"Free College" Fails to Address Racial and Class Gaps
STAFF | truthout.org | 2019-03-25
For the past week, America's fleeting attention span has been captured by the sprawling college admission bribery scandal unveiled by the Justice Department, sparking talk of how untold numbers of the wealthy and famous use fraud to get special treatment for their children, in a supposedly meritocratic system. The revelation of this particular scheme comes at a time when "free public college" has become a central tenet of the progressive left's platform. | Having a robust higher education plan is now a pr…
truthout.org/articles/free-college-fails-to-address-racial-and-class-gaps/

Trump's Budget Would Deny Food to 400,000 Children and Pregnant People
STAFF | truthout.org | 2019-03-25
Donald Trump's budget calls for cutting funding for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nutrition program by $3.5 billion over the next decade. WIC is a program that serves over 8 million low–income children and pregnant women; it has been shown to improve health for children, as well as educational outcomes as they grow older. | The proposed cut would reduce projected spending by roughly 5 percent over the next decade. That may sound insignificant, but for the benefici…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-budget-would-deny-food-to-400000-children-and-pregnant-people/

Joyce Provost Wheeler, distinguished teacher and lifelong activist, dies at age 78
Special to PeoplesWorld | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-25
SEQUIM, Wash.–Joyce Provost Wheeler, a gifted school teacher who served as Treasurer of the Baltimore Teachers Union (AFT Local 340) and BTU "Building Rep" at the elementary school where she taught for thirty years, died peacefully at her home here March 21. She was 78. The cause of death was Alzheimer's disease, which she fought …
peoplesworld.org/article/joyce-provost-wheeler-distinguished-teacher-and-lifelong-activist-dies-at-age-78/

Russia Sends "Peacekeeping" Troops to Venezuela. Joint Military Exercises
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
According to Reuters on Sunday, Russia sent around 100 troops to Caracas, saying the following: | "A flight-tracking website showed that two planes left from a Russian military airport bound for Caracas on Friday, and another flight-tracking site showed that one | …
globalresearch.ca/russia-sends-troops-venezuela/5672555

Crimes against Humanity: America's Rubkan Concentration Camp in Southern Syria: 40,000 Held Hostage
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
US occupier forces again show their ugly political face in recreating the SS at al Rukban Camp in Syria, holding approximately 40,000 Internally Displaced Persons hostages, despite the opening of two humanitarian corridors for their safe passage. US temp …
globalresearch.ca/rukban-concentration-camp/5672540

The President's "Nuclear Button" Isn't Actually a Button, but a Briefcase Called the Nuclear Football
All That's Interesting | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
When North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said in his annual address that "a nuclear button is always on my desk" and that the U.S. was within range, it was only a matter of time before President Trump responded to "Rocket …
globalresearch.ca/presidents-nuclear-button-briefcase-nuclear-football/5672594

US Policy Failure Reopens Iraqi-Syrian Borders and the Iran-Beirut Road
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
"A dinosaur with a bird's brain". This is how the ex-President of Iran Hashemi Rafsanjani described the United States of America, evoking its great military strength but lack of strategic intelligence in foreign policy. Indeed, the very unusual meeting of …
globalresearch.ca/us-policy-failure-reopens-iraqi-syrian-borders-iran-beirut-road/5672569

The Consequences of Mozambique's Cyclone Tragedy Might Lead to Regime Change
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
There's a credible chance that the ruling FRELIMO party that's been in power since Mozambique's 1975 independence could lose this October's general elections as a result of a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal that might have inadvertently worsened the humanitarian consequences of …
globalresearch.ca/mozambiques-cyclone-tragedy-might-lead-regime-change/5672544

UN launches drive to highlight environmental cost of staying fashionable
United Nations | un.org | 2019-03-25
It takes around 7,500 litres of water to make a single pair of jeans, equivalent to the amount of water the average person drinks over a period of seven years. That's just one of the many startling facts to emerge from recent environmental research, which show that the cost of staying fashionable is a lot more than just the price tag.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/03/1035161

