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The Devolution of America September 15, 2020
Stir Crazy! Episode 88: Today we are joined by TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, TRNN managing editor Lisa Snowden-McCray, and climate and housing organizer Rachel Eve Stein. Hosted by Kim Brown. The post The Devolution of America appeared first on The Real News Network.
Dwayne Gladden
Remembering Kevin Zeese: A fighter for peace and justice September 15, 2020
Zeese was known for organizing around many human rights issues, centering opposition to U.S. imperialism abroad and mass incarceration at home. The post Remembering Kevin Zeese: A fighter for peace and justice appeared first on The Real News Network.
James Daley
For Flint residents, money won’t buy forgiveness September 15, 2020
A proposed $600 million settlement cannot compensate for Flint’s trauma, one activist says. The post For Flint residents, money won’t buy forgiveness appeared first on The Real News Network.
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Sanders supporters strike surprise blow against Rhode Island’s Democratic establishment September 14, 2020
Progressives in Rhode Island explain how grassroots organizers, inspired by Bernie and AOC, defeated the state’s powerful Democratic machine. The post Sanders supporters strike surprise blow against Rhode Island’s Democratic establishment appeared first on The Real News Network.
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Underpaid and at risk, graduate workers protest college reopening plans September 14, 2020
Graduate assistants at colleges and universities around the country have long fought for higher salaries and benefits on par with that of non-student faculty members, however, amidst COVID-19, the battle for improved working conditions has an increased sense of urgency. The post Underpaid and at risk, graduate workers protest college reopening plans appeared first on […]
James Daley
California is burning because we have changed the climate September 11, 2020
Climate change is making wildfires stronger while global warming makes heat waves more frequent, intense and longer-lasting. The post California is burning because we have changed the climate appeared first on The Real News Network.
Charles Lenchner
Why are we just hearing evidence Trump knew dangers of COVID now? September 11, 2020
Trump said he didn't want to cause 'panic' while he stokes false fears about Antifa coming to the suburbs and an election that's rigged against him. Meanwhile author Bob Woodward has come under fire for holding onto the tapes for months despite Trump's public denials over COVID and the growing deathtoll. The post Why are […]
James Daley
Washington Mystics’ Myisha Hines-Allen, Ariel Atkins lead efforts in WNBA’s bubble September 11, 2020
The team arrived to the court in white shirts with seven gunshot wounds painted on their backs. It was a stark reminder that just days prior Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey fired the same number of shots into Jacob Blake’s back The post Washington Mystics’ Myisha Hines-Allen, Ariel Atkins lead efforts in WNBA’s bubble appeared […]
Charles Lenchner
The theology of police authority: the impact of Romans 13 September 11, 2020
A deep dive into the inner workings of a church in Kenosha, WI that espouses the scripture of Romans 13 to imbue police authority with the power of the word of God. The department’s theology and misconduct is exposed by a former Kenosha police detective. The post The theology of police authority: the impact of […]
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Smoke from climate change-fueled wildfires blocks out California sun September 10, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom called the fires "climate-induced," and said he had "no patience for climate-deniers," but has approved dozens of new fracking permits this year. The post Smoke from climate change-fueled wildfires blocks out California sun appeared first on The Real News Network.
Jocelyn Dombroski

For Palestinians and Their Supporters, Arab-Israeli Pacts Are 'A Stab in The Back' Amid Ongoing Oppression September 15, 2020
Brett Wilkins, staff writerFrom the West Bank and Gaza to Washington, D.C. and beyond, Palestinians and their allies stress that only an end to Israel's illegal occupation can bring peace to the Middle East.
