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WEBAug 26, 2024 — Jake Johnson , C ommon D reams. “ So long as ‘objective’ journalists and professors uphold and validate status quo viewpoints, they can remain in their jobs. Those who violate unspoken norms are derided as biased and punished. – Lewis Raven Wallace, from Journalism Professor’s Suspension Shows the Hypocrisy of “Objectivity”.
Plastic Is Building Up in Our Brains — Scientists Say It ... - Truthout
WEBAug 24, 2024 — The results came as a shock, according to study lead author Matthew Campen, a toxicologist and professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of New Mexico. The researchers found that 24 of the brain samples, which were collected in early 2024, measured on average about 0.5 percent plastic by …
No, Black People Can’t Be “Racists” - Truthout
WEBOct 20, 2021 — The term “racism” must be understood within the context of an anti-Black American polity. By. George Yancy , T ruthout. October 20, 2021. The attacks waged against everything deemed “critical race theory” constitute a new form of McCarthyism that spreads fear of a future in which Black professors may again be labeled by the state as ...
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WEB3 days ago — Hurricane Helene Causes Record Rainfall and Deadly Flooding Across US Southeast. Rapidly accelerated by the warming climate, Helene killed at least 42 in some of the worst flooding in recent memory. By. Anita Hofschneider , G …
Panel on Supreme Court Reforms Lauds Ideas of Term Limits, …
WEBAug 22, 2024 — President Joe Biden recently announced support for reforms to the court, including term limits and new ethics standards. By. Chris Walker , T ruthout. Whitehouse also noted that the court’s decisions were very personal to voters. “I think the Supreme Court got very real with the Dobbs decision,” Whitehouse said, referring to the case that ...
“Just Say We Won”: How Trump’s Big Lie Started, and ... - Truthout
WEBJul 13, 2021 — It all started on election night 2020 with four words from Rudy Giuliani: “Just say we won.” According to I Alone Can Fix It, Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker’s new book on Donald Trump’s disastrous final year, Giuliani was in the White House Map Room watching the returns come in from Michigan. The early in-person votes had heavily favored Trump, but that lead was being steadily eroded ...
What to Do When You Have Been Abusive - Truthout
WEBJan 26, 2020 — The following is a nine-step guide to confronting the abuser in you, in me, in us all. 1. Listen to the Survivor. “Listen to the survivor” may seem to imply that there can only be one survivor in a given situation, or that the first person who calls out the other has to be the survivor of an abuse dynamic.
Kathy Boudin, Tireless Fighter for Justice — Rest in Power
WEBMay 9, 2022 — Kathy Boudin speaks at a Radcliffe Institute event on October 29, 2019, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! Kathy Boudin is gone. She died on May Day in Manhattan, with her son, Chesa Boudin (now San Francisco’s district attorney), and …
Yes, 55 Percent of White Women Voted for Trump. No, I’m
WEBNov 14, 2020 — In 2016, the big takeaway was that 53 percent of white women voters cast their ballots in favor of Donald Trump, according to exit polls, helping cement his victory. But, in 2020, white women voters surpassed their 2016 levels of support as, according to exit polls, 55 percent of white women turned out to vote for the president who was recorded ...
Kenya Protests Against IMF-Backed Reforms Reflect Severity of …
WEBAug 23, 2024 — A protestor holds the Kenya flag during a demonstration against the government in Nairobi, on August 8, 2024. Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Protests ignited by recent IMF-backed reforms in Kenya show no signs of abating.