(2018-09-20). HHS Diverts Cancer and Education Funding to Pay for Migrant Shelters for Children. truthdig.com With costs skyrocketing because of the government's record number of young detainees, the U.S. agency pulls money from national health research programs as well as Head Start for low-income preschoolers.
(2018-09-20). 2 Native American Teens Were Reported to Police for Joining a Campus Tour. Now We're Stepping In. aclu.org We're demanding that Colorado State University change policing practices after the racial profiling of two young Native-American teenagers. | Last spring, Kanewakeron Thomas Gray and Skanahwati Lloyd Gray, two Native American brothers, drove from their home in New Mexico to Colorado State University, excited to tour the college where they hoped to enroll. Their excitement and hopes soon turned to something else. A white parent on the tour called the CSU police department to repor…
(2018-09-20). Disobedient Hungary: From the Soviet Union to the European Union. globalresearch.ca CNN recently discovered a paradox. How was it possible, they asked, that in 1989, Viktor Orban, at the time a Western-acclaimed liberal opposition leader, was calling for Soviet troops to leave Hungary, and now that he is Prime Minister, …
(2018-09-20). How to Reduce Corruption in Medicine: Remove the Money. counterpunch.org Former New England Journal of Medicine editor Marcia Angell had an oped in the NYT explaining how efforts to increase transparency had not ended the corrupting influence of money on medical research. Her piece describes various ways in which the researchers who get money from drug companies bend research to favor their benefactors. While Dr. More
(2018-09-20). Water Is Life – They Are Stealing Our Livelihood and We Aren't Even Noticing. globalresearch.ca First published in March 2018 | Today, 22 March 2018, marks World Water Day. It is also the week, when the 8th World Water Forum (WWF-8) convenes, 18 to 23 March 2018, in Brasilia. It is no coincidence, for sure, …
(2018-09-20). US Sanctions Reach a Turning Point. De-Dollarization and Collusion against the U.S. globalresearch.ca A defining moment for the US sanctions regime | Each year, the USA finds a new country or group of countries to target with sanctions. Each year the USA adds about 1,000 individuals to its ever longer sanctions list. Now, US …
(2018-09-20). Climate Change Made Florence a Monster—but Media Failed to Tell That Story. fair.org 
The Miami Herald never mentioned global warming in 21 stories on Hurricane Florence, Public Citizen found—despite being based in one of the US cities most vulnerable to climate change. | That Hurricane Florence broke rainfall records for tropical storms in both North and South Carolina shouldn't be surprising, as global climate change has increased extreme precipitation in all areas of the continental United States. One analysis released before the massive storm hit, by researchers at Stony Brook, Berkeley National Lab and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, projected that warming would cause Florence to bring twice as much rain compared to a similar storm with normal temperatures. | But news audiences were rarely informed about the contribution of human-caused climate disruption to the devastating storm, according to a study of hurricane coverage by Public Citizen. Less than…
(2018-09-20). Saudi Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom's Pursuit of Power and Profit. globalresearch.ca Ellen R. Wald's timely, well-written history of the Saudi national oil company, Saudi Inc. The Arabian Kingdom's Pursuit of Power and Profit (Pegasus Books, 2018), is as much the story of the Saudi oil industry as it is of …
(2018-09-20). Video: Russian Armed Forces Kick Off Snap Military Drills Off Syrian Coast. globalresearch.ca On September 19, multiple reports appeared in some Arab, Western and Russian media claiming that the Russian Military Police arrested all service members of the 44th brigade of the Syrian Arab Air Defense Forces in the Syrian province of Lattakia …
(2018-09-20). New US Trade Sanctions Against China. globalresearch.ca New Trade Sanctions by the US in the form of tariffs on US$ 200 billion Chinese exports to the US – China in a tit-for-tat move imposed new tariffs on 60 billion of US goods to China. | China's prime minister …
(2018-09-20). Future Generations Will Mourn What the EPA Did on 9/11. Roll Back Regulations on Methane Gas Emissions. globalresearch.ca September 11 is already an annual day of mourning. But while the nation grieved over victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency announced a plan future generations may well grieve as a tragedy in its …
(2018-09-20). The United States of America – The Real Reason Why They Are Never Winning Their Wars. globalresearch.ca None of these wars, hot wars or cold wars, has ever been won. Nor were they intended to be won. And there are no signs that future US-led wars will ever be won; irrespective of the trillions of dollars spent on them, and irrespective of the trillions to come in the future to maintain these wars and to start new ones. Why?