Trump Is America's First Zionist President
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
It is impossible not to feel some sympathy for President Donald Trump. His agenda to restore normal relations with Russia and to end Washington's gratuitous wars has been frustrated by the "Russiagate hoax" that the military/security complex and corrupt …
globalresearch.ca/trump-first-zionist-president/5672541

Everyone Will Remember that the Media Made a Mockery of Itself over Russiagate
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
It's self-explanatory why everyone will remember that the media made a mockery of itself over Russiagate, but the implications will be far-reaching and deserve to be elaborated upon. | It's official — Trump and his team didn't "collude" with Russia, and …
globalresearch.ca/media-made-mockery-itself-russiagate/5672564

Mahathir: Israel Is a State of Thieves
The Palestinian Information Center | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
Dubbing Israel as "a state of thieves", Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamed on Friday said his country enjoys friendly relations with every country in the world except for Israel. | "We are not against Jews, but we cannot recognize Israel because of | …
globalresearch.ca/mahathir-israel-state-thieves/5672481

US Invasion of Iraq (2003) and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Ari Fleischer Lied, and People Died
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
Ari Fleischer, the former White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush, ignited a firestorm of controversy Wednesday when, while commenting on the 16th anniversary of the U.S invasion of Iraq, he sought to defend the reputation of …
globalresearch.ca/us-invasion-of-iraq-2003-and-weapons-of-mass-destruction-ari-fleischer-lied-and-people-died/5672601

Boko Haram Attacks. Is Chad Losing Control of the Central African Pivot Space?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
The geostrategically pivotal Central African country of Chad is dangerously losing control of the region after recent developments despite having one of Africa's most powerful militaries, with Boko Haram's deadliest-ever attack against its forces last Friday proving why the government …
globalresearch.ca/chad-losing-control-central-african-pivot-space/5672538

Operation Condor and the United States: Torture, Death Squads and Echoes in the New Millennium
Edward B. Winslow | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
On December 2, 1823 in the wake of rebellions in Latin America that had ended Spanish rule in the Western Hemisphere, US President James Monroe announced that European colonial powers that attempted to assert influence in the region would be …
globalresearch.ca/operation-condor-and-the-united-states-torture-death-squads-and-echoes-in-the-new-millennium/5672589

20 Years Since He Destroyed Yugoslavia and 16 Years Since He Destroyed Iraq, Tony Blair Remains a Menace to Peace
Adam Garrie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
When it comes to the art of deception, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is a genius worthy of the worst nightmares of Eric Blair (known more commonly by his pen name George Orwell). But while Eric Blair once wrote …
globalresearch.ca/yugoslavia-iraq-tony-blair/5672576

Can Japan Join the Multipolar Revolution — Or Will US Imperialism Bring It to Heel?
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
Relations between Japan and Russia have long been the subject of discussion within international-relations circles. The meetings between Prime Minister Abe and President Putin have been going on for years, yet the situation regarding the peace treaty between the two …
globalresearch.ca/can-japan-join-the-multipolar-revolution-or-will-us-imperialism-bring-it-to-heel/5672571

"Big Lies" and "Humanitarian Warfare": On the Need for A "Legitimate", Rather Than An "Enabling" Opposition
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
A neutered, "controlled Left/Progressive" opposition is a necessary adjunct to the prevailing neocon ideology. If we are to be effective, rather than complicit opposition, the Canadian and U.S. governments need to be exposed as the international rogue states that they …
globalresearch.ca/need-legitimate-opposition/5672585

"Ukraine Faces Fake Elections, Poroshenko Must Leave!"
Janus Putkonen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
At the end of March, the first round of the presidential elections will take place in Ukraine, and not everyone is happy about it. The international petition called "Stop Fake Elections in Ukraine!" was launched on 12.3 and over 5,500 …
globalresearch.ca/ukraine-fake-elections-poroshenko-must-leave/5672549

