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Trump Withdrew from Iran Nuclear Deal. Now Israel May Be Trying to Provoke War; Black Mama’s Bail Out Is Freeing Black Women from Jail for Mother’s Day & Taking Aim at Cash Bail; Laleh Khalili: Palestinian “Gandhis” Are Marching Every Day for Freedom from Israeli Apartheid.
Jeremy Scahill: Obama Paved Way for Haspel to Head CIA by Failing to Hold Torturers Accountable; Coming of Age in the Syrian War: Memoir by Journalist Marwan Hisham & Illustrator Molly Crabapple.
Trump Pulls United States Out of Iran Nuclear Deal, Dramatically Escalating Threat of War with Iran; Trita Parsi: I Was Targeted by Black Cube in Dirty Ops Effort Attacking Supporters of Iran Deal; Medea Benjamin: The Peace Movement Must Mobilize to Support Diplomacy in Iran & North Korea; Primary Day: Blankenship Out in WV; Consumer … Continued
Cecile Richards on Attacks on Women’s Health, from Iowa Abortion Ban to Rising Violence at Clinics; “Make Trouble”: Cecile Richards on Her Life Story, Reproductive Rights & Women-Led Activism; Journalists Rise Up Against Wall Street Hedge Fund Decimating Newsrooms Across the Country.
CIA Nominee Gina Haspel May Testify for First Time in Public About Her Role in Torture at Black Site; Nearly 90,000 Hondurans May Be Deported to Danger and Poverty as Trump Ends Their Protected Status; Meet the 2018 Teacher of the Year Honored By Trump Who the White House Doesn’t Want You to Hear; Writer … Continued
The Displaced: Refugee Writers Ariel Dorfman & Viet Thanh Nguyen on Migration, US Wars & Resistance.
As Caravan of Migrants Begins Entry at U.S.-Mexico Border, Trump Admin Attacks Legal Asylum Process; Arundhati Roy’s Latest Novel Takes on Fascism, Rising Hindu Nationalism in India & Abuses in Kashmir.
May Day in Puerto Rico: Police Attack Anti-Austerity Protesters with Pepper Spray & Tear Gas; Detained and Then Deported: U.S. Human Rights Lawyers Barred from Entry into Israel; Arizona Joins Red State Revolt: Teachers’ Strike Reaches Day Five; Puerto Rico Needs Help: Unelected Fiscal Board Pushes Austerity as Island Continues Slow Recovery; With Labor & … Continued
Worldwide Mourning as 10 Journalists Killed in Afghanistan’s Deadliest Day for Reporters Since 2001; “Talking About History Is Way to Liberate America”: New Memorial Honors Victims of White Supremacy.
Tim Shorrock on North Korea Nuclear Deal: Will the U.S. Drop Sanctions & Economic Embargo? Champion for Black Power & All the Oppressed: Dr. Cone, Founder of Black Liberation Theology, Dies.
