Voices From a 'Shithole Country'

[Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists]( Friday, March 30, 2018 Featured story GLOBAL VOICES [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Voices From a ‘Shithole Country’]( By Gbemisola Olujobi — A Nigerian writer collects reactions from fellow citizens about the Trump slur, and those reactions aren't always what you might expect. [Read more]( Opinion ACTIVISM [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [All Lives Matter Equally in the New Gun Control Movement]( By Sonali Kolhatkar — Discussions of gun violence and the regulations needed to curb it are incomplete unless they include an analysis of how racism plays a role. [Read more]( POLITICS  [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Are Conservatives Losing Faith in President Trump?]( By Eugene Robinson — The president's diehard supporters might be starting to realize how thoroughly he has played them for suckers. [Read more]( national [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [10 Reasons Why We Should Oppose John Bolton]( By Medea Benjamin — He is a warmonger, and his appointment to be Donald Trump's national security adviser presents a threat to global security. [Read more]( Ear to the Ground Activism [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [At Least 12 States Will Sue Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question]( By Emily Wells — “The census is supposed to count everyone,” says Attorney General Maura Healey of Massachusetts. “This is a blatant and illegal attempt by the Trump administration to undermine that goal.” [Read more]( Multimedia INTERNATIONAL  [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [A Look at Puerto Rico's Struggle to Recover From Two Hurricanes (Video)]( By Natasha Hakimi Zapata — The TBS show "Full Frontal" covers everything from vulture capitalists to renewable energy and FEMA's failures in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on the American territory. [Watch]( Cartoon [Five Steps to Environmental Apocalypse (Video)]( By Mark Fiore  [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Donate Today!]( [Follow Truthdig on Twitter]( [Follow Truthdig on Facebook]( Truthdig 1158 26th St., No. 443 Santa Monica, CA 90403-4698 This email was sent to {EMAIL}, by [email protected]( [Support Truthdig]( | [Contact Us]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Update Profile]( | [Forward To A Friend](