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Trump’s Huawei Ban Confirms ‘Telecommunications Are Geopolitical Weapons’
By: Gregory Wilpert
As Trump warns of the surveillance danger of Huawei, the real concern of consumers should be the fact they are being surveilled by the U.S. government and all tech companies, says Yasha Levine The post Trump’s Huawei Ban Confirms ‘Telecommunications Are Geopolitical Weapons’ appeared first on The Real News Network....
US Public Education Still Segregated 65 Years After Brown
By: Jacqueline Luqman
Sixty-five years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, a new report published by Pennsylvania State University reveals the persistent racial segregation in America’s public schools, and the many factors that contribute to it The post US Public Education Still Segregated 65 Years After Brown appeared first on...
Baltimore Considers Income-Based Water Billing
By: Taylor Hebden
Residents testified in support of the bill, but the Department of Public Works is not on board—they have a different affordability measure in mind The post Baltimore Considers Income-Based Water Billing appeared first on The Real News Network....
New Poverty Measurement Exposes Turkey’s Inequality Within Households
By: Gregory Wilpert
Hasan Tekguc and Bengi Akbulut discuss their research on the gender gap in poverty in Turkey. When comparing household income, it is impossible to know about the gender-based inequality within households The post New Poverty Measurement Exposes Turkey’s Inequality Within Households appeared first on The Real News Network....
German Parliament Criminalizes Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement
By: Sharmini Peries
Germany becomes the first country in the world to criminalize the BDS movement. Shir Hever, TRNN Correspondent in Germany and expert on Palestine-Israel, responds The post German Parliament Criminalizes Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement appeared first on The Real News Network....
Health Insurance Abuses Continue in Spite of ACA – RAI with Wendell Potter (5/7)
By: Paul Jay
We revisit Wendell Potter’s whistleblowing testimony that exposed how the insurance industry is more interested in pleasing Wall Street than in people’s care, and asked him if these abuses continued after the passing of the ACA–Wendell Potter on Reality Asserts Itself, hosted by Paul Jay The post Health Insurance Abuses...
Trump Admin Breaks and Enters Venezuela’s Embassy, Arrests Activists
By: Gregory Wilpert
After more than a month of living in the Venezuelan embassy, DC police and secret service broke open the doors to arrest for activists who had been staying in the embassy to protect it against an opposition take-over. The move sets a dangerous precedent, says Medea Benjamin The post Trump...
What Would US Socialism Look Like? with Bhaskar Sunkara (2/2)
By: Dharna Noor
Bhaskar Sunkara, founder of Jacobin and author of The Socialist Manifesto, explains what socialism could actually look like in the United States The post What Would US Socialism Look Like? with Bhaskar Sunkara (2/2) appeared first on The Real News Network....
What Would It Mean to Win? (Pt 2/2)
By: Dharna Noor
Bhaskar Sunkara, founder of Jacobin and author of The Socialist Manifesto, explains what socialism could actually look like in the United States in part 2 of his interview The post What Would It Mean to Win? (Pt 2/2) appeared first on The Real News Network....
How Bridging the Racial Wealth Divide Will Help All Americans
By: Marc Steiner
The racial wealth gap has grown in the last three decades—Dedrick Muhammad puts solutions on the table that help all Americans The post How Bridging the Racial Wealth Divide Will Help All Americans appeared first on The Real News Network....
Chelsea Manning Back in Prison After Refusing to Testify
By: Marc Steiner
Freed eight days ago, Manning was subpoenaed before a new grand jury investigating Assange. Despite grave danger to her health, she refused to testify, saying she would rather die in prison than change her principles The post Chelsea Manning Back in Prison After Refusing to Testify appeared first on The...
Bolsonaro’s Education Austerity Mobilizes Hundreds of Thousands Across Brazil
By: Michael Fox
Hundreds of thousands of students and educators took to the streets across Brazil in protest against President Jair Bolsonaro’s draconian neoliberal attack on education. Mike Fox reports The post Bolsonaro’s Education Austerity Mobilizes Hundreds of Thousands Across Brazil appeared first on The Real News Network....
Ocasio-Cortez & Sanders Introduce Bill to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates at 15%
By: Marc Steiner
They call it Loan Shark Prevention, which would allow post offices to act as banks for poor working people, but credit companies claim it will hurt the poor The post Ocasio-Cortez & Sanders Introduce Bill to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates at 15% appeared first on The Real News Network....
Why Socialism? With Bhaskar Sunkara
By: Dharna Noor
Most people know capitalism is unjust. Jacobin founder Bhaskar Sunkara says he wrote The Socialist Manifesto to lay out an alternative The post Why Socialism? With Bhaskar Sunkara appeared first on The Real News Network....
Toronto Residents Face Off Against Google over Waterfront ‘Smart City’
A subsidiary of Google wants to build a ‘Smart City’ on Toronto’s Waterfront. But with billions of dollars in real estate and infrastructure at play, residents are pushing back against a proposal that they say could have terrible consequences for public services as well as privacy The post Toronto Residents...
Fight Against Voter Suppression Continues in Georgia
By: Jacqueline Luqman
Plaintiffs argue before the GA Supreme Court that malfunctioning voting machines caused tens of thousands of missing votes in the Georgia Lt. Gov. race. What could it mean if this case goes forward? The post Fight Against Voter Suppression Continues in Georgia appeared first on The Real News Network....
Does Baltimore Need a Green New Deal?
By: Dharna NoorTaylor Hebden
The Sunrise Movement’s Baltimore hub held a town hall on how a federal Green New Deal could help Baltimore—especially Baltimore’s most vulnerable residents The post Does Baltimore Need a Green New Deal? appeared first on The Real News Network....
History Repeats Itself as Corporations Join Big Green to Craft Market-Based Climate Plan
A new coalition of big environmental groups and big corporations have teamed up to push for what they’re calling “a market-based solution” to the climate crisis. Many of its members formerly sat as members of a group with a similar mission, the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP). CAP, which lasted...