Why School Psychologists Are Worried About the Mental Health of America's Students
Angela Mann | commondreams.org | 2019-03-25
Children today are reporting just as much stress as adults, with 1 in 3 reporting that they are feeling depressed. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/03/25/why-school-psychologists-are-worried-about-mental-health-americas-students?cd-origin=rss

"Operation Redfold", Brexit Deal "High Readiness" Plan: Soldiers in Nuclear Bunker Ready to Go
Joshua Rarrick | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
The UK is facing tough days ahead as British Prime Minister Theresa May presses forward with Brexit. Citizens have been warned to begin stockpiling basic supplies, such as food and medicine, in the event that no deal is made between …
globalresearch.ca/brexit-deal-doomsday-plan-soldiers-nuclear-bunker/5672581

Google flipped seats, shifted millions of votes to Dems in 2018 midterms, researcher tells RT
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-25
Google's biased search algorithm actually flipped seats in the 2018 US midterm elections, according to a researcher who found the search engine's "dramatically biased" results could have shifted over 78 million votes to Democrats. | …
rt.com/usa/454653-epstein-interview-google-elections/

March for Science Sacramento: Rally in the State Capital 2019
March for Science Sacramento | indybay.org | 2019-03-25
State Capital of Sacramento, CA (exact location TBA)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/24/18822205.php

Marine Science Institute: Earth Day on the Bay 2019 in Redwood City (Free)
Marine Science Institute | indybay.org | 2019-03-25
Marine Science Institute, 500 Discovery Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94063 | Directions: www.sfbaymsi.org/directions…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/24/18822209.php

Students call next big Climate Walk Out
AlexBainbridge | greenleft.org.au | 2019-03-25
Hundreds of people turned out to the #ClimateElection kickstart event in Brisbane on March 25. This was the major event organisers encouraged participants in the March 15 School Strike to attend. | The most inspiring part of the night was the announcement of the next big action: a #ClimateWalkOut on May 3. Students are calling on everyone to walk out of school, uni or work to be part of the…
greenleft.org.au/content/students-call-next-big-climate-walk-out

People's Park Defense Hold The Land
Victor Noir | indybay.org | 2019-03-25
This event will continue at least until May 15th; | Hold the land. The UC is untruthful the moment the students leave for the summer they are going to build in the park we need to protect the symbols of the people's power for future generations. Please help.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/25/18822225.php

Rutgers University faculty in New Jersey votes to strike
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-25
Over 3,600 faculty members and teaching assistants at New Jersey's leading state university voted last week to strike over wages and teaching conditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/25/rutg…

US and Puppet Guaido Implicated in Terrorism Plot Against Venezuela
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
The US coup with the self-proclaimed Venezuelan puppet president Juan Guaidó has been failing. Right-wing Latin American countries and the European Union, while willing to go along with the charade farce president have not been willing to take military action …
globalresearch.ca/us-guaido-implicated-terrorism-plot-venezuela/5672546

Theresa May's Days as UK Prime Minister Are Numbered? A No Confidence Vote
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-25
She's been a colossal failure by any standard. She affronted UK allies and adversaries alike. In response to her twice rejected no-Brexit/Brexit deal, one critic called her "the prime minister of humiliation." | Another called her "mean…crude (and) stupid," adding it's …
globalresearch.ca/theresa-mays-uk-prime-minister/5672552

God is on the Side of Us Americans. "He May Guide Us to Use It [Nuclear Weapons] In His Ways and for His Purposes": Truman
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-24
Update | In recent developments, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo intimated (invoking the Old Testament) that God had sent Trump to save Israel against Iran, According to Philip Giraldi: | "Mike Pompeo's view of the possible divine origin of the 2016 …
globalresearch.ca/god-is-on-the-side-of-us-americans-he-may-guide-us-to-use-it-nuclear-weapons-in-his-ways-and-for-his-purposes/5602892

Indiana legislature ends elections for state education leader
Nigel Lisbon | liberationnews.org | 2019-03-24
Only a socialist democracy, where workers wield state power, will fully fund public schools.
liberationnews.org/indiana-legislature-ends-elections-for-state-education-leader/

