As Venezuela struggles through an economic and political crisis there is an inconvenient truth about the roots of the crises that is rarely talked about. So we delved deep, and we found a lot. In ...
“This one’s particularly ugly.” (By Julia Conley, Common Dreams) In what one critic deemed a “nauseating example of the revolving door” through which powerful political players often move in and out of the private sector, ...
“With few overt military preparations beyond routine training, China could launch an invasion of small Taiwan-held islands in the South China Sea such as Pratas or Itu Aba.” The Pentagon said in an official report ...
The International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF’s) victory at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against Caster Semenya over the DSD rule casts a long shadow on athletics. (By Leslie Xavier, NewsClick.In) Caster Semenya ...
The Chicago Teachers Union leadership said that the recent surge in teachers’ strikes is driven by resistance to more than a decade of austerity and the dire consequences of the push to privatize public education. ...
The practice of blood testing asylum seekers will deter false family asylum cases, or so the Trump administration hopes. The Trump administration will phase in DNA testing of families applying for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico ...
Citizen Truth Reporter Jenna Mulligan is traveling across the U.S.-Mexico border and reporting on immigration issues. In the latest video, Jenna visits the Benedictine Monastery in Tucson, AZ. The church recently converted into a migrant ...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is fighting an attempt to extradite him to the U.S. where he faces computer hacking charges. Appearing via video conference while behind bars in the U.K., Assange faced a hearing at ...
“The one thing I hear over and over again across the country is people’s stories of battling with mental health and addiction — people need help, but they just can’t get it.” Sen. Amy Klobuchar ...
One ad lampooned Polis as holding positions more in line with “Radicalifornia” than Colorado and attacked him for supporting universal health care. (By Tim Zelina and Andrew Perez, Maplight) Two oil and gas companies with extensive interests ...
“More than 1,000 facilities have been badly affected, due to many reasons – including the Israeli siege, the prolonged power outages, as well as the internal Palestinian division.” Since 2007, Palestinian industry in the Gaza ...
Iowa’s party has been looking at three broad options: using a mix of online- and telephone-based voting; mail-in ballots; and a proxy system. (By Steven Rosenfeld, Independent Media Institute) Iowa’s Democratic Party is leaning toward offering ...
“We can now confirm that there was financial support and so a link between the New Zealand attacker and the Identitarian Movement in Austria.” It’s hard to forget what happened on March 15, 2019 – ...
“Palestinian children, like all children, should be protected and treasured.” Veteran Congress member Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian ...
Dear discerning members of the left, What if I told you there is a 37-year-old person of color running for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 2020 who believes in health care for all, free ...
“Amnesty is calling for the U.S. to halt the transfer of tear gas, small arms, ammunition and other repressive equipment, including some helicopters to the Egyptian military and security forces.” The White House announced on ...
“The industry is positioning Tobacco 21 as the only thing that needs to be done on tobacco prevention.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has pledged to introduce legislation to raise the legal age to buy ...
“Too many people have too much money invested in war.” According to a new study, Global military spending in 2018 reached its highest level since the end of the Cold War era, triggered by an ...
Julian Assange is charged with a conspiracy to criminally obtain classified information through computer hacking — not with a conspiracy to disclose or publish classified information. (By Ofer Raban, The Conversation) A British court on ...
Since January, Guaidó with support from his foreign allies has orchestrated several media charades in order to push the situation in Venezuela to a breaking point, hoping to force Nicolás Maduro to step down. (Peoples ...
The largest donor in the openDemocracy investigation on dark money groups is the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. A recent report from openDemocracy shows U.S.-based religious rights groups have spent at least $50 million on ‘dark ...
Free software developer and privacy activist Ola Bini, who is in prison in Ecuador, reflects on the responsibilities of privilege, his commitment to privacy and the risks poses by the rise of surveillance. (Peoples Dispatch) ...
“Our immigration system has reached a breaking point as we continue to see an overwhelming surge of migrants, with more than 100,000 arriving at our border in March alone.” In a presidential memorandum signed Monday, ...
Juan Guaido urged the military to join the “final phase” in Caracas on Tuesday morning and declared “the moment is now.” US-supported opposition leader Juan Guiadó initiated a full-fledged uprising against President Nicolás Maduro on ...
“The lifeblood of this organization is on the line. We are under attack from without; we do not need to be under attack from within” – former NRA President Marion Hammer. On Monday, President Trump ...
The New York Times has drawn a growing list of condemnations after posting a cartoon that was deemed anti-Semitic April 25. The New York Times published in the April 25 print edition a political cartoon ...