(2018-09-20). Hold the Front Page. The Reporters Are Missing. globalresearch.ca The death of Robert Parry earlier this year felt like a farewell to the age of the reporter. Parry was "a trailblazer for independent journalism", wrote Seymour Hersh, with whom he shared much in common. | Hersh revealed the My …
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(2018-09-20). The Pathology of Mass Surveillance: The UK, Bulk Interception and the European Court of Human Rights. globalresearch.ca It's fitting that the same society that produced George Orwell with his warnings of a totalitarian dystopia stacked with all-prying monitors, surveillance and paranoia should yield up some of the most invasive surveillance regimes imaginable. While some states have found …
(2018-09-20). Suspending the Constitution: In America Today, the Government Does Whatever It Wants. globalresearch.ca "That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put …
(2018-09-20). Drugged! … By Big Pharma? Prescription Drugs and the Opioid Crisis. globalresearch.ca You don't have to be a genius sometimes to just 'connect the dots'. Since 2012 Big Pharma ads for prescription drugs, especially on the boob tube, has risen by 62%. You cannot channel surf without seeing a myriad of ads | …
(2018-09-20). Two African Heroes Leave Prison in Rwanda. globalresearch.ca On September 15, Rwandan political prisoners Victoire Ingabire and Kizito Mihigo walked out of Nyarugenge Prison in Rwanda's capital, along with nearly 2000 more Rwandan prisoners whom President Paul Kagame had granted "executive clemency." Members of local and international media …
(2018-09-20). Hothouse Earth. globalresearch.ca An interesting new study: "Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene," Will Steffen, Johan Rockström et al, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Aug. 6, 2018 lays out the pathway for Earth entering a Hothouse Climate State. | …
(2018-09-20). Video: The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire. globalresearch.ca The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire, is a documentary film that shows how Britain transformed from a colonial power into a global financial power. At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of offshore …
(2018-09-20). Syria, the United Nations, and the "Slobodan Milosevic Treatment" globalresearch.ca It's long been obvious the United Nations is a rubber stamp lapdog of the United States. It set the stage for a decade of sanctions that killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and piled sanctions of Libya that resulted in …
(2018-09-20). Bathrooms, Winter Survival, and Community Caring — A Rally — Join Us! indybay.org Santa Cruz City Hall Courtyard | 809 Center St. | Santa Cruz, CA…
(2018-09-19). When Pharmaceutical, Vaccine and Medical Device Corporations Rule the World's Healthcare Industries: Too Late, It Already Happened. globalresearch.ca "Corporations should not be involved in any aspect of the democratic process. They should not be involved in education at any level. They should not be involved in health care. They should not be involved in the administration of social …
(2018-09-19). Broad Support Emerges for Full-Service Community Schools in Minneapolis. progressive.org A shift away from the charter school approach is on the horizon in Minnesota's largest city.