US-led Genocidal War and Destruction of Socialism: 20 Years after the NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia
Prof. John McMurtry | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-24
It is important to remember the long war of economic destabilization that occurred years before and after the bombing to destroy federal Yugoslavia's market socialism. From Yugoslavia to Iraq to Libya, where does it stop?
globalresearch.ca/us-led-genocidal-war-and-destruction-of-socialism-20-years-after-the-nato-bombing-of-yugoslavia/5672520

Ongoing Torture and Abuse of Chelsea Manning
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-24
For heroically revealing US high crimes of war and against humanity in Afghanistan and Iraq, Manning was subjected to appalling affronts to her dignity and fundamental rights. | For nearly seven years as a political prisoner, US authorities ruthlessly violated her …
globalresearch.ca/torture-abuse-chelsea-manning/5672477

Brazil's Bolsonaro Auctions 12 Airports to Private Operators
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-24
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro will auction Friday contracts to operate 12 airports, a measure which is expected to raise about US$921 million in [so-called] private investments. | The auction will be carried out at the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange and concession …
globalresearch.ca/brazils-bolsonaro-auctions-12-airports-private-operators/5672504

Selected Articles: "Profit over People"
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-24
Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …
globalresearch.ca/profit-people/5672508

Twenty years Ago: The Tragedy of Kosovo
Prof. Philip Hammond | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-24
Twenty years ago this week, NATO launched its first major military campaign. The US, Britain and other NATO powers pounded Serbia for 78 days. This was not a purely military operation: NATO also destroyed what it called 'dual-use' targets, …
globalresearch.ca/twenty-years-ago-the-tragedy-of-kosovo/5672492

Come l'Italia conquisto' lo ´status di grande paese ª
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-24
Il 24 marzo 1999, la seduta del Senato riprende alle 20,35 con una comunicazione dell'on. Sergio Mattarella, allora vice-presidente del governo D'Alema (Ulivo — Pdci — Udeur): ´Onorevoli senatori, come le agenzie hanno informato, alle ore 18,45 sono iniziate le …
globalresearch.ca/come-litalia-conquisto-lo-status-di-grande-paese/5671968

'Pick my cotton, n****r': University of Georgia frat suspended over racist VIDEO
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-24
A University of Georgia (UGA) fraternity has been suspended after a video emerged showing a student mock-whipping another saying, "Pick my cotton n****r," as others watched and laughed. | …
rt.com/usa/454625-georgia-frat-suspended-pick-cotton/

Indiana teachers shot 'execution style' with plastic pellets during school shooting drill
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-23
Teachers in Indiana were subject to a violent school shooting drill by law enforcement officials in January which left them bleeding and bruised for weeks.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/23/indi…

Why School Psychologists Are Worried About the Mental Health of America's Students
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-03-22
A new ACLU report shows that millions of kids are in schools that have no mental health staff. One of the report's authors discusses the implications. | Earlier this month, thousands of school psychologists met in Atlanta at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists. One of the hottest topics among attendees was exhaustion — a consequence of having to serve more students who are experiencing more trauma and other mental health problems without more help in carrying the load. | It's not just school psychologists who are concerned about being short-staffed. I know of far too ma…
aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/race-and-inequality-education/why-school-psychologists-are-worried-about-mental

School Strike 4 Climate organiser: 'We need mass support to achieve change'
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-03-22
On March 15, students organised the biggest global strike for real action on climate change ever seen. More than 80 countries took part. | In Perth, 3000 students and supporters marched through the CBD, joining an estimated 150,000 people around the country. | Green Left Weekly's Chris Jenkins caught up with Mandurah high school student and protest organiser Chaela King about the strike and what is being planned next. | How did you find the protest? Did it meet your expectations? | I definitely wasn't expecting such a great turn out. The numbers on Facebook was nowhere near the 3000 or so people who came. I also…
greenleft.org.au/content/school-strike-4-climate-organiser-we-need-mass-support-achieve-change

