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Climate Crisis: EU Green Stimulus, Meat Apocalypse, Public Lands, Climate Music
By: Steve Horn
Welcome back to TRNN’s Climate Crisis News Roundup. In recent weeks, this column has focused heavily on the intersection between COVID-19 and the climate crisis, and that will continue as the pandemic sweeps through the world. But climate change and the politics of surrounding this monumental issue are still happening...
Correction Officers And Inmate Advocates Prepare For Action At Jessup Prison
By: Eddie Conway
Corrections officers and prison abolitionists will join together Saturday to protest the lack of PPE and testing, and the need for parole, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The post Correction Officers And Inmate Advocates Prepare For Action At Jessup Prison appeared first on The Real News Network....
Can Sex Workers Survive COVID-19 When The Government Won’t Give Aid?
By: Taya Graham
Sex Workers’ rights advocates have been demanding decriminalization of their work, but now under the pandemic regulations even legal forms of sex work like strip clubs have been targeted by the federal government and alienated from government aid. The post Can Sex Workers Survive COVID-19 When The Government Won’t Give...
Stir Crazy! Episode #40: Hero Pay? More Like Zero Pay!
By: Kim Brown
On today’s show: Founder and Executive Director of Faith Matters Network Jennifer Bailey, “By Any Means Necessary” co-host Jacqueline Luqman, and TRNN executive producer Lisa Snowden-McCray. Hosted by Kim Brown. The post Stir Crazy! Episode #40: Hero Pay? More Like Zero Pay! appeared first on The Real News Network....
Inside America’s Cash-Hungry Plainclothes Police Units
By: Taya Graham
Breonna Taylor, an EMT, was shot eight times in a botched no-knock drug raid. PAR interviews an ex-cop who tells the truth about drug raids, warrants, and asset forfeiture, and speaks with cop watcher Laura Shark. The post Inside America’s Cash-Hungry Plainclothes Police Units appeared first on The Real News...
‘Children Are Infected, Inmates Are Dying’
By: Jaisal Noor
Maryland’s largest public sector union staged a socially-distanced protest to demand more PPE, testing, and safer working conditions. The post ‘Children Are Infected, Inmates Are Dying’ appeared first on The Real News Network....
Can Public Education Survive COVID-19?
By: Jaisal Noor
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted apartheid conditions in US public schools. The post Can Public Education Survive COVID-19? appeared first on The Real News Network....
The Proposed Nile Dam Is A Wedge Between Egypt, Ethiopia, And Sudan
By: Kim Brown
The plan to build a giant hydroelectric dam on the Nile River is a cornerstone in Ethiopia’s economic development strategy, but is fiercely opposed by President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi in Egypt. The post The Proposed Nile Dam Is A Wedge Between Egypt, Ethiopia, And Sudan appeared first on The Real...
Stir Crazy! Episode #39: No One Will Save Us But Us
By: Kim Brown
On today’s show: TRNN visual producer Andrew Corkery and “By Any Means Necessary” co-host Jacqueline Luqman. Hosted by Kim Brown. The post Stir Crazy! Episode #39: No One Will Save Us But Us appeared first on The Real News Network....
What Impact Has Coronavirus Had On Policing?
By: Jacqueline Luqman
Racial bias in policing has always existed, with tragic results for some. But has the coronavirus had an impact, or has it merely exposed just how deeply biased policing always was? The post What Impact Has Coronavirus Had On Policing? appeared first on The Real News Network....
‘Students Have Fallen Off The Face Of The Planet’
By: Jaisal Noor
Remote learning has created huge barriers to learning for low income communities of color, where four in ten families lack high speed internet access. The post ‘Students Have Fallen Off The Face Of The Planet’ appeared first on The Real News Network....
Stir Crazy! Episode #38: Generation WTF!
By: Kim Brown
On today’s show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, and co-hosts of upcoming new show “Why You Should Give a F*ck” Genevieve Montinar and Tunde Ogunfolaju. Hosted by Kim Brown. The post Stir Crazy! Episode #38: Generation WTF! appeared first on The Real News Network....
How Islamophobia And Trump Are Dividing Major Jewish Organizations
By: Marc Steiner
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations’ incoming Chair-elect Dianne Lob faced attack from of Morton Klein of the Zionist Organization of America because of her work with Muslim refugees. The post How Islamophobia And Trump Are Dividing Major Jewish Organizations appeared first on The Real News Network....
This is Not a Drill: LIVE, May 20th
What strategic opportunity remains for left organizers to build political power within the Democratic Party after Bernie? Are the Democrats in internal crisis, exacerbated by the broader health, political, and economic crises? And, how can we best fight the right wing? Join us for the next episode of This is...
A Just Reopening Prioritizes People Over Profits
By: Jaisal Noor
As Trump’s “reopening” endangers lives, Democrats must advance policy that gives working people something to fight for, argues In These Times’ Sarah Lazare. The post A Just Reopening Prioritizes People Over Profits appeared first on The Real News Network....
X: Malcolm’s Final Years
On Malcolm X’s 95th birthday, TRNN revisits this documentary, including interviews with Angela Davis and Danny Glover. The post X: Malcolm’s Final Years appeared first on The Real News Network....
Mutual Aid In Public Housing Continues After Housing Authority Pushback
By: Sarafina Harper
In early April, Baltimore City’s Housing Authority threatened Reverend Annie Chambers with arrest and eviction for distributing food to her neighbors at Douglass Homes, citing a policy barring non-government organizations from giving food donations to public housing residents. Rather than stopping Chambers’ mutual aid initiative, the incident led to widespread...
US Sanctions On Iran Fueled By Hate And Money
John Bolton brought Richard Goldberg from the neoconservative Foundation for Defense of Democracies to serve as a senior advisor for the National Security Council, ensuring that sanctions against Iran will intensify even as Iran is wracked by COVID-19. The post US Sanctions On Iran Fueled By Hate And Money appeared...