Hothouse US: Catastrophic Fires Spreading Smoke From the West; Five Cyclones To the East September 15, 2020
Andy RowellThe Bobcat Fire burns on hillsides behind homes in Arcadia, California on September 13, 2020. (Photo: Frederic J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images)
In Praise of Public Debt September 15, 2020
John Buell"The world is awash in the savings of the wealthy, and interest rates are at historic lows," writes Buell, "Tax policy can and should address anti-democratic extremes of wealth distribution, but governments must not wait for success in that endeavor to address the climate crisis." (Photo: Informed Comment)
Myths and Lies About Poverty September 15, 2020
Jesse JacksonHundreds of community members line up early to pick up food boxes at Chelsea Collaborative during their weekly food drive in Chelsea, MA on July 15, 2020. (Photo: Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
US Poverty Measure Fails to Meet Government Standards of Reliability, Accuracy, Timeliness, and Objectivity September 15, 2020
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Finding My Students Over Zoom September 15, 2020
Tim Koechlin"Zoom is alienating. Each of us is, quite literally, in our own little box. Each of us is missing a dimension, quite literally," writes Koechlin. (Photo: Sam Wasson/Getty Images)
'We Must Not Lose Focus': Louisville To Pay $12 Million to Family of Breonna Taylor, But Officers Not Yet Charged September 15, 2020
Kenny Stancil, staff writerThe city has vowed to implement police reforms, but Taylor's mother demanded officials "move forward with the criminal charges because she deserves that and much more."
A “Persistent Eye in the Sky” Coming to a City Near You? September 15, 2020
Medea Benjamin, Barry SummersA general Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft arrives at RAF Fairford after completing the first transatlantic flight for such an aircraft, on July 11, 2018 in Gloucestershire, England. (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Trump's Proposal to Further Expand Global Gag Rule Amid Pandemic Would Cut Off Healthcare Access to Millions, Rights Groups Warn September 15, 2020
Julia Conley, staff writerReproductive rights advocates on Tuesday warned that a newly proposed expansion of the anti-choice global gag rule will put millions at even greater risk of being unable to access healthcare including abortion care.
USDA and Meatpacking Industry Collaborated to Undermine Covid-19 Response, Documents Show September 15, 2020
Brett Wilkins, staff writerHundreds of emails obtained by Public Citizen and American Oversight offer a rare inside look at the meat industry's power and access to the highest levels of government.

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‘American Carnage’ Unveiled September 15, 2020
It doesn’t seem to sink in that this country’s so-called president withheld deadly serious information from the American people about such a life-altering, once-in-a-century coronavirus that it could kill them. It was his biggest lie yet. What Donald Trump did was comparable to setting the house on fire – our house – with “we the […]
Richard C. Gross
The Difference Between the U.S. and China’s Response to COVID-19 is Staggering September 15, 2020
In Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward’s new book, Rage, he reports on interviews he did in February and March with U.S. President Donald Trump about the coronavirus. Trump admitted that the virus was virulent, but he decided to underplay its danger. “I wanted to always play it down,” Trump said, “because I don’t want to […]
Vijay Prashad – John Ross
America’s War on Terror is the True Cause of Europe’s Refugee Crisis September 15, 2020
Desperate refugees crammed into cockle-shell boats landing on the shingle beaches of the south Kent coast are easily portrayed as invaders. Anti-immigrant demonstrators were exploiting such fears last weekend as they blockaded the main highway into Dover Port in order “to protect Britain’s borders”. Meanwhile, the home secretary, Priti Patel, blames the French for not […]
Patrick Cockburn
US Marine Corps: Semper Fi, But Why? September 15, 2020
Seventy years ago today, September 15, 1950, the U.S. Marine Corps won one of its greatest battles, landing at Inchon on the Korean coast, collapsing the North Korean lines, and enabling U.S. forces to regain the capital of Seoul, South Korea. General Douglas MacArthur conducted the operation over the objections of the Joint Chiefs, who […]
Melvin Goodman
American Imperialism and the Murder of Jennifer Laude September 15, 2020
“I have seen that we do not intend to free, but to subjugate the people of the Philippines. We have gone to conquer, not to redeem… And so I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the American eagle put its talons on any other land.” — Mark Twain October 15, 1900, The New […]
Kenn Orphan
God, Guns, Bats, and Patriotism September 15, 2020
I live in Portland, Oregon, where presently the state is suffering from the worst wildfires in its history. Eventually, these wildfires will be called what they really are: “Climate Fires.” 500,000 Oregonians are on alert to evacuate. Whole towns have been completely destroyed. The city of Portland was so polluted from dark brown smoke yesterday that I […]
Mike Hastie
One Last Pressure Drop…and You’re Free September 15, 2020
Country roads take me home To the place I belong West Jamaica, my ol’ momma Take me home country roads – Freddie “Toots” Hibbert, “Take Me Home, Country Roads” When I first heard that Toots Hibbert had been hospitalized a couple of weeks ago for mysterious respiratory problems — just a few days after he […]
John Kendall Hawkins
Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions are Fate September 15, 2020
I developed a model of Global Warming based on the anthropogenic perturbation of the Carbon Cycle. The essence of this model is a rate equation for the evolution of the carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the atmosphere. The interesting results from this model are projected trends for the CO2 concentration and the average global temperature […]
Manuel García, Jr.