Education critical to ensure future of forests, and reverse their destruction
United Nations | un.org | 2019-03-21
The UN drew attention to the vital role that forests play in addressing some of the world's greatest environmental challenges on Thursday, and the importance of tackling the issues that threaten them, such as deforestation, and land degradation.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/03/1035141

Five Questions For: Pardeep Kaleka on New Zealand, White Supremacy, and What it Takes to Move Forward
Alexandra Tempus | progressive.org | 2019-03-21
His father was killed by a white supremacist in a mass shooting at a Wisconsin Sikh temple. Today, Pardeep Kaleka works in communities all over the country teaching about how to heal from hate.
progressive.org/dispatches/five-questions-pardeep-kaleka-on-new-zealand-190321/

LA: Boyle Heights honors International Women's Day
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-03-21
Los Angeles, CA – The neighborhood of Boyle Heights celebrated International Women's Day, March 8, by honoring women on the Eastside who shake things up. Organized by Centro CSO, the event took place in the historic Casa del Mexicano building. The celebration doubled as a fundraiser for legal fees in a major lawsuit against big-time corporation KIPP Promesa Charter school. A large group from all over East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights attended. | Headlining was Fe Montes, of Mujeres de Maíz, who performed multiple readings, poems, and chants. Met with applause, Montes spoke about the need to honor the "Chingonas…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/3/20/la-boyle…

Capitalism can't halt climate change
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-03-21
Three days before 150,000 students organised the biggest national school walkout in Australian history to demand politicians act on climate change, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor Guy Debelle sounded a warning about the drastic effects of climate change on the economy. | When students and an RBA governor agree on the urgent need to stop the devastating impact of climate change on society and the planet, you know the movement is starting to bite. | But while the RBA views the climate threat from the perspective of the interests of big capital, students see it as a threat to their very future. | It…
greenleft.org.au/content/capitalism-cant-halt-climate-change

Palestinians Salute Pitzer College for Overwhelming Vote in Support of Palestinian Rights, Condemn Anti-democratic Veto by University President
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-03-20
Palestinians Salute Pitzer College for Overwhelming Vote in Support of Palestinian Rights, Condemn Anti-democratic Veto by University President: UpdatePitzer College faculty, students and staff voted overwhelmingly to suspend a study abroad program with Haifa University over Israel's discriminatory policies against Palestinians. In an anti-democratic move, Pitzer's president ve…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-salute-pitzer-college-overwhelming-vote-support-palestinian-rights-condemn-anti

Paid Facebook Ad by Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat Center Advocates Increased "Hopelessness" for Palestinians
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-03-20
Paid Facebook Ad by Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat Center Advocates Increased "Hopelessness" for Palestinians: UpdateThe Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) calls on all academics, academic societies and student organizations to intensify the academic boycott as a response to this fresh, brutal call for m…
bdsmovement.net/news/paid-facebook-ad-bar-ilan-universitys-begin-sadat-center-advocates-increased-%E2%80%9Chopelessness%E2%80%9D

The Real Scandal Over Buying an Education
Julian Vasquez Heilig | progressive.org | 2019-03-19
Wealthy parents have been arrested for lavishing millions on a college admissions scam. But inequality in school funding is baked into our system.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/the-real-scandal-over-buying-an-education-heilig-190319/

A Global Strike for Climate Change: 1.4 Million Students Walk Out of Class Demanding Action
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-18
Up to 1.4 million children around the world took part in a global climate strike on Friday to demand world leaders do more to address the dangers of climate. The mass protests were sparked by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has skipped school every Friday to sit outside the Swedish parliament to demand leaders act on climate change. Democracy Now! was in the streets of New York City on Friday with the young activists. We speak with 18-year-old Alysa Chen, one of the organizers of the walkout at New York City's Bronx High School of Science.
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/18/a_global_…

It's Time to Talk about Charter School Privilege
Mitchell Robinson | progressive.org | 2019-03-18
Everyone needs to understand the implications of their choice to support charter schools.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/its-time-to-talk-about-charter-school-privilege-robinson-190318/