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truthout.org > articles > court-blocks-trumps-loyalty-question-on-civil-service-job-applications

Court Blocks Trump’s “Loyalty Question” on Civil Service Job Applications

3+ hour, 31+ min ago   (475+ words) Unions sued over the question, which asks job applicants to share how they would further the president’s agenda. A court’s decision to block the Trump administration from including a “loyalty question” on federal job applications was a win not only…...

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truthout.org > articles > this-back-to-school-season-kids-face-a-new-fear-ice-taking-their-parents

This Back to School Season, Kids Face a New Fear: ICE Taking Their Parents

3+ hour, 33+ min ago   (800+ words) More than 200,000 children in the US are estimated to have had a parent detained by ICE. Just a year ago, Martín Soto was making breakfast at home with his wife, Gabriela, while their daughter got ready for her first day…...

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truthout.org > articles > mexican-activists-are-fighting-climate-crises-by-stopping-extractive-violence

Mexican Activists Are Fighting Climate Crises by Stopping Extractive Violence

3+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1191+ words) Indigenous activists and water defenders in Mexico are organizing to combat what they call “signs of planetary death.” Atahualpa Sofía Enciso’s children don’t know what a normal river is, she says. Living by the Santiago River in the state of…...

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truthout.org > articles > federal-court-rules-trump-admin-cant-keep-aging-michigan-coal-plant-open

Federal Court Rules Trump Admin Can’t Keep Aging Michigan Coal Plant Open

10+ hour, 6+ min ago   (362+ words) The ruling is one of the first successful legal challenges to the administration’s use of “energy emergency” powers. The Department of Energy overstepped when it ordered an aging coal-fired power plant in Michigan to stay open past its planned retirement…...

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truthout.org > articles > louisiana-residents-are-resisting-plans-to-build-ice-jail-on-contaminated-site

Louisiana Residents Are Resisting Plans to Build ICE Jail on Contaminated Site

11+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1079+ words) Organizers are hard at work to convince officials to roll back an agreement with a private prison operator. Louisiana residents are mobilizing in opposition to the immigration jail with the help of CENLA Activism, a grassroots group of concerned residents…...

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truthout.org > articles > oil-prices-soar-to-new-heights-as-houthis-seize-yemens-red-sea-coastline

Oil Prices Soar to New Heights as Houthis Seize Yemen’s Red Sea Coastline

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (343+ words) A top economist estimated that Trump’s Iran war has already cost the average American household an extra $1,650. Houthi forces have reportedly seized the entirety of Yemen’s Red Sea coastline, further solidifying the group’s control over its key waterway and sending…...

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truthout.org > articles > 25-years-later-we-still-live-in-the-world-the-war-on-terror-made

25 Years Later, We Still Live in the World the War on Terror Made

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (172+ words) Philosopher George Yancy analyzes the contemporary expression of what W.E.B. Du Bois called the “entrails of whiteness.” The war on terror was not inevitable, nor was the extraordinary violence carried out in its name necessary. Two and a half decades after…...

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truthout.org > articles > over-a-quarter-of-voters-say-theyre-supporters-of-dsa-polling-finds

Over a Quarter of Voters Say They’re Supporters of DSA, Polling Finds

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (360+ words) Nearly 6 in 10 Democrats said they back the socialist group. More than a quarter of U.S. voters, including the majority of Democrats, identify as supporters of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), new polling finds as left-wing ideology surges in popularity despite…...

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truthout.org > articles > vance-invokes-racist-tropes-as-gop-convention-speakers-stoke-fear-and-loyalty

Vance Invokes Racist Tropes as GOP Speakers Stoke Fear and Loyalty to Trump on Last Night of Convention

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (427+ words) “This is what has become the norm in our politics,” one Democratic candidate said in reaction to the GOP event. The second night of the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, this week featured racist remarks from speakers and a…...

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truthout.org > articles > trump-promises-americans-5k-checks-if-gop-wins-midterms-raising-legal-questions

Trump Promises Americans $5K Checks If GOP Wins Both Houses of Congress in Midterms, Raising Legal Questions

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (527+ words) Two federal statutes forbid paying people to vote, and the Constitution lists bribery as an impeachable offense. On Wednesday, during the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, President Donald Trump promised voters that if they deliver a GOP-controlled Congress in…...