Power Politics and Imperial Gambles September 15, 2020
In grand power politics, there are only national interests, not friendships. This is a point often missed on Australia’s dedicated Americanophiles. Faith is put in such untestable propositions as extended nuclear deterrence. Faith is also unqualified. Foreign conflicts with US forces are bound to see the company, albeit small, of Australian contingents. When it comes […]
Binoy Kampmark
On the Lasting Influences of David Graeber September 15, 2020
Influential academic David Graeber had been invited to Berlin to present his new book Debt: The First 5,000 Years, by current German President Steinmeier who at the time was preparing to run for office of German Chancellor. The year was 2012, massive debt of Greece and many other European nations were threatening a free-fall of […]
Jason Kirkpatrick

Snowden warns Assange extradition will lead free press to slaughterhouse as publisher’s critics blinded by partisanship September 16, 2020
The US drive to extradite and prosecute Julian Assange poses a grave threat to journalists everywhere, but the publisher’s opponents have placed politics over principle, and even their own interests, said whistleblower Ed Snowden. Read Full Article at RT.com
RT
First they came for RT: US now wants Qatar's AJ+ to register as FOREIGN AGENT September 15, 2020
AJ+, Al Jazeera’s online channel, has been told to register as a foreign agent by the US government, under a precedent set against RT and Chinese outlets in recent years. The Qatar-based outlet is blaming UAE lobbyists. Read Full Article at RT.com
RT
Bill Gates Senior, father of Microsoft's co-founder, dies at 94 September 15, 2020
Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has confirmed the passing of his father William Henry Gates Senior, at the age of 94. The elder Gates suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Read Full Article at RT.com
RT
TV host slams Joe Rogan as ‘misogynistic, racist & homophobic’ after Trump says he wants him to host presidential debate September 15, 2020
Podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan was blasted by ‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin as “misogynistic, racist, homophobic” in a segment tearing into him as “inappropriate” to host a presidential debate. Read Full Article at RT.com
RT
Iraq or Iran? Joe Biden seems to forget which war he voted for, while blasting Trump’s treatment of veterans September 15, 2020
In a Florida speech promoting The Atlantic’s anonymously-sourced story that Donald Trump called veterans “losers” and “suckers”, Joe Biden added more gaffes to his list, including mixing up Iran with Iraq. Read Full Article at RT.com
RT
‘Too many f***ing liberties taken away from us’: former Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher rejects UK mask mandate September 15, 2020
Ex-Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher says he will not wear a ‘pointless’ face mask, rejecting the Covid-19 rules imposed by UK authorities to combat the pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com
RT
‘Catastrophic failure’: Greece supplies GIGANTIC face masks that cover whole head to schools (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) September 15, 2020
Greece’s plan to supply schools nationwide with free face masks has failed spectacularly after the delivered ones turned out to be too large for both children and adults due to wrong measurements. Read Full Article at RT.com
RT
Congressmen demand Justice Dept INVESTIGATE Netflix over Cuties ‘child exploitation’ September 15, 2020
Republican congressmen from Arizona and Colorado have demanded an investigation of “potential exploitation of children” in the now-infamous twerking-preteens film Cuties, arguing it encourages child sexual exploitation. Read Full Article at RT.com
RT
Twitter lets Democrat PAC push #TrumpIsAPedo after banning videos of Biden as ‘child exploitation’ September 15, 2020
