Новости за 05.04.2017

By Rachel Moran The new legislation also sparked a sense of mourning for women who didn’t live to benefit from it.

Playwright Robert Schenkkan sounds the alarm about a scenario he says “absolutely” could come to pass in the United States.

By Alfred W. McCoy / TomDispatch In societies as disparate as the United States and the Philippines, populist rhetoric carried unlikely candidates from the political margins to the presidency.

By Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Have black people, historically the most left-leaning constituency in the United States, shed their anti-imperialist views and embraced war?

Steve Bannon at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February. (Gage Skidmore / CC 2.0) Steve Bannon, President Trump’s chief strategist, has been removed from the National Security Council, according to a report from Bloomberg. The move comes just months after Trump reorganized the council to include Bannon as a permanent member. Bloomberg reports: President Donald Trump reorganized his National Security Council on Wednesday, removing chief strategist Stephen Bannon from a key... Читать дальше...

By Mike Whitney / CounterPunch The former congressman says the FBI director (pictured) should have resigned over his disclosure about Hillary Clinton’s emails last October.

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If we really want to lead — if we really want to join the New Energy Economy — we have to go with the energy of the future, not the energy of the past.

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Disturbing signs emerged Tuesday that Donald J. Trump’s odd self-presentation and erratic pronouncements could be a serious security threat to . . . all Americans.

By Robert Faturechi / ProPublica While in Congress, HHS Secretary Tom Price acted to help kill a rule that would hurt drug company profits shortly after his broker bought him up to $90,000 worth of pharmaceutical stock.

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams “We need a Supreme Court justice who will protect workers’ rights, not just corporate profits. I fear Judge Gorsuch is not that person,” the Vermont senator and former Democratic presidential candidate says.

The resistance of sanctuary cities, counties and states reminds us that the Constitution protects all people in our country.

The room was packed during a training session hosted by New Mexico CAFé in early March. (NM CAFé / Twitter) As fear spreads among immigrant communities over Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, one New Mexico organization is teaching residents how to resist. After about 20 people were detained in ICE raids outside Las Cruces, N.M., recently, local interfaith immigrant advocacy group New Mexico CAFé organized a training session on nonviolent civil disobedience. The movement began after an ICE raid in February... Читать дальше...

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The Truthdig team will sit down with comedian and political commentator Jimmy Dore on Thursday, April 6, at 1 p.m. PDT / 4 p.m. EDT to discuss the intersection of humor and politics in the age of Trump.