This video is part of a series on immigration at the border. In a previous video Citizen Truth reporter Jenna Mulligan rode along on a water drop and aid drive in the Arizona desert which ...
Malaria is still one of the biggest killers of children worldwide, taking the lives of over 200,000 children every year. -Dr. Seth Berkley Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) published a press release and ...
Citizen Truth reporter Jenna Mulligan is reporting live from the border as she travels through Arizona, California and Mexico to get a firsthand account of immigration issues at the U.S.-Mexico border. Look for her video ...
“Threats of violence against Ilhan show that this level of vitriol, xenophobia and Islamophobia is so rife that it can even ‘punch up’ in a way. I think that increases the reality of the situation.” ...
“There comes a point and a time in which the courts have to intercede to protect constitutional rights.” Last Thursday, in a court case about gerrymandering, federal judges in Michigan unanimously struck down 34 of ...
This is the third entry in a multi-part series which takes an in-depth look at the Mueller Report. The first two can be found at the following. 1, 2. During the campaign, a visit to ...
“I was given the impression that the North Korean leader shares the same point of view. And we need guarantees of security, that’s all. We need to think about this all together.” Last week, North ...
Samantha Bee unleashed several insults about Trump—accusing him of being a sexual assaulter, bully, and coward for not appearing at the real White House Correspondent’s Dinner. Comedic TV star Samantha Bee hosted “Not the White ...
“Early this morning, #USBP Agents found a 3-year-old boy alone and crying in a cornfield in TX. He had his name & phone numbers written on his shoes.” Last Tuesday morning, US Customs and Border ...
Water problems in Gaza have reached a crisis point in the past few years, with almost 90 percent of Gaza’s water undrinkable. Mohammad Mahdi and his family, along with thousands other residents of the Maghazi ...
DDE, a breakdown product of the long-banned organochlorine insecticide DDT, was detected in 55.7% of the wristbands. (Beyond Pesticides) Research by the youth participatory action team of the CHAMACOS of the Salinas Evaluating Chemicals in ...
These revered shows are as culturally relevant today as they’ve ever been, and the talent they have gathered makes this the can’t-miss television event of the year.” For one night ABC will air a live ...
According to the study, Brazil lost 25% of per capita GDP, Nigeria lost 29%, and India lost 31% because of climate change. The first of two new climate studies finds that climate change intensifies the ...
“I’m confident it will be obvious that there’s no substance to this case, and that it will collapse into nothing.” On April 11 Ecuadorian authorities arrested the Swedish cryptographer and privacy advocate Ola Bini in ...
Researchers found that the exploitation rates of black neighborhoods are nearly double that of other neighborhoods. Two researchers, MIT’s Nathan Wilmers and Princeton’s Matthew Desmond, decide to study the exploitation of the poor by looking ...
“I think what happened at Notre-Dame is a great tragedy, but humans should be more important than stones.” On April 25 French President Emmanuel Macron announced new measures to address the ongoing “gilets jaunes” (yellow ...
Taking out a terrorist group’s leaders or conquering its physical territory “is not the same as undermining its ideology or destroying its raison d’être.” Indian intelligence services warned Sri Lankan officials about a suspect in ...
Bahia Amawi, a speech pathologist who lost her job due to the law, celebrated the ruling as “a huge win not just for me, but for everybody here in Texas.” (By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) ...
The song doesn’t just talk about nature—it also touches on different ethnicities and nationalities, urging for peace and harmony. Released on April 19 in anticipation for Earth Day, rapper Lil Dicky’s music video about saving ...
“I won’t take money from the banker, the realtors or the hotel, but I will take money from their trade association? That’s hypocrisy.” (By Camille Erickson, Center for Responsive Politics) More than 50 Democratic congressional ...
Organizations across the country have condemned the government of president Iván Duque for not providing security to social leaders. (By Tanya Wadhwa, Peoples Dispatch) Two weeks ago, four social leaders were assassinated in Colombia, taking ...
“This decision is intended to bring Iran’s oil exports to zero, denying the regime its principal source of revenue.” President Donald Trump revoked sanction exemptions that were issued last November for China, India, Japan, South ...
Joe Biden may not be the favorites of leading progressives but he still has a huge popularity rating and is working to amend past mistakes. Joe Biden entered the Democratic primary Thursday, leading the polls ...
CBD oil is not marijuana because it doesn’t contain THC, the cause of the psychoactive side effects. Unlike alcohol or Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), CBD oil does not give you a high, slow your reflexes or mess ...
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