(2018-09-19). US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Blasts America's Support for Al-Qaeda in Syria, as Trump Threatens Further Military Action. globalresearch.ca US military veteran and congresswomen for Hawaii, Tulsi Gabbard, has slammed US foreign policy in Syria. | Arming al-Qaeda | On the 13th of September, Gabbard told [23: 06] comedian and satirist Jimmy Dore: | "Since 2011 both overtly and covertly, the United States | …
(2018-09-19). Video: Al Qaeda Militants Reject Demilitarization Zone Agreement in Idlib. globalresearch.ca An implementation of the demilitarized zone agreement in Idlib reached during face-to-face talks between Russian and Turkish presidents on September 17 has appeared to be not a simple task as it has been pointed out by many experts. | On September …
(2018-09-19). Russia Reveals the MH17 'Smoking Gun'. globalresearch.ca The Russian Defense Ministry may have finally unveiled the "smoking gun" able to solve the mystery surrounding Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, shot down on July 17, 2014 over the Donetsk Oblast, a province in eastern Ukraine. | The MH17 crash killed …
(2018-09-19). Social Media and The Process of Deplatforming. Germaine Greer. globalresearch.ca The flexibility of English, and thriving sign that it is not a dead language, permits repeated atrocities to be committed in the name of new terms. We are told that what is new is supposedly good, a sign of evolution. …
(2018-09-19). How's That "Chinese Hoax" Treating You, Mr. President? counterpunch.org 
Remember when our science-challenged president declared that global climate change was a "Chinese hoax"? That his assertion ran against the judgment of 97 percent of the scientific community apparently had no effect upon his foolish and incorrect statement. But now, with killer hurricanes rolling into the East Coast while "super typhoons" clobber the Philippines and western wildfires persist into fall, millions are suffering or worse as a direct result of Trump's climate change delusions. More
(2018-09-19). Unions shut down Washington teacher strikes. wsws.org The experiences of teachers in Washington provide critical lessons for educators and other sections of workers coming into struggle.
(2018-09-19). College students aren't submitting absentee ballots …as they don't know how to buy stamps. rt.com 
Today's college students are facing a major hurdle, and it has nothing to do with physics or calculus. America's future leaders aren't turning in their absentee ballots because they don't know where to buy stamps. Yes, really.
(2018-09-19). 'We got us one': Picture of white Alabama teens standing on black student sparks race row. rt.com 
A group of white Alabama high school students are at the center of a racism storm after a photo of them standing on a black pupil surfaced online with the caption 'We got us one.' Participants insist the stunt was a "joke."
(2018-09-18). For Black College Students, Balancing Activism and Mental Health Takes Work. thenation.com For Black College Students, Balancing Activism and Mental Health Takes Work appeared first on The Nation.
(2018-09-18). Some Schools Need a Lesson on Students' Free Speech Rights. aclu.org An alarming number of schools improperly discipline students for their speech — especially students of color. | School is back in session, and that means school administrators may be back to surveilling students on social media and unjustly disciplining them for what they say on it. | We've seen both of these troubling trends before. And in today's era of inspiring student (2018-09-18). Morning Edition's Think Tank Sources Lean to the Right. fair.org 
Ideology of think tanks sources on Morning Edition (2—7/18) | When it comes to seeking "expert" opinions on events for its reports, NPR often looks to a trusted roster of think-tank sources. In a study of NPR's Morning Edition from February to July 2018, FAIR found that sources from left-of-center think tanks were underrepresented, with right-leaning think tank sources appearing almost twice as often. | Out of 129 episodes aired Monday through Friday over the course of six months, researchers and fellows representing think tanks were quoted 144 times. Centrist think tanks were most commonly heard on Morning Edition, with 63 interview (44 percent of citations). Fifty-one (35 percent) of the show's interviews were with conservative or center-right groups, while 28 (19 percent) involved progressive or center-left groups. | Representatives from two think tanks—the pro-seafood Lobster Institute and the Rich Earth Institute, which…
(2018-09-18). Students Want Change at University Accused of Hiding Sexual Abuse. therealnews.com 
Students at the University of Maryland Baltimore County protested Monday after a federal lawsuit alleged officials discouraged rape reporting, dismissed cases and destroyed evidence
(2018-09-18). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Costa Rican public sector workers, backed by students and others, protest anti-worker fiscal reforms last week; meanwhile 500 Sun-Maid workers are fighting management's concession demands.