Accusations that US President Donald Trump and Republicans are the real pedophiles are taking Twitter by storm, even as the platform censors authentic footage of his rival Joe Biden inappropriately touching children. Read Full Article at RT.com
RT
Kim Kardashian West freezing Instagram, Facebook use over spread of ‘hate, propaganda, and misinformation’ September 15, 2020
Celebrity Kim Kardashian West has announced she is freezing both her Facebook and Instagram accounts in support of the #StopHateforProfit campaign, which accuses the firms of allowing groups to spread misinformation and bigotry. Read Full Article at RT.com
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K. Sabeel Rahman, president of Demos talks creating an equitable Democracy September 16, 2020
K. Sabeel Rahman, President of Demos, discusses some topics that afflict the working class in general and people of color in particular and solutions.
Egberto Willies
How the Middle Half Lives September 16, 2020
Book review of The Sinking Middle Class by David Roediger, a radical historian from Kansas University, who argues that the middle class, as currently construed, is not worth saving. Let's rock that cash bar.
John Hawkins
The prospect of the resumption of substantive negotiations on settlement of the Karabakh conflict September 16, 2020
Against the background of the belligerent rhetoric of the Azerbaijani leadership, it seems unreasonable for many Armenian experts to talk about resuming negotiations between the parties to the conflict. On the other hand, Armenian government feels an urgent need to put Aliyev and his team in their place, providing an opportunity to understand the depth […]
Aram Manukyan
How Should America Respond When Its President Commits Negligent Homicide? September 16, 2020
Trump didn't just ignore what he knew about this virus, he actively lied about it to the American people. And he continues to lie about it to this day.
Thom Hartmann
Lithuania to endorse building foreign military base September 15, 2020
Lithuania is considering to build a new training facility in the west of the country to accommodate exercises of Lithuanian and NATO soldiers, according to Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis.
Kasparas Jankauskas
Virtual School Hazards of a Police State Education During COVID-19 September 15, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has added yet another troubling layer to the ways in which students (and their families) can run afoul of a police state education now that school (virtual or in-person) is back in session. It's a train wreck just waiting to happen.
John Whitehead
One Last Pressure Drop -- and You're Free September 15, 2020
My gratitude expressed to the late great Freddie "Toots" Hibbert, lead singer of the Maytals for 57 years.
John Hawkins
ASSANGE HEARING DAY SIX -- Prosecutor Says Government Can Prosecute Journalist for Publishing September 15, 2020
Court resumed in the extradition hearing of Julian Assange Tuesday morning. Consortium News watched the proceedings and provides this report.
Consortium News
Joe Biden Is God's Chosen--Target for Revolt! September 15, 2020
Just as the nineteenth century Oxford Movement--above all Catholic saint John Henry Newman--composed the influential, historically important religious "Tracts for Our Times," I now feel I (without having planned it) am doing the same thing politically. Though short, this particular tract is deeply important, since it plumbs the depths of my motivating political faith.
Patrick Walker
I Watched Cuties so You Wouldn't Have to (But You Should) September 15, 2020
According to US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) Cuties may be, and according to US Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) it actually is, child porn. It sexualizes young girls and, per Gabbard, will "whet the appetite of pedophiles and help fuel the child sex trafficking trade."
Thomas Knapp

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