Trump Asks Supreme Court To Block Tax Returns Subpoena

“A lot of folks get really upset about someone getting $140 a month for food stamps. How should we feel about Trump’s golfing vacations at his resorts putting $100 million into his pockets?” President Trump asked the Supreme Court to block two lower court decisions ordering him to comply with subpoenas on Friday, setting up [...]

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Key Palestinian Relief Agency Lives On as UNRWA Extension Passes, Despite US’ Accusations of Misconduct

“Today’s vote indicates that the U.N.R.W.A. plays a major role in serving millions of Palestinian refugees and that the latest U.S.’ stance against such a vital U.N. organ is being rejected by majority of world nations.” In a sign of support for the Palestinian cause, an overwhelming majority of member states of the United Nations [...]

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Trump Administration Intentionally Worsened Conditions For Migrant Children

“We have proof that the Trump War on Migrant Children was carefully constructed to inflict harm on children and create a humanitarian crisis.” The Trump administration secretly knew its immigration policies would overflow migrant child shelters, according to a new Washington Post investigative report based on dozens of interviews and internal documents, despite its efforts [...]

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How Fracking Bans and the Anti-Fracking Movement are Staring Down an Uphill Battle

In May Washington state joined New York state, Vermont and Maryland in passing fracking bans. Of these four states Maryland is the only one that has known oil and gas reserves. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), “Hydraulic fracturing, informally referred to as ‘fracking,’ is an oil and gas well development process that typically [...]

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Unpacking and Understanding Media Bias: Did Objective Journalism Ever Exist?

The late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries marked both the rise and fall of objectivity in American news media. Even so, the golden age of objectivity, paradoxically characterized by both elitism and ethicism, was anything but an era of pure objective journalism. This is the ninth part in a Citizen Truth series on media bias [...]

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Arab Protests Spread to Kuwait, Forcing Government Resignation

In what some are calling a new Arab Spring, popular protests have swept across multiple Arab nations including Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria and now Kuwait. On Thursday, the emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Jaber al-Sabah, accepted the resignation of the Kuwaiti government which has been beset recently by corruption charges. The resignation comes two years [...]

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Senate Confirms Trump Judicial Nominee Who Has Never Tried A Case Before

“Mr. Menashi is one of the most contemptible nominees to come before the Senate in all my time in this body.” The Senate confirmed Trump appointee Steven Menashi to a lifetime position on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit on Thursday, despite the fact that the new judge has never tried a [...]

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OK, Boomer. Gen Z and Boomers Set to Battle Over Real Estate

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Why Aren’t Americans Rising Up Like We Are Seeing Across the Planet?

Here in the U.S., Transparency International found that the number of Americans who see “direct action” as the antidote to our corrupt political system has risen from 17 percent to 25 percent since Trump took office. The waves of protests breaking out in country after country around the world beg the question: Why aren’t Americans rising [...]

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New Film ‘The Report’ Details CIA Torture Practices Following September 11

Adam Driver stars as Daniel Jones in The Report, a new Scott Z. Burns film about Jones’ attempt to uncover the CIA’s use of torture following 9/11. The Report is a new film depicting the CIA’s use of systematic torture on terrorist suspects following the Sept. 11 attacks and the heroic attempt to expose these [...]

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Why Striking Teachers Across America Are Fighting for Much More Than Their Paychecks

After their successful strike earlier this year, Oakland teachers are still fighting off charter schools and changing the narrative of public education. While national news outlets hail the conclusion of a historic teacher strike in Chicago, another important story often overlooked by national reporters is the ongoing struggle to defend public education in the months that follow [...]

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