(2018-09-17). SPLC, Rock the Vote launch voter education class. splcenter.org The SPLC and Rock the Vote — a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to building the political power of young people — today launched a class designed to teach high school students the importance of voting.
(2018-09-17). 5 things you need to know about one of the anti-LGBT movement's biggest events: the 'Values Voter Summit'. splcenter.org One of the most powerful anti-LGBT hate groups, the Family Research Council (FRC), is getting ready for its annual gathering in the nation's capital.
(2018-09-17). American Fascism. counterpunch.org 
Fascism is a loaded topic for Americans. The term is usually put forward as oppositional, as the flip side of representative democracy, e.g. authoritarian. Left unaddressed is whose interests' American representative democracy represents. Twenty years of research by political scientist Thomas Ferguson strongly supports the conclusion that it is monied interests (a/k/a the rich) that determines public policy. And while this isn't the authoritarian leader alluded to with the charge of fascism, neither does it contrast with it in the sense implied.
(2018-09-17). Laura Flanders Show: Education Activists Back To School With A Test for DeVos. therealnews.com 
2018 has been a year of upheaval for students, in and out of the classroom. This week on the Laura Flanders show, educators and education activists talk about educational justice, teaching in Trump times, and taking stock of the current state of education. We're joined by Natasha Capers, of the NYC Coalition for Educational Justice;…
(2018-09-16). Texas Education Board votes to cut Hillary Clinton's name from student curriculum. rt.com 
Students in Texas will not be obliged to learn about Hillary Clinton in their history class, but will discuss the impact of Moses on the nation's founding documents, following a vote by the State Board of Education.
(2018-09-14). Headlines for September 14, 2018. democracynow.org Hurricane Florence Makes Landfall, Lashing Carolinas Coast, Trump Falsely Claims 3,000 Puerto Ricans Did Not Die After Hurricane Maria, Wins and Losses for Progressive Challengers in New York Primaries, Former Refugee from Afghanistan Safiya Wazir Unseats Incumbent in NH Primary Race, Paul Manafort and Special Counsel Reach Tentative Plea Deal, Sen. Feinstein Refers to FBI Letter Alleging Sexual Misconduct by Kavanaugh, Dozens of Homes Explode North of Boston, Mass., Killing 1 Person, Argentina: Thousands of Teachers & Students Strike Against Austerity Measures, Lawsuit Alleges MSU Officials Intentionally Covered…
(2018-09-14). The IMF's 'Large Brain, Unhealthy Ego, and Tiny Conscience'. thenation.com The IMF's 'Large Brain, Unhealthy Ego, and Tiny Conscience' appeared first on The Nation.
(2018-09-14). 'It's science fiction': Professor doubts claims of 'microwave attacks' on US diplomats in Cuba. rt.com 
There's no conclusive evidence that US diplomats stationed in Cuba were injured by a futuristic weapon, Kenneth R. Foster, a professor of bioengineering, told RT, adding that theories involving microwaves were "science fiction." |
(2018-09-13). Schools Have Committed to Hiring Teachers of Color. Now They Need to Keep Them. progressive.org When schools fail to challenge Eurocentric curricula and pedagogy, they alienate teachers of color.
(2018-09-11). New York's Democratic Primary Is a Showdown for Charter School Politics. progressive.org The upcoming New York primary could redefine the Democratic party in the state—and could mean drastic change for the charter school industry.
(2018-09-08). Let's Heal Kids, Not Harden Schools. progressive.org Betsy DeVos has proposed to make federal funding available for schools to purchase weapons. But the proliferation of guns will not curb violence in schools.
(2018-09-06). In Louisville, a Web of Private Interests Conspire to Expand Charter Schools. progressive.org Members of the Kentucky Board of Education have allied with corporate interests to privatize education, including involvement in potential real estate deals.
(2018-08-31). What Educators Can Do to Make College More Affordable. progressive.org It's not just tuition—the cost of textbooks and other curricular materials is unnecessarily high.