race for Maryland Governor
TRNN speaks to the two leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor, Ben Jealous and Rushern Baker, and their supporters, in the days before the election
‘I Refuse to Let This City Sweep My Son’s Death Under the Rug’
In our ongoing series of stories investigating the consequences of decades of unconstitutional and racist policing we spoke to Greta Carter-Willis, whose 14-year old son was shot dead by police…
The New Poor People’s Campaign Continues the Work of the Civil Rights Movement
Poverty, racism, and militarism were the triple evils Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. organized against in the 1960s. Today’s Poor People’s Campaign is committed to eliminating these global problems by…
TRNN Documentary: Trump, The Koch Brothers and Their War on Climate Science
Narrated by Danny Glover, A documentary special reveals how climate change science has been under systematic attack; the multi-million dollar campaign allowed a climate change…
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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…
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International News and Analysis
General Motors Held Responsible for Abuses in its Plant in Colombia
A protest at the annual GM shareholders’ meeting in Detroit called attention to the fact that GM in Colombia regularly fires injured workers and fails to provide them with compensation.…
Mexico Update: Mexican and International Media Focus on Discrediting Lopez Obrador
With the results of Mexico’s presidential elections practically a foregone conclusion, his opponents and conservative sectors are lashing out. Meanwhile, Mexican society and the candidates weigh in on Trump’s unconscionable…
Why the Freedom Flotilla Must Sail: A Conversation with Portuguese MP Bruno Dias
The President of the Portugal-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Group Says the Oppressed People of Gaza Need Hope and Solidarity
Wilkerson: Don’t Trust Trump, Bolton to Deliver US-North Korea Peace
The US has suspended war games as part of Trump’s commitment in Singapore, but his administration can’t be trusted to deliver a comprehensive denuclearization deal with North Korea, says Col.…
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Columns
Ten Reasons Why Canada Should Get out of NAFTA
By David Orchard For months Canadians have been inundated with claims from the Trudeau government, industry and the punditry that NAFTA is good for our country, even necessary, and that “renegotiated” it will be even better. Here is another point of view: ten reasons why Canada should free itself from NAFTA, not enter more deeply…
Indonesian Muslim leader signals global shifts in meetings with Pence and Netanyahu
By James M. Dorsey / Mid-East Soccer. Yahya Staquf, a diminutive, soft-spoken leader of Nahdlatul Ulama, the world’s largest Muslim movement, and Indonesian president Joko Widodo’s advisor on religious affairs, has held a series of meetings in recent weeks that reflect the Muslim world’s shifting attitudes towards Israel and the Palestinians and a re-alignment of…
Bitcoin in danger of falling below critical $6,000 level on worries over exchanges
By Aaron Hankin / Marketwatch. Cryptocurrencies have lost $350 billion in value year-to-date. Bitcoin and major digital currencies were in free fall Friday with most coins shedding as much as 10%, wiping billions off the market cap of cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin, the worlds biggest digital currency, is trading back at multimonth lows as ongoing exchange flaws…
Eurasianism wins in Turkey even if ideologue loses election
By James M. Dorsey / Mid-East Soccer. He’s been in and out of prison during Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rule and is running against the president in this weekend’s Turkish elections with no chance of defeating him and little hope of winning a seat in parliament. Yet, Dogu Perincek wields significant influence in Turkey’s security and…
Strange Bedfellows
By Andrew Levine / Counterpunch. Misery is not the only thing that “acquaints a man with strange bedfellows,” as Shakespeare put it; geopolitical machinations and international animosities do as well. Even so, the not-so-secret marriage of convenience – or is it only an affair? — between Israel, on the one hand, and Saudi Arabia and…