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WEBBy. Julia Conley , C ommon D reams. “ My biggest concern when people are celebrating high-profile convictions is typically that those verdicts offer false reassurances that the injustice system ‘works,’ and that carcerality can save us. – Kelly Hayes , from Why Trump’s Conviction Does Not Complicate My Abolitionist Politics.
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WEBThe Far Right’s Political Power Is Expected to Grow in EU Elections. Far right and hardline conservative parties may emerge as the third-biggest political force in the European Parliament. By. C.J. Polychroniou , T ruthout. June 5, …
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WEBDec 10, 2017 · William Rivers Pitt was Truthout’s lead columnist and senior editor.He died on September 26, 2022, at the age of 50. If you’re grieving for Will, as so many of us are, you can support a fund for his 9-year-old daughter Lola here.. William was a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of three books: War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn’t Want You to Know, The Greatest Sedition ...
Evictions Are Climbing to Pre-Pandemic Levels in Cities ... - Truthout
WEBApr 29, 2022 · In Texas cities — Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth — landlords filed for 37,000 evictions in the first three months of the year, according to a Texas Tribune report based on the same data. In Dallas, eviction filings plummeted during the height of the pandemic to as few as six per week, but filings skyrocketed after local and federal eviction ...
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WEBFeb 6, 2013 · The Gatekeepers. There is a new documentary movie about Israel, called The Gatekeepers. It is directed by Dror Moreh, and features interviews with all the former leaders of the Shin Bet, the country’s internal security organization. The Shin Bet is assigned the job of preventing Palestinian retaliatory attacks …
The Ongoing War Against Truth | Truthout
WEBJan 26, 2012 · Garzon is a very important truth-teller. He has conducted a number of investigations into violations of international law against torture. Using the principle of universal jurisdiction Garzon went after Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet back in 1998, and in March of 2009 he stated that Spain could bring charges against six Bush Jr. administration officials for clearing the way for the use of ...
The Time Is Now for the “Radical Revolution of Values ... - Truthout
WEBJan 17, 2022 · In the early weeks of the pandemic, novelist and activist Arundhati Roy brilliantly laid out the stakes of one of the coronavirus’s reverberating impacts. According to Roy, COVID-19 profoundly disrupted everyone’s modes of living under global capitalism. “It has mocked immigration controls, biometrics, digital surveillance and every other ...
Afghanistan: The Great Deception | Truthout
WEBAug 28, 2021 · Taliban Badri fighters stand guard as Afghans wait at the main entrance gate of Kabul airport in Kabul on August 28, 2021. Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Witnessing young and middle-aged Afghans running toward a …
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WEBJun 4, 2010 · Unless Otherwise Directed. I’ve worked in journalism for 35 years. I did graduate study in journalism, I’ve worked as a daily newspaper reporter and I’ve freelanced magazine articles and newspaper op-eds. Now I blog. Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size.
Climate Change Forces Northwest Natives From Their Ancestral …
WEBMar 24, 2017 · A November 2016 report from the 20 member tribes of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission lays out the extraordinary implications climate change has for Native communities. For these peoples, whose cultures and livelihoods developed around water and marine resources, a warmer future means …
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